Contact your local game warden.
In Pennsylvania, after the regular rifle season for deer, there are additional hunting opportunities during the late archery season and the late flintlock muzzleloader season. The late archery season typically runs from the first Saturday after the close of the regular rifle season until the end of the year. The late flintlock muzzleloader season usually follows in January. Specific dates can vary each year, so it's important to check the Pennsylvania Game Commission's regulations for the current year's schedule.
To provide a rifle with more firepower than the traditional muzzleloader.
Uhh...yeah! Lots of it! All the black powder you would ever want! Not only that, if you have a muzzleloading rifle you have two hunting seasons open to you, the General season (open to any legal weapon - this is commonly called 'rifle season' but you can go out there with a muzzleloader, bow, shotgun or any other weapon large enough to reliably kill what you're hunting) and the Muzzleloader Only season.
60-300
Someone figured it would be better if they had a rifle which could be quickly reloaded than a muzzleloader.
You need the services of a gunsmith
What type of rifle are we talking here?I would also need to know if the rifle is a muzzleloader,lever action etc.Is there a model number on the rifle?Is the caliber known?Please fill in the blanks and then we can get you some answers.
Well, you can buy a rifle/shotgun when your 18 but, a pistol when your 21... unless an adult buys one for you.
It can range from virtually nothing to musueum priceless. It's all in the details of EXACTLY what you have.
No
The discharge of a muzzle-loader is loud, without question, but it's not significantly different than a contemporary rifle. If the bullet misses the deer, the sound will most likely scare it.
A 223 would be fine for a deer rifle but you need to make sure the (youth) person can hit the kill zone. I would suggest the 243.