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Re: Black Powder .50 cal rifle feels like 0 recoil, am I crazy?
« Reply #15 on: March 11, 2016, 12:10:24 AM »
http://www.cabelas.com/product/Blackhorn-Powder-Charge-Tubes-Per/1096214.uts

There is the link to them. It doesn't have to be Blackhorn 209 powder in them they just make them obviously!

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Re: Black Powder .50 cal rifle feels like 0 recoil, am I crazy?
« Reply #16 on: March 11, 2016, 10:48:42 AM »
http://www.cabelas.com/product/Blackhorn-Powder-Charge-Tubes-Per/1096214.uts

There is the link to them. It doesn't have to be Blackhorn 209 powder in them they just make them obviously!

Those are GREAT, must get some!

Will have to do some blackpowder shooting sometime, maybe at Issaquah Sportsmans club.

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Re: Black Powder .50 cal rifle feels like 0 recoil, am I crazy?
« Reply #17 on: March 11, 2016, 11:19:05 PM »
http://www.cabelas.com/product/Blackhorn-Powder-Charge-Tubes-Per/1096214.uts

There is the link to them. It doesn't have to be Blackhorn 209 powder in them they just make them obviously!

Those are GREAT, must get some!

Will have to do some blackpowder shooting sometime, maybe at Issaquah Sportsmans club.

Are you a member up there? Have you ever been to Tacoma Sportsmans club? I have a membership there it's pretty cool. Not as nice as Paul Bunyan. But it's close only like 20 minutes from Orting on backroads to Tacoma Sportsmans club

BTW I was up in Hancock today mountain biking and saw 36 elk with no antlers. I did a lot of searching but didn't find any sheds. Hopefully tomorrow. Saw a herd of 22 up high, that's the biggest herd I've seen up there it was cool. All in a single file line.

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Re: Black Power .50 cal rifle feels like 0 recoil, am I crazy?
« Reply #18 on: March 14, 2016, 11:30:50 AM »
Also, might want to add a "D" to your thread title.

Aaaand there's coffee on my keyboard.   :chuckle:

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Re: Black Powder .50 cal rifle feels like 0 recoil, am I crazy?
« Reply #19 on: March 14, 2016, 11:37:24 AM »
It sounds like you already have this all figured out, but just to echo others above, with a full-house elk load (>100gr powder, >240gr bullet), it shouldn't feel like a gentle push.  Ka-BOOM is what it sounds like from a distance, but I just hear a loud crack when I'm shooting.  You should feel like the recipient of the bullet is going to get hurt.

As an aside, a cheap 240gr bullet with a single pellet lit up by a musket cap is a great plinking/practice load.  It's really nice not to have to measure and pour powder when you're just sending some lead downrange.  Less charge also means easier swabbing between shots.

 


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