I shot sabots out of that rifle. I used 85 grains of Pyrodex RS. They were a red sabot with a flat point lead nose, copper jacket. I forget their name, or even where I purchased them. They shot pretty good.

.54 caliber is not all that bad, although that light rifle does like to kick. Its hardly over five pounds. That is why I put lead in the stock. Made it heavy and soaked up some of the recoil out of it.