gun_painter
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I've recently rekindled an old love of muzzle loading. I acquired a cva 50 hawken rifle from a local gentlemen for $200 and went to work shooting it, usually with roundballs. I live in the country and a trip to the range is just a few steps outside of my shop door, which is nice cause I can reload in the a/c.
I got a lee lead melting pot, and some lead, along with a lee real 360gr mold, and got to making some bullets late last night. Shot em today to work up a load and seemed to have found something that looks good, requires a repeat effort to confirm. 85gr pyrodex p, no wonder wad, and some patch lube I have until I can do some wax/oil mix and pan lube.
The plate is 12", and 54 yards from my shooting position. It's a bit tighter than my best roundball load, but is that pretty good for a muzzleloader? Or do I need to do better? I come from the world of precision rifle shooting, my competition rifle shoots groups like this at 400 yards, so I'm not really sure what to call great, and good.
Going from 70gr and a roundball, to 85gr and a 360gr bullets, the recoil is much sharper, and the brass buttplate has the 'ol shoulder pocket a little tender, lol.
Branden
I got a lee lead melting pot, and some lead, along with a lee real 360gr mold, and got to making some bullets late last night. Shot em today to work up a load and seemed to have found something that looks good, requires a repeat effort to confirm. 85gr pyrodex p, no wonder wad, and some patch lube I have until I can do some wax/oil mix and pan lube.
The plate is 12", and 54 yards from my shooting position. It's a bit tighter than my best roundball load, but is that pretty good for a muzzleloader? Or do I need to do better? I come from the world of precision rifle shooting, my competition rifle shoots groups like this at 400 yards, so I'm not really sure what to call great, and good.
Going from 70gr and a roundball, to 85gr and a 360gr bullets, the recoil is much sharper, and the brass buttplate has the 'ol shoulder pocket a little tender, lol.
Branden