Wobblyshot1
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Since the TWRA has lowered the caliber restrictions on muzzle loaders to .36, I'm thinking about doing something I've been wanting to do for years.
Mostly during ML season I've been hunting with my trusty .54 cal flinter. For quite some time I've had in my collection a modern made percussion fast twist rifle. I alway thought it would do a job on deer but I never did try it because it wasn't legal. The load I'm using is 60 grs 3Fg Swiss, a fiber wad, a Lyman 250 gr cast lead bullet, and a #11 CCI standard cap. I figure the load probably gives similar results to the old 38-55 cartridge which alway had a good reputation as a deer slayer.
I drug it out this past weekend for the first time in years to check her out and to see what she'd do. Below are photos of the gun and my last five shots at fifty yards from rest. Iron sights with a very large rear hunter's aperture were used.
The top two shots were numbers one and two fired. The shot at about 1 o'clock was #2. Upon firing it the gun's hammer was kicked back into halfcock and the spent cap bounced off my ball cap bill.....Uh oh, a burnt out nipple. Fortunatly I had a brand new nipple and after replacing the old one the lower three shots were the result. Overall the group was less than 1 1/2" and after the new nipple was in place the bottom three measured 7/8". not too bad for iron sights.
Think it will do?
Mostly during ML season I've been hunting with my trusty .54 cal flinter. For quite some time I've had in my collection a modern made percussion fast twist rifle. I alway thought it would do a job on deer but I never did try it because it wasn't legal. The load I'm using is 60 grs 3Fg Swiss, a fiber wad, a Lyman 250 gr cast lead bullet, and a #11 CCI standard cap. I figure the load probably gives similar results to the old 38-55 cartridge which alway had a good reputation as a deer slayer.
I drug it out this past weekend for the first time in years to check her out and to see what she'd do. Below are photos of the gun and my last five shots at fifty yards from rest. Iron sights with a very large rear hunter's aperture were used.
The top two shots were numbers one and two fired. The shot at about 1 o'clock was #2. Upon firing it the gun's hammer was kicked back into halfcock and the spent cap bounced off my ball cap bill.....Uh oh, a burnt out nipple. Fortunatly I had a brand new nipple and after replacing the old one the lower three shots were the result. Overall the group was less than 1 1/2" and after the new nipple was in place the bottom three measured 7/8". not too bad for iron sights.
Think it will do?
