Rifle to muzzleloader? (please help)

[born-to-hunt]

I am planning on getting a .223 handi rifle if I do can I then get a H&R .50cal muzzleloader barrel and put on the same reciever?

thank you

[born-to-hunt]

Forgot to put this up there but can I also put different rifle barrels on there too?

Thanx

[geezer56]

If your frame is an SB-2 you can fit other barrels to it, as ong as the manufacture date is appropriate to do so.  Info is in the FAQ's at the top of this section.  A muzzle loader barrel is not available any longer from NEF.  You will have to find one on the classifieds and fit it yourself, or luck up on a complete rifle on a shelf somewhere. 

[born-to-hunt]

So if I get a new .223 and get a muzzleloader barrel i find I can fit it on there?

[trotterlg]

Yes

[born-to-hunt]

cool cause thats exactly what I was planning does the muzzleloader barrel have to be newwer or does it matter?

sorry I didn't ask all this at once thanx though

[Daman]

You will need to find a muzzleloader barrel (I am assuming you want a .50 cal) either from a Huntsman or Sidekick. The fit to your frame may or may not be real good. You will then have to either carefully remove material from the barrel or add shims to make it fit tight depending on the original fit.

Daman

[petemi]

A Huntsman barrel will fit.  A Sidekick will not.  Because the Sidekick frame will not accept other barrels it is not a firearm.  The Huntsman frame will interchange with rifle and shotgun barrels and that makes it a firearm.  The only barrel that will fit a .223 frame is a Huntsman.

Pete

[PHATINJUN]

I am going to correct you just a tad Pete. "The only barrel that will fit a .223 frame is a Huntsman." The only one that will fit is a .50 cal Huntsman. Kurt

[petemi]

Thanks, Kurt, I forgot to add the .50 cal.

Pete

[born-to-hunt]

Thanx guys a lot do you know what the price range is on a huntsman .50 cal muzzleloader barrel? I will check and see if I can't find any on here

[petemi]

I'd post it in the "Want to Buys" here and see what you can come up with.  I'd never sell mine.

Pete

[born-to-hunt]

I'd post it in the "Want to Buys" here and see what you can come up with.  I'd never sell mine.

Pete

OK i will all I have heard from owners of this muzzleloader is how good they are I don't think I have heard a single thing about it they didn't like can't wait to shoot it for my self

[gjdykeman]

I'd post it in the "Want to Buys" here and see what you can come up with.  I'd never sell mine.

Pete

OK i will all I have heard from owners of this muzzleloader is how good they are I don't think I have heard a single thing about it they didn't like can't wait to shoot it for my self

Just for bits and gets, here is my new muzzleloader. I gave up on finding a huntsmen barrel and made my own. 45/70 on a xxxHY 223 frame. Ram rod is a Rossi, brass, collapsable in a pouch on the sling.

[quickdtoo]

Go check out the Huntsman/Sidekick forum, you'll find there are lots of things they'd like to see changed.

Tim

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