ORIGINAL: Madjac20
I'm thinking about pulling out my .50 cal Hawken that I made from a kitseveral years ago. I used to shoot it quite often, buthaven't lately. I've seen alot of conical and sabots advertised in catalogs. Which would be better for me to use...or should I stick to the old patch & ball. I'm really not looking for something that will shoot over 100 hards, because I'll hunt in the same area I bow hunt so there's no "long range" shooting lanes. My Hawken doesn't have the same twist in the barrel as the modern black powder muzzel loaders. Help a brother out.
I believe you need one of the "modern" fast-twist barrels to have much luck using sabotted bullets. However, you might find that you can use a short bullet like a 250 to 300-grain.45 cal handgun semi-wadcutter (Keith design) bullet in a sabot in a slow-twist barrel. Relatively short, full-bore diameter concials will probably work OK as well. For instance, I use 370-grain Maxi-Balls in my 1/72" twist .50 cal. Hawken, and the 420-grainers in my 1/60" twist .54, and they shoot well with heavy loads. (See below)
Do not sell the PRB short-more deer and larger game were killedin North America with a PRB than any other kind of bullet!
