Goex Load Data For 50 & 54 Cal. BP Rifle

riverwalker76 · September 26, 2011, 07:16 PM

I have two Hawken rifles that are made by Investarm, and I bought both from Dixie Gun Works. I lost the load data chart a few years back, and haven't used them since.

Does anyone have the Goex FFG load data for the following projectiles?

~50 cal Round Ball
~54 Cal Round Ball
~50 Cal Maxi-Hunter
~54 Cal Maxi-Hunter
~54 Cal. Lee Improved Minie

Hawg · September 26, 2011, 08:06 PM

I used 90 in everything 50 cal. I use 90 for target loads and 120 for hunting loads with PRB in my .54. The minies will probably do best around 65 grains, that's what I use in my .58

arcticap · September 27, 2011, 03:40 AM

There's the following "corporate lawyer" maximum loading data on Page 8 of the Investarms PDF manual:

http://www.investarm.it/media/pdf/ma...ncarica_uk.pdf

Quote:

MAXIMUM COMBINATIONS OF PROPELLANT AND PROJECTILE
FOR INVESTARM MUZZLE LOADING FIREARMS
DO NOT EXCEED
USE ONLY BLACK POWDER AND NOTHING ELSE
HEAVIER LOADS ARE NOT TO BE USED NOR IS A SUBSTITUTION
OF POWDER GRANULATION TO BE ATTEMPTED.
INVESTARM IS NOT ACCOUNTABLE FOR LOADING
INFORMATION PRINTED IN SOURCES OTHER
THAN THIS INSTRUCTION MANUAL

.50 Rifle

.490 round ball - 90 grains of ffg - 80 grains of fffg

.50 370 grain Maxi Ball - 80 grains of ffg - 60 grains of fffg

.54 Rifle

.530 round ball - 100 grains of ffg - 80 grains of fffg

405 grain Maxi Ball - 90 grains of ffg - 70 grains of fffg

Fingers McGee · September 27, 2011, 12:05 PM

And here's the link to the GOEX load data site:

http://www.goexpowder.com/load-chart.html

September 26, 2011, 07:16 PM	#1
riverwalker76 Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2010 Location: Kentucky Posts: 993	Goex Load Data For 50 & 54 Cal. BP Rifle I have two Hawken rifles that are made by Investarm, and I bought both from Dixie Gun Works. I lost the load data chart a few years back, and haven't used them since. Does anyone have the Goex FFG load data for the following projectiles? ~50 cal Round Ball ~54 Cal Round Ball ~50 Cal Maxi-Hunter ~54 Cal Maxi-Hunter ~54 Cal. Lee Improved Minie __________________ *Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto* - “You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass.”

September 27, 2011, 12:05 PM	#4
Fingers McGee Senior Member Join Date: March 19, 2008 Location: High & Dry in Missouri Ozarks Posts: 2,113	And here's the link to the GOEX load data site: http://www.goexpowder.com/load-chart.html __________________ Fingers (Show Me MO smoke) McGee - AKA Man of Many Colts - Alter ego of Diabolical Ken; SASS Regulator 28564-L-TG; Rangemaster and stage writer extraordinaire; Frontiersman, Pistoleer, NRA Endowment Life, NMLRA, SAF, CCRKBA, STORM 327, SV115; Charter member, Central Ozarks Western Shooters Cynic: A blackguard whose faulty vision see things as they are, not as they should be. Ambrose Bierce

September 26, 2011, 08:06 PM	#2
Hawg Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2007 Location: Mississippi Posts: 16,190	I used 90 in everything 50 cal. I use 90 for target loads and 120 for hunting loads with PRB in my .54. The minies will probably do best around 65 grains, that's what I use in my .58