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muzzle loading 44
May 6th, 2026 at 1:43pm
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Just wondering if it would be feasible to make a muzzle loading barrel for a Stevens 44 using 209 primers. I thought about this last fall thinking that it would be neat if I could use the same rifle for our regular season, swap barrels and hunt in the special muzzleloader season. I'm not a black powder guy but I thought that this could give me more time in the woods.
  
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Re: muzzle loading 44
Reply #1 - May 6th, 2026 at 1:56pm
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About 40 years back I converted two dozen H&R shotguns to muzzle loader.. Most were 54 caliber an the ejector was reworked to fit the 209 primer. A 44 Stevens will work just fine. The one I did for myself used a 52 caliber Sharps barrel. Most of these were slug guns and about 2" of the barrel was cut off to make a bullet sizer. This made a mechanical fit of the bullet to the rifling.
  
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Reply #2 - May 6th, 2026 at 7:38pm
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Sounds like a fun project Mr Taylor. If a person were to choose to build one which H & R shotgun would be a usable candidate. Older one newer one?



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Reply #3 - May 6th, 2026 at 9:35pm
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H&R made the Huntsman, a muzzle loading rifle based on their single shot shotgun. Relatively easy to find a complete rifle or a barrel for one.
  
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Reply #4 - May 7th, 2026 at 12:32pm
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I think most any H&R could be converted to a muzzle loader. A few would require a smaller barrel diameter.

jhm wrote on May 6th, 2026 at 7:38pm:
Sounds like a fun project Mr Taylor. If a person were to choose to build one which H & R shotgun would be a usable candidate. Older one newer one?



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Reply #5 - May 26th, 2026 at 8:52pm
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I have a Remington rolling block that had a 54 caliber muzzleloader barrel mated to it with an inline breech installed using musket caps.  I bought it for the action and barrel,  planning on lining it to 50-90.  It should be doable in a Stevens.
  
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Reply #6 - May 28th, 2026 at 8:45am
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YippyKiYay wrote on May 26th, 2026 at 8:52pm:
I have a Remington rolling block that had a 54 caliber muzzleloader barrel mated to it with an inline breech installed using musket caps.  I bought it for the action and barrel,  planning on lining it to 50-90.  It should be doable in a Stevens.


Several years back there was an outfit selling rolling block muzzle loaders. Was think of buying one just for the action. Don't know if they were making new actions or using old actions. Tippman air rifle was making rolling block rifle but they did not follow the original design. I have two Tippman actions, one has been made into a 45-70, willing to part with both.

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Re: muzzle loading 44
Reply #7 - May 28th, 2026 at 9:02am
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You can make almost anything into a muzzleloader
  
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