Jukar

[arky]

I have a rifle that my mother bought for me around 1986 for $10 at a yard sale. It says Jukar 0001386 Spain, but has no caliber stamped on it. It is long like a Kentucky rifle It is in good shape and I intend to hunt with it this year, (I used to hunt with a Hawkens in the early eighties) but I dont know the caliber, any suggestions? Measuring the diameter it appears about 1/16 inch short of 1/2 inch,

 

[Zonie]

It is most likely a .45 caliber.

There is also a possibility that it is a .44 caliber but as I recall it the Spanish guns were .45.

I suggest that you try some .440 diameter balls patched with a .015 thick cloth patch.

 

[arky]

My Hawken was a .54, is a .45 adequate for White Tail?

 

[Bill Hall]

I can't answer about whitetails, but when I was a teenager, I had a friend who killed a young mule deer forked horn with that same rifle in .45 cal. So I guess it works. :thumbsup:

Good luck with your hunting, Bill.

 

[Rogue River]

Before you hunt you might want to check your state reg's as to minimum caliber allowed on deer! :thumbsup:

 

[arky]

Good from that aspect, 40 caliber and above in Arkansas.

 

[msuspartan]

.45 for deer yes, Moose well......... :rotf:
I have alot of friends who hunt with a .45 with great success.
But like it was posted, check with the local regs. some states do not allow a .45 as it is 'too small a caliber'.
Have fun and I have heard the Jukar barrels are very accurate! :thumbsup:

Cheers, DonK

 

[ohio ramrod]

Jukar barrels were used on some of the later CVA kentucky rifles, Most of them were a true 45 caliber. The Jukar barrel was an improvement over their earlier shallow groved rifles.I have found the Jukars to be very good barrels for the money.I use a 445 ball and ten thousands patch, or 440 ball and fifteen thouseands patch . :idunno:

 

[tg]

I would suggest that once you get the gun sighted in that a 75yd limit is a good outside range for that cal with the larger deer and PRB, the one thing that I have seen to be the biggest problem with using the ball for hunting is taking to long of shots, this even spills over to the modern comical bullets from what I have seen when helping people try and find heir game later the same or on the next day, when we go to where it all started and they say I was here and the Deer was up/down by that snag, most of the time when asked how far they thought it was they greatly under judged the range or just thought that 125-150 was OK even though no practice was dome at that distance and likley no practical vision of the sight picture was in mind, it CAN OK be if both gun/ shooter/load are up to it but it is best to error on the side of caution there will always be more Deer if one chooses to let a few walk, good luck and enjoy the journey.

 

[Zonie]

I consider a .45 caliber (.440 diameter) roundball to be good out to 75-80 yards for taking deer.

Loaded with 70-75 grains of 3Fg blackpowder the muzzle velocity (for a 28" barrel) will be about 1800 fps.

The velocity of a roundball drops off pretty quickly but at 80 yards it will still have enough energy to pass clear thru most deer.

 

[arky]

I hunt on my own property which is mountainous and heavily wooded 35-50 yards is about the maximum that I would ever have.

 

[dlimoges]

Why can't you use a greesed miniball 45 without a patch?

 

[junkman_01]

Why can't you use a greased miniball 45 without a patch?

The twist is too slow (1:66) on these rifles. They are optimum for PRB. Conical bullets need a faster twist such as 1:48.

 

[ohio ramrod]

I have had good results using a short two band mini in the jukar barrel on my boy's rifle.But you are right the three band mini's don't shoot well in slow twist barrels. :hmm:

 

[tg]

"Why can't you use a greesed miniball 45 without a patch?"

It just is not considered polite if in traditional shooting/hunting company :wink: