Minimum powder charge in a .50 cal rifle?

[CrackStock]

:thumbsup:

We are similar in our thinking. I started with 35 grains in a .50 Lyman Deer Stalker that was cut down and fitted with a shotgun recoil pad. I actually was using a caplock at the time to get him started and let him shoot at playing cards stapled to stubs of 2X8 boards from a construction site. This accomplished a couple of things -- he shot at a small target; his attention was maintained by enjoying the success of knocking something over on almost every shoot and I could study his progress as he got closer to the center of the playing cards. Motivation of the young ones is important.

My son also has a T/C Seneca in .36, but I will build him a .40 and trade with him down the road.

CS

 

[Stumpkiller]

I like that suggestion. 25 or 30 gr. You want enough "oompf" that you know it went off (not a misfire). Too little with a flinter and it may all jet out the vent and leave the ball mid-barrel.

Answers like this is why I love this forum. I never would have considered that.

Thanks for the headsup

PS,
Now, can you tell me how I can explain to her where "Moose Snot" comes from and how one goes about collecting it? :rotf: With luck, I'll be able to get a picture of her....Her disgust/ick type expressions are priceless...

Well I had a good story I posted once that involved waiting until the dead of winter and finding a moose with a cold and then sheaking up behind him with an icicle and a bucket . . . but that may not be suitable for younger audiences.

Maybe we should start with first finding a square yard of Moose Kleenex . . .