64Springer
75 Cal.
^^^Is that the rear sight TOTW sells?^^^
Honest opinion of functionality?
Thank you.
Honest opinion of functionality?
Thank you.
.54 is good but I like the big bores might as well go to a .62 Good luck on your choice and good hunting.
Nothing wrong with a 50 cal for deer.What is the groups opinion on the best caliber to hunt deer with using a flintlock rifle.? I am considering .45 .50 and .54.....
already have a .50 so i am leaning that direction since i have all the balls already.....
Thoughts?
Bless you dear boy !! Love from UKI can't say what is best but for me it was a .45 flintlock that did it's job with one shot each. I also used the .50, .54 amd .62 and found they did nothing my .45 can't do.
The one you shoot well. Alternatively, since a sphere (roundball) will give the lightest weight by diameter, then the larger the bore, the more mass you throw and so it will be the most effective if shot well. Piles of deer have been killed with smaller bores but bigger bore = more power = larger wound = less tracking. I have a .45 that has killed deer and a .62 that does it better. My .58s do a great job too. The best kill is when it drops to the shot and stays there. Less fear and pain for the deer, less tracking for me.What is the groups opinion on the best caliber to hunt deer with using a flintlock rifle.? I am considering .45 .50 and .54.....
already have a .50 so i am leaning that direction since i have all the balls already.....
Thoughts?
That's the truth. Especially so if your barrel is 1:48, like many of Sam Hawken's guns. Just not sure they had "bullets" then.Just because you get a Flintlock does not mean you are limited to certain projectiles.
Almost all American rifles were 1/48th then. Conicals got in to colts just before the war. Muzzleloading conical rifles for civilians didn’t become popular until after the late unpleasantness with the north.That's the truth. Especially so if your barrel is 1:48, like many of Sam Hawken's guns. Just not sure they had "bullets" then.
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