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Mmmm, obviously I need to reword my thought. I’m curious about how often someone has seen or read about muzzleloaders with a wooden ramrod a person (frontiersman or such) whittled from a tree branch or other piece of wood due to a broken ramrod. No brass ends, basically just a stick. Does...

I’m curious about how often a person (frontiersman or such) would have had to replace a broken ramrod with something whittled from a tree branch or other piece of wood. No brass ends, basically just a stick.

TC Hawken, 50 .cal

Welcome from Texas via Vernon Parish…

This is the first deer I’ve taken with this particular load using a TC Maxi Hunter. I was impressed with the way it took the deer down. In the past I’ve used round ball and patch ALOT and will still use that in the future. I started this year trying the TC Maxiball but did not like the fact...

Saw this guy feeding about an hour before sunset this past Saturday evening. Was able to get about 50-75 yards in front of him and setup behind a deadfall oak tree. He took about 10 minutes to work his way down to me, about 25 yards away giving me a broadside shot. Shooting offhand was able to...

Went to the range today with a friend who purchased a new inline, we worked on getting it sighted in and had great success with that. Afterwards we went to the pistol area to shoot my Traditions Trapper. After several shots I put a cap on and fired… no smoke! I put on another cap and… no smoke...

@Dale Allen Raby I have tried to come up with the same solution, nothing yet. I look at my possibles bag and try to figure out how to carry my Trapper without ruining the function and looks of my bag.

@SantiamSam i hunt with an old TC Hawken .50 backed up by a Traditions Trapper .50. The powder (3F black), ball, and percussion cap are all interchangeable and only the patches are specific to each gun. I carry the pistol (uncapped) in a holster I made for it and only cap it when I need to...

Congratulations!

At the range I use CCI, have had enough misfires I will not depend on them for hunting. For the last three seasons I’ve used Winchester Magnum #11 for hunting with 100% reliability (so far).

@Spikebuck Interesting you say that because that is my exact viewpoint as well. You have to do your best to make everything work to get them CLOSE, it adds another element to the sport and for me, I think it gives the deer a fair chance.

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Nah… I like my percussion guns. Who know what the future holds though :-)

@Spikebuck Thanks for the compliments, I did not get complete pass through. When we quartered the deer both lungs were hit (basically destroyed) but we did not recover the ball. I’m sure your .54 caliber will do a good (better) job but in my opinion you have to wait for the perfect shot or be...

I was able to take a doe Friday after Thanksgiving with my Traditions Trapper .50 caliber pistol. The load was a .490 ball, .015 patch lubed with TOTW Mink Oil, 35 grains of Goex 2F, and a Winchester Magnum percussion cap. She was approximately 18 - 20 yards and broadside when I shot. I was very...

@gkainz Were you swabbing between shots? If not, the fouling may possibly be the cause of the vertical stringing.

@kopelli I meant to add these to the initial post above. This is after weighing balls, finding the right thickness patch and using TOTW Mink oil.

Out of a box of 100 Hornady RB's, there are 12 different weight groups of balls (by .1 gram increments) from 177.6 down to 176.5. So where to start testing? @kopelli I too shoot Hornady RBs in my TC Hawken .50 1-48 twist and weigh all balls when I initially purchase a box. Using your example...