Help with friends guns

[DaveHH]

I'm the same way. The average deer rifle has maybe 100 rounds fired through it in its lifetime. Just as good as a new one and not a safe queen. thanks for the help.
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[jimb16]

I'm the same way. The average deer rifle has maybe 100 rounds fired through it in its lifetime. Just as good as a new one and not a safe queen. thanks for the help.
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My deer rifle has had a lot more rounds through it than that! I have an 1873 Winchester clone from Uberti. I load cast bullets for it. It took several hundred rounds just to find 2 loads that shot the way I wanted; 5 shot sub 1 inch groups at 50 yards. Now I take it out for joy rides a couple of times every year, plus deer season. It is a .45 colt. I use the same ammo in my alternate deer gun; an 1873 Colt Cattleman revolver, also in .45 colt. I have full confidence in that load at 40 yards. It also goes to the range regularly. I have to shoot it more often to maintain my edge with the handgun. My third deer gun is a .50 cal flintlock rifle. It doesn't get shot as often, but it also goes out for squirrels with a much lighter load. So I guess all 3 of my deer guns have a lot more rounds through them than the average hunter puts through his deer guns. BTW, the flinter will hold 2 inch groups off the sandbags at 100 yards with 75 gr of BP and a moderately loose patch! If I use a tight patch the groups open up to 12 inches. Go figure!?? I thought that was against the rules for muzzle loaders.....