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Took out my new to me .54 T/C hawken Flintlock this weekend for a good couple of hours to see what she and I can do.
It was a nice day out. Light steady crosswind, but nothing to big of a deal.
I brought along some Hornady .530 balls and some .010 patches and 2f powder. My barrel on this gun is a Roundball barrel with a 1 in 60 twist.
I shot at a distance of 25 yards at first. All standing. The heft of the gun actually helped me keep a steady bead on the target and before I knew it I could shoot all the roundballs into a ragged hole at that distance. I just used 50 grains of powder.
Next I moved the target out to 50 yards and managed a nice palm sized group using 80 grains of powder.
Looking at my patches they were all getting cut. The patches look very old to me and they could be just degraded but nevertheless next time out Im going with .015 patching.
In the photo ignore the 2 shots in the same hole. Those arent part of my 4 shot group. Those 2 shots were with a different powder charge and with the sights adjusted low. Interesting how upping the powder charge began to throw the balls of to the right. The wind was blowing to the left so I Know it wasnt that.
So next time out Im going with thicker patches and 3F powder to see what will happen.
It was a nice day out. Light steady crosswind, but nothing to big of a deal.
I brought along some Hornady .530 balls and some .010 patches and 2f powder. My barrel on this gun is a Roundball barrel with a 1 in 60 twist.
I shot at a distance of 25 yards at first. All standing. The heft of the gun actually helped me keep a steady bead on the target and before I knew it I could shoot all the roundballs into a ragged hole at that distance. I just used 50 grains of powder.
Next I moved the target out to 50 yards and managed a nice palm sized group using 80 grains of powder.
Looking at my patches they were all getting cut. The patches look very old to me and they could be just degraded but nevertheless next time out Im going with .015 patching.
In the photo ignore the 2 shots in the same hole. Those arent part of my 4 shot group. Those 2 shots were with a different powder charge and with the sights adjusted low. Interesting how upping the powder charge began to throw the balls of to the right. The wind was blowing to the left so I Know it wasnt that.
So next time out Im going with thicker patches and 3F powder to see what will happen.
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