Black Powder , Muzzleloader & Percussion Firearms & Weapons Auctions in PENNSYLVANIA - Live and Online Sales
Black Powder , Muzzleloader & Percussion Firearms & Weapons Auctions in PENNSYLVANIA
Horst Auctioneers
Date(s) 4/1/2024 - 5/18/2024
Friday, May 17, 2024 / 2 PM (Lots 1-375) Saturday, May 18, 2024 / 9 AM (Lots 376 +)
We recommend leaving your maximum price before the item is sold. If you are planning on bidding in real time with the auction, please be prepared and bid quickly. We sell appoximately 100 lots per hour.
Larry Swartz Auctioneer
Date(s) 5/17/2024 - 5/25/2024
Prebidding will open on Friday, May 17, 2024 at 8:00am EST and will run until the beginning of the live webcast sale on Saturday, May 25, 2024 at 9:30am EST. At this time, you can bid live, in real time, with our in person bidders.
Pickup times are Saturday, May 25, 2024 from 2:00-4:00PM EST at 2720 Heidlersburg Rd, Gettysburg PA, 17325 or Monday, May 27, 2024 from 10:00AM - 12:00 Noon at 232 N High Street, Biglerville PA, 17307.
We recommend leaving your maximum price before the item is sold. If you are planning on bidding in real time with the auction, please be prepared and bid quickly. We sell appoximately 100 guns per hour and approximately 125 accessory lots per hour.
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Black powder guns don’t use cartridges—you pour a measured amount of the powder (never smokeless powder) directly into the breech or chamber, seat a projectile and possibly a wad on top of it, and fire it with a separate ignition component. Most black long powder guns are single-shots, but there are double-barreled black powder shotguns and six-shooter percussion (cap and ball) revolvers. Muzzleloaders are black powder guns you load through the muzzle, or the far end of the barrel. A modern inline muzzleloader rifle ignites the powder or powder pellet(s) using a primer at the rear of the breech (in line with the barrel). Inlines work well with modern, jacketed bullets in sabots. An old-fashioned sidelock percussion gun fires the black powder typically using a percussion cap on an offset nipple. They’re made to shoot cast lead balls and hollow-based lead bullets called Minié balls. So are flintlock guns, based on the centuries-old ignition method of sparks from a flint. Major black powder gun manufacturers include Traditions Firearms, CVA, Lyman, Mossberg, and Thompson/Center. Bullet makers include Hornady, Federal, Barnes, and Harvester Muzzleloading. Black powder, black powder substitutes, and pellet manufacturers include Hodgdon (including IMR Legendary Powders and Goex), American Pioneer Powder, Blackhorn, and Alliant. Note that certain laws may apply in your area. Sellers often post new items for auction on HiBid.com, so come back later if you don’t see what you’re searching for.