Cdaddy

1000 pardons - you got me...

No problem, but you do know how much I enjoyed that. Probably almost as much as you do when you get me.

cdaddy

I know you did - but I am sitting hear with the Sierra manual looking it up...

I Don't think you could apply the name magnum to the side hammers. I have shot a T/C Hawkin for many years and the say use no more than 100 grs. blackpowder. I have tried 100 grs. and it shots all over the back forty. 70 to 75 is about the max for accuracy.

After reading these posts, I note there are a few inline rifle shooter/people that shoot magnum loads or have tried them, but the majority of posters reported moderate to a little above moderate loads as providing the best accuracy and taking care of all their hunting needs. While many push a 100 grain charge in their inlines we need to consider that is still only "approximately" 2/3rd of the rifles capabilities.

I appreciate all the responces. There is a lot of excellent information here. Withthe tradtiional shooters pointing out their rifle loads. Those that shoot 70 grains of powder are about 2/3rd of their rifles capabilities to the max loads. I for one do shoot 100 grains and some times more in powder in my traditional rifles.

I guess the idea of everyone shooting magnum loads out of their rifles is not as true as some people would have us believe. I thank all that have responded to this post for their support and responce.

1. How many of you shoot magnum powder charges for hunting?
2. What rifle(s) do you shoot these magnum powder charges out of? ie; brand, model, barrel length
3. What projectile are you shooting when using magnum charges?
4. What ignition system are you shooting?
5. Is this a scoped rifle?
6. What animal are you hunting?
7. Do you feel this is a benifit with the magnum loads or is this the powder charge that gives you the best accuracy?
8. What do you feel is the max range you would be willing to shoot, if all things were perfect in relation to the shot?
9. Have you ever taken game with this load?
10. Have you ever missed with this load on game?
11. If you do not shoot MAGNUM CHARGES, what is the average non magnum powder charges, you do shoot in your rifles?
Well whats a mag charge? My defination is over 120gr.
My scratch built hawken likes130 my system one with the 54 barrel likes 130 with a 300gr widner bullet. my Omega likes 130 with 250 SW and 150 with 50/40 -200gr SW and so far the triumph has shot all most everything I have tried except the 50/40 180 gr Gold Dot.
Have taken deer with everything except the Triumph.
The Hawken and System One use musket caps the rest use 209's.
I used to use irons but age and trifocals has forced me to scopes.
I normally hunt deer boar and bear though on trips to canada and out west I have hunted elk and antlope.
My longest shots have been with the Hawken and the range finder said at 180yds, since I practice 177 for the friendship matches these shots are not difficult for me. Most of my shots are 25 to 30 yds.I have missed twice in the last 50 years both times was from jerking the trigger,that places my missing in the 1.75 percent at the moment since they were clean misses I dont feel bad about them.
Now this will proably cause some disscussion but please remember everyone has a right to an opinion.
When I was doing my studies I seen a slowed down movie taken by a high speed camera of how barrels vibrate or "whip" my ipression was that rifled barrels have a circular motion; from this I deduce that each time they come back to exactly straight is when they will shoot the most consistant;so I start at 70 gr and go to the limit of the guns capability when testing loads and have most often found that there is two loads the gun will shoot good and that a lot of the time it is the heavier load that it will shoot the best with. Lee