To the OP. Great shooting. I have the same gun I have been wanting to take hunting for a few years. My dad used it in for civil war re-enactment, but I hate to tell you. Although the Zouave is NSSA approved, it really is not historically accurate.

My question to everyone here. Although I have been shooting BP for quite a long time, 41 grains of 3F does not seem like enough for a 400 grain mini. I have visions of actually watching this round fly down range. I guess I'm thinking of a hunting load, and yes I understand that 3F has a higher pressure than 2F, but it seems that you would want to be somewhere in the nieghborhood of at least 70-80 grains.

Did you try 2F? What would be a good hunting load for this? Or is the above load good? Discuss.