Well thank you so Much for that.

Thank you, and may you also have a wonderful year 🧐

Maybe I had better go check that out!!!! You never know. Also I am Going to look into the V. A. Thing again. Perhaps third time might be the charm.

@@dennispritchardoutdoors7882 I was hoping you would. Sometimes they give you the runaround in hopes that you will get frustrated and give up on it. If you have any questions or need anything just let me know. I will help anyway I can.

You cannot get by without a touch hole pick that is for certain. I need to practice what I preach a bit more I reckon!

Over all it is a pretty good rifle, and about as accurate as they come. A miss , or off target hit, is generally my fault. Keep your powder dry and your flint sharp. Thank you for watching.

I limit myself to about 100 yards. Primarily because of my ability to see the sights correctly. What would be the rifles effective range I really don’t know.

The south western part of Virginia, along the Tennessee border.

As far as I know you cannot convert them to flintlock. There is an off chance that L and R locks might make one that fits your rifle. Our season just ended today. I have a ton of videos to watch that I just have not had the time to view. I have hit it hard this season. But it has been a great season. Denny

@@dennispritchardoutdoors7882 thanks, Dennis, I was just curious if it was possible. I know you have really been hitting it hard this season. I am like you, there are a lot of videos that I am behind on watching, some of yours actually, and several other fellow WVian's that have KZfaq channels. It was a good rifle season for me and my son this year, and we only got to go out once for muzzleloader season. I am working on that video now so I can get it uploaded. Thanks for the response. Have a great day my friend. Juddie

Welcome to the world of traditional muzzleloader shooting. You can wade out into the waters of that world as deep or as shallow as you wish to go. The traditional shooters , such as myself, stay far away from the modern inline stuff. Those things bear no resemblance to bygone eras. But most modern hunters, and particularly the younger ones, flock to the inlines along with the scopes and all that sort of a thing. In the traditional world we have two main types of ignition systems, flintlock and cap lock. The flintlock is a much older type of ignition and to many of us a much more romantic as well as challenging, Rifle to shoot or hunt with. The Tennessee Poor Boy as sold by Dixie Gun Works, was a pretty good quality, as well as being very faithful as to design. In other words it looked “right”. The vast majority of reproduction rifles only vaguely resemble authentic rifles. The Poor Boy is a much better than average reproduction rifle. It was made in Japan by the same company that makes Browning Firearms. You could get in in kit form or as a completed rifle. And you could get it in either Flintlock or Cap Lock, or like mine, with interchangeable locks. In my opinion they are very good guns for factory built. Sadly no longer made. They are quite heavy, and noticeably muzzle heavy. The Kibler’s are in a class by themselves. Although it is possible to order them assembled, they are primarily in kit form. They are faithful reproductions of actual rifles. The quality is outstanding. And the balance is just about perfect for off hand shooting. A Kibler kit would probably cost you about the same as a Poor Boy in good shape. I suppose it would not be impossible to find a Poor Boy at a sort of reasonable price but I have not seen one. So given a choice I would go with the Kibler. Hope that helps. Dennis

@@dennispritchardoutdoors7882 thank you very much for the info. I’m excited to step into it!

Yes I do. It is called iSolunar