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  1. lou puleff

    Hunting loads for my .58 black powder rifle

    Yeah I’m getting that feeling too !
  2. lou puleff

    Hunting loads for my .58 black powder rifle

    Wel This is a muzzleloader deer tag no rifles I could have very easily used a different muzzleloader and killed that deer no problem but I want to use the Hawken before I die finding a new spot for coues deer is not that easy when you find a spot that holds them that has other hunting pressure...
  3. lou puleff

    Hunting loads for my .58 black powder rifle

    Here’s the trapper pistol he built as part of the set the pistol is serial #1 and the rifle #2 they are both .58 cal and the new rifle is also a .58
  4. lou puleff

    Hunting loads for my .58 black powder rifle

    Few pics of the Hawken rifle
  5. lou puleff

    Hunting loads for my .58 black powder rifle

    No I would just use one of my White rifles with my own 600 grain super slugs I cast I shoot them out of my super safari I built they are incredibly accurate.
  6. lou puleff

    Hunting loads for my .58 black powder rifle

    Green river rifle work collectors association. Some of the old smiths from green river were making rifles for a while thru the collectors association Ron Paull built my Hawken rifle and trapper pistol for me. He’s actually in the finishing stages of a leman trade flintlock rifle for me hope to...
  7. lou puleff

    Hunting loads for my .58 black powder rifle

    No snap shot no wind had a window of a gap in trees he was feeding on the move stop and eat them move so I had my gun up on a tree limb I put up between two trees to rest my rifle on for longer shots I just didn’t get the yardage right I set my sight for 150 and he was about 180 I found out...
  8. lou puleff

    Hunting loads for my .58 black powder rifle

    I don’t have a desire for a long range shot it just the way it is here out west most people shoot elk with a bow at 70-80 yards (crazy) back home most shots were 40-60 yards tops if you can’t shoot longer distances here you go hungry I had an opportunity to take a shot at the same buck opening...
  9. lou puleff

    Hunting loads for my .58 black powder rifle

    That's my exact plan is to go out there and do that. It's a five hour drive but I'll grab the camper and head out there after hunting season is over as to not disturb anyone else and set up with some cardboard full size deer targets and sight in. I wish I had done that to begin with but with the...
  10. lou puleff

    Hunting loads for my .58 black powder rifle

    I can do do long range all day long with my other rifles especially my whites with big chunks of lead. I was just trying to get a deer with this rifle and it was the last morning of my hunt. This spot is primarily a morning spot so I wasn't going to wait. I think my biggest mistake was my load...
  11. lou puleff

    Hunting loads for my .58 black powder rifle

    I can do do long range all day long with my other rifles especially my whites with big chunks of lead. I was just trying to get a deer with this rifle and it was the last morning of my hunt. This spot is primarily a morning spot so I wasn't going to wait. I think my biggest mistake was my load...
  12. lou puleff

    Hunting loads for my .58 black powder rifle

    Yes my mistake for sure !
  13. lou puleff

    Hunting loads for my .58 black powder rifle

    I love stalking but that won’t work in this spot. This is a pocket that holds coues deer and it is much different that whitetail back east I’ve tried it does not work in this spot
  14. lou puleff

    Hunting loads for my .58 black powder rifle

    Nice chart thank you ! I’m going to have to do a lot more testing I’m already planning on bringing up a cardboard deer target and place it where the deer was standing and see with that load what it does then start upping my charge and see in real world application what it does.
  15. lou puleff

    Hunting loads for my .58 black powder rifle

    I have a range finder but I didn't have time to range him. But I always range different spots ahead of time and try to memorize them but my depth perception with the lighting was wrong !!
  16. lou puleff

    Hunting loads for my .58 black powder rifle

    I agree it's pushing it.
  17. lou puleff

    Hunting loads for my .58 black powder rifle

    I get it but it's not possible in this spot to get closer myself the deer would have to on their own if I try to set up any closer I bust them out in the dark if I take any more steps. I understand the thought of getting closer but here in AZ that's not a easy proposition much different than the...
  18. lou puleff

    Hunting loads for my .58 black powder rifle

    Yes
  19. lou puleff

    Hunting loads for my .58 black powder rifle

    Yes patched round ball. I really wanted to shoot a deer with my GRRW-CA .58 I've had it since I think 2016 and haven't killed anything with it I could have used a in line with a scope on this hunt but was holding firm on my Hawken for this trip.
  20. lou puleff

    Hunting loads for my .58 black powder rifle

    Shot was 180 yards
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