He did PERFECT! ZERO issues with him giving me a hard time, the rifle loaded and shot beautifully, light recoil and most importantly, he had zero issues with the sights. This SOB on his last shot actually got into the kneeling position, split the 3" bulls eye in half with the front sight and nailed the bulls eye directly 12 o clock! OFF HIS KNEE! He couldn't believe how accurate the rifle was for an old design and open sights.

I brought 10 charges out and we only used half of them because he got bored and wanted to sight his Strikerfire in. That rifle too is ready to go!

Traditions Hawken Woodsman .50cal - 160gr Thor Control Fracture Ballistic Tip, 90gr Pyrodex RS
Traditions Strikerfire .50cal - 250gr Thor Ballistic Tip, 100gr Blackhorn209





Hes completely happy!


Next time out, we're trying to try some Jim Shockeys Gold super sticks in the Strikerfire and see how she does. It really likes a fouled bore, but it takes 5 or 6 shots with BH209 to get a nice layer that does well. We'll see. Hes set on using the Hawken for sure since it was so easy.