Hawken is Muley ready!

[FrontierGander]

I bought some Bridgers Best patches the other week and wanted to give them a try in my Traditions St.Louis Hawken .54cal. I was shooting from 60 yards and used 80gr gearhart-owen 2fg, .015" patch lubed with bear paws patch lube and home cast .530" round balls. 5 shots total and i am pretty pleased! I was aiming 6 O'clock on the bullseye, so 3 - 3 3 1/2" high puts me dead on at 100 yards.

 

[RUGER]

Very cool.

 

[Wobblyshot1]

That's a good group. What's the twist? Seems to be a relatively mild elk hunting load for a .54.

 

[FrontierGander]

1:48 twist.

Its a great elk load. My longest shot on an elk was 140 yards. 80gr pyrodex rs.

Last elk i took was 70gr 3fg.

 

[Wobblyshot1]

I've never had the opportunity to hunt them....you ought to know.

 

[gtk]

Good luck. I had to look up where Boncarbo is. Not too far from Spanish Peaks.. Is that where you hunt ?

 

[Plateau Hunter]

Beautiful rifle…

 

[FrontierGander]

Good luck. I had to look up where Boncarbo is. Not too far from Spanish Peaks.. Is that where you hunt ?

no that area actually sucks unless you have a ton of private land.

I hunt the Walsenburg area, just north of spanish peaks.

 

[whwood21]

Great looking rifle and group!