RE: Best caliber?
I agree with you Dan O. The .50 caliber is much easier to find ball or conical for. I always buy a large amount of balls, conicals, etc when I find them on sale or in a good supply, and I make my own 300 grain conicals from pure lead for my .54. I always make sure I am never caught out of ammo when I want to do some shooting, which is a lot of the time. I also have a .50 caliber Hawkins with a 1-66 twist round ball barrel, and this is one of the best whitetail deer rifles I have. If the animal is under 60 yards (and where I hunt that is a long shot) you have meat in the freezer.