Mainly this is to just replace my recurve that I can not shot enough to stay in hunting form because of my shoulder. I want to hunt deer with it but I want the challenge. Maybe 50 yards, at most 100. I very seldom shoot deer past that with my centerfire rifles and we hunt on the wide open Dakota prairie. I haven't really given much thought as to the manufacturer. We have a Cabela's close by and they carry Pederosol(sp?) and I have seen the Lyman's on their webpage. I am just getting into this, I did order the book by Sam Falda and will read that when it arrives. I just want to start getting an idea of what I should be looking for when I do purchase a rifle.
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Based on what you just said, get any .50 caliber sidelock muzzleloader with a 1:48 or slower twist.
They all will shoot patched roundballs accurately with the right powder load and patch thickness.
This includes the Thompson Center guns with their .005 deep rifling grooves.
These shallow depth rifling grooves do need a tight patch/ball combination to get their best accuracy but all of them are capable of holding a 2 inch group at 50 yards.
Large powder loads are usually not conductive to great accuracy although you never know until your try them.
Personally, I love to hear about a dedicated bow hunter using a muzzleloader to combine their stalking expertise with the challenge of using a single shot muzzleloading rifle which limits the number of shots available to one.
They all will shoot patched roundballs accurately with the right powder load and patch thickness.
This includes the Thompson Center guns with their .005 deep rifling grooves.
These shallow depth rifling grooves do need a tight patch/ball combination to get their best accuracy but all of them are capable of holding a 2 inch group at 50 yards.
Large powder loads are usually not conductive to great accuracy although you never know until your try them.
Personally, I love to hear about a dedicated bow hunter using a muzzleloader to combine their stalking expertise with the challenge of using a single shot muzzleloading rifle which limits the number of shots available to one.
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For some reason or other my TC .54 was easier to find accuracy with than any of my TC .50s (PRBs). The 1-48" .54 shoots as well as I can hold if with 90gr fffg. I have a 1-60" .50 flinter that seems to shoot its best with the same 90gr fffg charge.
2T, that is one theory. There are many.
