I am in Nashville often, mostly for Southwest flights, so that is why I included it.Gunpowder for muzzleloading firearms in granulation size Actually I live just up the hill from the club. I am a member of the Oak Ridge club so I will check that out for powder.
I have a compression die on order and I am looking at wads now. I am new to black powder so I am just getting set up. I am looking at the Lee Shaver and MVA sights and one or the other will be in the near future. I wasn't having any problem with my son's CZ 452 stock sights either so I am not sure what is up with that. I shoot several guns with ghost rings and other peep sights without a problem. I had trouble with the buckhorn sights on the gun. Casting is in my future too but I can only take so much enjoyment at once. I have ordered some 520 gr cast bullts from Mt Baldy to play with. They were smokeless loads I had loaded for another gun. I was shooting 405 gr cast Mt Baldy bullets lubed with spg. He didn't want to wait around for Dad and I don't want to discourage him by boring him. I only shot about ten rounds through the gun since I was at the range with my nine year old son for him to get some trigger time on his 22. The trigger reminded me of an AMT Back Up I had the misfortune of shooting years ago. I dropped it off at the smith's yesterday for some much needed trigger work. I received the rolling block from Cabelas and it looks very much like the one Merle posted sans the long range sights. I remember you saying it was in shipment to you from Cabela's. Please let us know how the new Pedersoli Remington Rolling Block in 45/70 is doing. Hope you'll be active with our forum and let us know what's up in Tennessee. and will be able to get you in touch with a retailer or perhaps hook up with you in their respective clubs and activities, in which case you'll be able to participate through the club's purchases of B.P. The contact person being Russ Weber in Lenoir City, TN and his number is 86.Īll these folks are shooting lots of B.P. The other big Black Powder shooting group is in Oak Ridge TN and they are the long range M.L. The contact person for the BPCR state matches is Harry McNutt at 61 The shooting club/range in Gallatin has a contact person in Ken Magness, whose number is 61. Their info number is 61 (sorry, I don't have a name) You may want to contact the Buffalo Chip Society of Tennessee which is located in Gallatin, TN and they have monthly BPCR matches there. Just wanted to pass along a little additional information RE: Black Powder shooting in Tennessee. Hope this is helpful towards solving the problem.
Just an after thought, many state and local jurisdictions have in place restrictions as to how much Black Powder made be stored without having to first apply for and obtain a special license from the fire marshal or other regulatory agency. We know they carry and sell Black Powder at retail, but again, it depends just how far you are willing to drive in order to make a retail purchase - the question being will the consumption of gasoline off set the $22.50 has mat surcharge. Second, I would suggest that you consider making a trip over to west Tennessee to visit the Dixie Gun Works retail facility. Then from that information, contact those distributors and inquire with them who are the retailers of Goex powder nearest to your home location. Ask Bill for the name/s of the Goex distributors who may be located in or near your geographical area. His name is Bill Bagwell, and you can reach Bill by phone at 90 (Louisiana). Two thoughts - first, get in touch with the Goex factory representative who handles sales. So, I don't at this point know exactly where you lie between them. You mentioned two cities, Knoxville and Nashville but they are a distance apart. fee is a bit of a price "add on", but my experience has been that most gun clubs and membership organizations buy black powder for their members, and thereby spread the haz mat fees between the members who order powder.Īre you familiar with the N-SSA (North-South Skirmish Association) ? If you have contacts in your area who shoot with N-SSA, they shoot a great deal of Goex and/or Swiss and most of those teams go together to buy powder for their shooters. I see you are new to these parts, and I'm glad to make your acquaintance.