Loading down for a .62 flinter

[Ballshooter]

85 grains of 3F in my 62cal. @ 75 yards 1.5 in orange dot. I can hit clay birds at 100 just fine.

 

[bigted]

85 grains of 3F in my 62cal. @ 75 yards 1.5 in orange dot. I can hit clay birds at 100 just fine.

That my friend is fantastic accuracy with a smooth bore. I shoot twice that group at 50 yds and figured mine was doing fine

Color me jealous.

 

[Ballshooter]

That my friend is fantastic accuracy with a smooth bore. I shoot twice that group at 50 yds and figured mine was doing fine

Color me jealous.

I am sad to say that is with a 62 rifled barrel.

 

[smoothshooter]

85 grains of 3F in my 62cal. @ 75 yards 1.5 in orange dot. I can hit clay birds at 100 just fine.

Ballshooter’ gun may be a rifle, not a smoothbore.

 

[bigted]

I am sad to say that is with a 62 rifled barrel.

Lol. Thanks for the clarification. Still pretty good accuracy
Thanks for sharing bud!

 

[Freedom]

I would have no hesitations about shooting 35 grs (or less) in your 62 caliber. Sure you're going to hit low at 100yrds, but for targets and Woods-walks, you might find it does just fine out to 50yards.
If your shoulder seems okay with it,....just keep adding powder.

 

[Ballshooter]

I have taken deer with only 50 grains of 3F and a 54 cal round ball. Don't need magnum loads to kill game or targets.

 

[Rob M.]

I have a beautiful .62 flintlock built by Steve Zihn. The object was elk hunting, and it has been in the woods with me but has not made meat. I also have a shoulder that got a pretty extensive rebuild in November (just hooking things back up, no implant). The combination of a hunting load in the .62 and my shoulder is a bad one, so I am trying to bring this down to a trailwalk/target load that I can tolerate.

I am admittedly short-cutting the range time part of the equation, but am wondering what your experience is with lighter loads in large calibers. If I can get down to something that will work for me out to about 100 yards, I can do most of what I want to.

Figuring if I can't get it loaded down and accurate, then I will likely sell this rifle and get something in a .40, smaller pill, less powder, much less recoil. After dealing with my father in law's stuff after he passed, I don't need expensive wall hangers.

BTW - as delivered years back, the recommended hunting load from the builder is 140gr of 2F.

Your advice/wisdom/suggestions are appreciated.

David
NM

Uhmmmm ..... Wow .....

 

[pamtnman]

Shooting 130 grains FFG Swiss in two different 62 cal rifles. One flint weighing 7.5 lbs, one percussion weighing 9 lbs. Point blank is 100 yards. Hardly kicks at all. At 140 grains i start feeling it. At 160 grains i know it went off. That is my self imposed limit, and only for shooting within 135 yards