ORIGINAL: rafsob
I too love to shoot and test fire different bullets. I have a .54 Hawken Carbine and so far I have shot the Maxi-Hunter, Ball and the Hornaday Great Plains. This gun has a 1 in 24" twist rate and is not really good for PRBs. I am still trying to get my hands on some R.E.A.L bullets. I will test them when I can find some.
I eventually want to cast my own bullets, but must find the right one first. I do like the Maxi-Balls, but found out the molds are only available in .50 cal.
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Black Jack Hill
http://www.blackjackhill.com/ is where I purchse my .54 caliber maxiball. They also have .54 caliber REAL conicals there as well. Contact Bill Davis there. He will cast them out of pure lead for you and his prices are real good. Send him an e-mail. You can tell him hello for me...
With the kind of twist you have in that rifle, you might want to get a hold of Bull Shop Conicalsand see if some of these 420 grain conicals would work for you. I shot more of them today out of a .54 caliber CVA Mountian Stalker with a 1:48 twist. Nothing to get too excited about as far as accuacy. I think these things need a faster twist.
I was shooting 70 grains of Triple Se7en 3f, standard CCI caps, without wads.
To double check the rifle I shot some REAL conicals which the rifle likes. As you can see from that little picture in the corner, the rifle was right on the money. The rifle was shooting to the left with most of the projectiles today. I then adjusted and made the REALs hit in the bulls eye.