28guage or bore

[joseph mcdonough]

just getting started in muzzleloading i have a cva .50 cal
flint bored out to 28guage shot it works fine can anyone sugest a load for turkyes or if this guage is too small for them. oh this is my first post looks like a good sight.

 

[akapennypincher]

just getting started in muzzleloading i have a cva .50 cal
flint bored out to 28guage shot it works fine can anyone sugest a load for turkyes or if this guage is too small for them. oh this is my first post looks like a good sight.

How about a Head Shot with on Round Ball :imo:

 

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Most would tell ya that this is a minimal guage fer turkeys.
But it can be done......let me know if ya want to sell yer flinter !

**** WV SCROUNGER ***

 

[CrackStock]

PP,

Most states require shot for turkey rather than a single round ball.

Some even specify the size -- 6 if I recall.

CS

 

[jim gray]

There are a lot of people here who are more qualified to instruct you on how to work up the optimum turkey load for your gun. I can tell you, however that you probably can work up an effective turkey load if you're willing to accept the range limitations that your gun and load will impose.

Welcome to a great new pasttime, if you're like everyone else here you'll find yourself addicted to BP soon. Don't forget to check out the welcome page and introduce yourself. There are a heck of a lot of Pennsylvanians here.

 

i know a few folks that hunt turkey with a .410 and do well .

i will say i have yet to try it but they say its all in the range , i think they are right as they fill their tags every year .
if i recall there was a BP mag that put out a article a few months back on hunting turkey with 24 gage on down to the .410, i will see if i can find it for ya .
as i said above i believe its all in the challenge, to hunt with black powder we confine ourselves "or should anyway " to getting close. with smaller gages we have to get closer. i learned to shoot on a .410 and have taken everything from quail to sand hill crane with a SXS .410 so I would think your 28 would do the trick as well.
your going to have to go out and do some patterning to find out what distance , load will give you a suitable pattern then stick with it . :m2c:

 

I've heard, actually, that a 28 loaded as a 20 makes for a tight pattern. I'll let you know in a week or so, since my lovely, beautiful, wonderfull wife picked me up a .54 smoothrifle from Jack Garner at the Kalamazoo show!!!

I've been wanting to try this out with turkey season approaching, and it looks like I get the opportunity! I'll go shoot saturday or sunday and let you all know how it goes.

Stumblin

 

[joseph mcdonough]

thanks guys for the input it will be put to good use.

 

[Ohio Rusty]

I have a .54/28 gauge smoothrifle and It's a really nice gun. I've used it to shoot geese. I've only fired a few roundball from it, but I bought it mostly for shot loads/small game.
Ohio Rusty

 

[joseph mcdonough]

well tried it out today 80gr bp same volume #6 shot
beautiful. smoke and dead cardboard shot was a little off (new at shooting these flinters)
tried
the brown paper shot cartreges, kept breaking
in the muzzle, does anyone have a technique for loading them? they are very convenient except for the paper beaking. the bore is actualy .531-.540 fits the 28ga shot cups just fine.

 

[Rebel]

Make the paper shot cup a couple thousenths under your bore size so they will slide down the bore. This also lets them upset and split the paper on the way out of the bore. You can always put an overshot card over them to hold them in if needed.

 

[Stumpkiller]

the brown paper shot cartriges kept breaking in the muzzle, does anyone have a technique for loading them?

Use a slightly smaller than bore diameter dowel for forming them. :redthumb: I size mine so they slide right in. Then my over-shot card holds them in place. With a little effort you can find the friction fit size that won't need a card. Start small and add layers of masking tape to the dowel until it's just so.

My favorite paper is onionskin typing paper. I have always wondered about the "parchment paper" in the grocery isle with the aluminum foil and wax paper. That might be worth investigating.

 

[joseph mcdonough]

thanks guys going to try it this weekend.