I shoot patched roundballs in my .54 TC Hawken. It will shoot a near clover leaf at 50 yards over and over. The only exception to this is the first shot with a clean barrel, it is always somewhat of a flyer. I have to shoot a fowling shot, then the rest are right on from then on. As for longer ranges, I have never really shot it at paper. I have killed a few deer out to 85 yards with no problem, hitting where I was aiming, though most of my deer are shot within 30 yards. My load is 80 grains of BP .... Pyrodex burns through the patches for some reason, whereas BP doesn't. I lube the patch lightly with 1000+ TC Bore Butter and have to use a thicker patch. I cut my patches from heavy pillow ticking, forget the weight, but it's considerably thicker than TC patches.

Winger