Talk:Muzzleloader

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Does the term "black powder small arms" mean that the bullet and the powder are separate, not parts of a cartridge? - Patrick 02:54 Feb 20, 2003 (UTC)

Nope, it means that a saltpeter based propellant is used rather than newfangled smokeless powders like cordite and other nitrocellulose-nitroglycerin concoctions.--Polyparadigm 00:04, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Unfortunately, terms like "black powder pistol" are often intended to mean firearms that don't use fixed metallic cartridges. It's badly imprecise (plenty of hobbyists still use metallic cartridges loaded with black powder--I know a guy who's trying to run his AR-15 on it), but that's common usage. Elmo iscariot (talk) 14:21, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

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Incorporated and wikified the contents of Muzzleloading, reasons as per Talk:Muzzleloading -- Graibeard 10:24, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

What do you think of replacing the picture of the mortar with someone shooting a black powder rifle?--Cincinnatusidahoensis 04:20, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

The current picture illustrates the point better than someone just shooting a gun. A picture of someone loading such a gun with ball or powder could be good, but might be hard to see at the resolution of a small photo Jrbray 06:10, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

the article is about muzzleoading small arms, not mortar artillery

Moved from main page:

A US soldier drops a shell into the muzzle of an M224 60-mm mortar.

Surely someone was trying to be humorous. That round is an artillery cartridge. US ATF would laugh your way to jail if you claimed your 60-mm mortar was a muzzleloader under Title I (gun control act) and not a destructive device under Title II (national firearms act). Naaman Brown (talk) 23:25, 30 October 2009 (UTC)