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Old November 30, 2013, 11:56 PM   #30
chickenmcnasty
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.58 muzzleloader questions

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Originally Posted by Boomer58cal View Post
Back in the hay day of minie balls and conicals they used to shoot what was called a 40 Rod gun. They would target shoot at 40 rods/220yards, but would often shoot as far as 100 rods/550 yards. Their records are all sub-MOA, even at 550 yards. Yes these were benched rifles, but this shows you how accurate muzzleloaders can be.

Let's compare the ballistics of my .50 and. 58 caplocks, both shooting bullets out of 32" barrels with 150g charge of FFF.


Boomer
You use a 150 grain charge with the 50? I think the max charge for my hawken was 100g as listed in the manual. I wouldn't mind the extra recoil if it meant better trajectory/accuracy, but I also am leery of going above that.
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