I need some of your thoughts. Out of all my sidelocks, I don't have a .54 and you guys keep telling me I should get one. I have my eye on a Renegade stock but I want to get a GM barrel for it. Now this is where my problem arises. Do I get a 1:28 LRH barrel in .54, or do I get the 1:70 and shoot PRBs.
If any of you have either of these barrels I would appreciate any info on how it shoots.
I know a deer wouldn't care either way if it got hit with a 54 ball, a saboted combo of some sort or a 54 (humongous) conical. I am more interested in accuracy out to 50 yds and stretching to 75. Also, what sabot combinations are your favorite should I select the LRH barrel.
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I need some of your thoughts. Out of all my sidelocks, I don't have a .54 and you guys keep telling me I should get one. I have my eye on a Renegade stock but I want to get a GM barrel for it. Now this is where my problem arises. Do I get a 1:28 LRH barrel in .54, or do I get the 1:70 and shoot PRBs.
Just my opinion... but if you are going to get a LRH - get a 50 cal many - many more options that way.
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If any of you have either of these barrels I would appreciate any info on how it shoots.
I know a deer wouldn't care either way if it got hit with a 54 ball, a saboted combo of some sort or a 54 (humongous) conical. I am more interested in accuracy out to 50 yds and stretching to 75. Also, what sabot combinations are your favorite should I select the LRH barrel.
You only have a couple of sabot selections if you were to go with the 54 cal LRH. 50 cal different story.
54 barrels are really good for hunting with a PRB if you get a PRB twist... 1-48's work but...
The 54 is a far better gun than 50 when it comes to PRB's and hunting, other than that a 50 cal will always give you more options these days...
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Sabot, I have a bucket full of 45 and 50 cal muzzys with various twist rates. But these guys have me thinking about a .54. I am leaning toward the 1:70. I just need a little push in that direction. I have about 2000 or so .54 RBs that I inherited which I've been using to recast .45 Maxiballs so ammo isn't a problem
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I have both barrels and due to the hard time I had getting sabots and stuff for the fast twist, sold the fast twist barrel. The 1-70 .54 caliber roundball barrel is a great shooter. You would not go wrong getting that barrel.
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Sabot, I have a bucket full of 45 and 50 cal muzzys with various twist rates. But these guys have me thinking about a .54. I am leaning toward the 1:70. I just need a little push in that direction. I have about 2000 or so .54 RBs that I inherited which I've been using to recast .45 Maxiballs so ammo isn't a problem
Well, there you go...Get the 54 PRB bore!
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I shot a 1:48 twist for a long time, it shot RB's ok and conicals much better.if your looking to shoot RB's then the 1:70 is the way to go. if conicals interest you the 1:28 is probably the better route. Ray
Well the weight doesn't bother me. I always hunt slow and easy.
And anyway, its too late. I realized I had a spare T/C Hawken stock and as luck would have it, a percussion lock went off on Ebay and I won it and a good price. So I sent my order in to GM and ordered the 15/16", 54 cal 32" 1:70 repacement barrel.
But my problem now is it will have to wait until I come back from FL after the birth of my two grandsons this coming week. I wont get to shoot it until July. But I can live with that.
__________________ PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO THE RISING COST IN AMMO PRICES I WILL NO LONGER BE FIRING A WARNING SHOT.
A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take away everything you have.
I'm not as good as I'm gonna get - but I'm better than I used to be. "Life without God is like an unsharpened pencil - it has no point."
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