Traditional PRB Hunters: What caliber will you use opening day?

[rr11]

All my flinters are.54

 

[caddo]

50 cal

 

[CZMark]

RB,
I wonder if the reason .50 and .54 are #'s 1&2 has anything to do with the fact those two calibers are what the majority of production guns are made in?

Snow

I think you've got it backwards--the majority of production guns are .50 and .54 because those are the calibers people buy.

 

[KHickam]

Probably will use a .50 cal - but I might use a 62 cal :thumbsup:

 

[roundball]

RB, I wonder if the reason .50 and .54 are #'s 1&2 has anything to do with the fact those two calibers are what the majority of production guns are made in?
Snow

I think you've got it backwards--the majority of production guns are .50 and .54 because those are the calibers people buy.

Might be some chicken or the egg at work.
:wink:

From everything I've become aware of the trend seems to have slowly slid up into larger calibers over the decades...as an example, T/C finally discontinued its once popular .45cal...compressed its focus onto the .50 and .54cals and that's what they had available for quite a while...then added the .58cal on top.

 

[ny griz]

:idunno: I'll be a switch hitter this yr. between my 62cal 20gauge smoothy and 45cal flintlocks.Probably start season with the 62. :hmm: Griz

 

[rancher]

I'll have my .54 flint Lyman GPR on the opening day of the late season and my .50 percussion T/C Renegade on the opening day of the early season.

 

[rdillion]

I be using my just finished 40cal caplock Southern Mt. rifle. If I get it sighted in on time. Haven't fired a shot thru it yet.

 

[tg]

"From everything I've become aware of the trend seems to have slowly slid up into larger calibers over the decades...as an example, T/C finally discontinued its once popular .45cal...compressed its focus onto the .50 and .54cals and that's what they had available for quite a while...then added the .58cal on top"

I think you are correct Roundball, I can recall the early '70's when .45 and .50 were the norm, along with all the modern do-dads to go with ML's that have emerged over the years magnumitis has taken a good hold as well.

 

[Bon Sauvage]

I'll be using a 62 caliber rifle.

 

[rkmeyer]

62 Fusil smoothy will be my #1 this year. :v
Dusty :wink:

 

[Jason Lewis]

62 smoothy for both deer and pheasants.

 

[jaw69]

45 cal flint round ball for me. 72 grain of 3f plenty enouf power to 75 yards

 

[roundball]

Current snapshot order of 150 selections:

.54
.50
.58 & .62 tied
.45 just behind

 

[Protrucker]

I love my .54's! :grin: