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Old 01-21-2021, 12:26 PM
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bronko22000
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Originally Posted by lemoyne
A flintlock is to frustrating for a beginner, a side lock , say a Hawken or Renegade would be where I would start also they are excellent hunting weapons, I have taken a number of black bear and my favorite is a 54 caliber with a PRB and 120 grains of Black.
Lemoyne - I got away from the "little" .50 calibers too. I love shooting my .58s. I have one in percussion and one in flint. The percussion is a 1:60 (or 66") GM barrel and the flinter is a custom 1:60 made by Bob Hoyt. Both are 32" and on Renegade stocks and shoot great with 100 gr of Goex FFg and a .570 ball and .015" pillow tick patch with olive oil lube.
I've tried several different patch lubes and good old OO give me the best groups.
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