Where I live opportunity to hunt squirrels and rabbits is pretty much non-existent.
I worked in Missouri in the late 70's and early 80's where I got a taste of squirrel and cottontail hunting. Later, in Montana, I spent considerable time chasing Western cotttails but mostly with .22 handguns. I did shoot several with a .45 caplock Beaver Lodge and a few with a .36 flintlock but that's been about it. This being said since that time, and having no real use for them, I've added .32's and .36's to my collection. I've spent more time with the .32 than the .36 guns. However, lately I've been shooting a caplock .36 with a second waiting in the wings for my next trip to the range, another Beaver Lodge rifle.
I'm planning a reunion trip to my former Montana hunting grounds this coming Fall and hoping to run into a good crop of rabbits to shoot with a muzzleloader.
I've been working with 20 to 35 grains of FFFG under a patched .350 ball with the first .36 I've been shooting. I'm getting pretty good results at 30 to 35 grains but it's not as accurate, yet, as a .32 Crockett I sold off about 5 years ago. Come to think of it that Crockett shot as well, maybe better, than the other .32's I kept in place of it.
Now that I've taken the long way around the barn my question is what kind charges are you folks shooting in your .36 caliber rifles?