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Big Game Hunting => Muzzleloader Hunting => Topic started by: MountainDevil54 on March 12, 2014, 12:31:56 AM

Title: Some shooting with my 50cal Mountai Rifle
Post by: MountainDevil54 on March 12, 2014, 12:31:56 AM: Will have to tap it over to the left a bit but man this sucker just will flat out shoot with basically zero load development!

80gr Goex 2f
.490" homecast round ball
.020" Patch lubed with Mr. Flintlocks patch lube " I left the patch a little wetter this time around"

50 yards.
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5 Shots in that upper hole, The low shot was me being a dummy and squeezing the trigger when I saw a black area between my sight and the 6 O clock position of the bulls eye.
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Also had my 58 Hawken out there just to fire off a shot that's been loaded in there for a few days now. Took an off hand shot and hit the 3 O clock area on the bulls eye. I love that one, she may be a little on the heavy side but its well worth it in the end.
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Title: Re: Some shooting with my 50cal Mountai Rifle
Post by: Hangfire on March 12, 2014, 08:26:26 AM: Nice groups. A patched roundball gun can be a joy to shoot.
Title: Re: Some shooting with my 50cal Mountai Rifle
Post by: Heredoggydoggy on March 12, 2014, 08:40:15 AM: Nice groups. Did a lot of research on Hawkens when I built mine back in the '70's. Hawkens never had brass furniture. When I see a modern "Hawken-style" rifle with a bunch of brass on it, I cringe! :chuckle:
Title: Re: Some shooting with my 50cal Mountai Rifle
Post by: MountainDevil54 on March 12, 2014, 10:43:31 AM: man if there was a way to replace the brass on a cva hawken i'd do it in a heart beat! I hate brass with a passion. I did have the brass blacked out with brass black but with all the cleaning and handling it wears off over time.
Title: Re: Some shooting with my 50cal Mountai Rifle
Post by: Heredoggydoggy on March 12, 2014, 10:50:30 AM: Quote from: MountainDevil54 on March 12, 2014, 10:43:31 AM
man if there was a way to replace the brass on a cva hawken i'd do it in a heart beat! I hate brass with a passion. I did have the brass blacked out with brass black but with all the cleaning and handling it wears off over time.

Have you got a Dixie Gun Works catalog? I got all the parts to build mine from them. Most of the steel parts were "As Cast", and I had to smooth and polish them. But that was the fun! Lot has changed since the '70's, but they still have a lot of black powder stuff. :tup:
Title: Re: Some shooting with my 50cal Mountai Rifle
Post by: oneshot12 on March 12, 2014, 01:03:50 PM: :tup: cant say that I would complain about that kind of grouping at all nice work
Title: Re: Some shooting with my 50cal Mountai Rifle
Post by: Red leaf 67 on April 01, 2014, 09:48:33 AM: :tup: Wow!!!! What a shooter, hang on to that one. tight group!