ORIGINAL: pse-archer
TC maxi ball, TC maxi hunter, or round ball? I plan to hunt deer with a 1-48" twist 54cal. Do round balls shoot as far as conicals or bullets?
A .54cal patched round ball out of my TC Hawken 1:48" barrels is extremely accurate and devastating on deer to 100yds.
FWIW, I use the following in my .54cal rifle:
90grns Goex 3F
OxYoke wad
.018" TC prelubed pillow ticking
Hornday .530
I've also taken a 4 pointer and an 8 pointer this year with a Green Mountain .54cal drop-in "Smoothbore" Flint barrel for a Hawken, and it's load was:
70grnsGoex 3F
OxYoke wad
OxYoke .015" prelubed plain cotton patch
Hornady .530
Here's the 8 pointer...dropped in his tracks with a neck shot.