T/C Hawken round ball question.
#11
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 5,425
RE: T/C Hawken round ball question.
Are you SURE it is a T/C Hawken????
I'd bet my custom flintlock that they are rated for more than 70grs of Goex...
Like Cay said, a round ball will kill very well...I started with a .45 flintlock back in the mid 70s, made a .54 in the late 80s and have probably taken 50 deer with the two combined, out to 125 yards...
I shot 75grs on the .45 and 80grs in the .54...Anywhere from 75-100grs is plenty for deer with a ball...
I'd bet my custom flintlock that they are rated for more than 70grs of Goex...
Like Cay said, a round ball will kill very well...I started with a .45 flintlock back in the mid 70s, made a .54 in the late 80s and have probably taken 50 deer with the two combined, out to 125 yards...
I shot 75grs on the .45 and 80grs in the .54...Anywhere from 75-100grs is plenty for deer with a ball...
#12
RE: T/C Hawken round ball question.
ORIGINAL: diehardhunter
Lemoyne the book I got with my .50 hawken say the max load is 70 gr. of pyrodex RS with a rb. Can I safely shoot more than the recommended max load?
Thanks,
Die Hard
Lemoyne the book I got with my .50 hawken say the max load is 70 gr. of pyrodex RS with a rb. Can I safely shoot more than the recommended max load?
Thanks,
Die Hard
So I personally think you would be safe shooting more then 70 grains.
#13
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 6,585
RE: T/C Hawken round ball question.
diehardhunter,I think you should double check that, I have never seen one with a 70 gr max. How ever if that is correct I do not recommend going over it, if its that low the manufacture had a reason for making it that low. The ones I built I proof tested myself, the other ones I have[ TC ]all have a max of 120 gr of Black FFor Pyrodex RS.
Lee
Lee
#14
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 48
RE: T/C Hawken round ball question.
I have a T/C Hawken that I built from a kit in the late 70's , Belive it or not it will shoot a round ball or maxi-ball thru the same hole using Goex FFF and a CCI #11 magnum primer, I don't know what the twist is but it is the original T/C barrel.....
#15
Typical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Wide open Nevada
Posts: 515
RE: T/C Hawken round ball question.
My T/C book says 120 FFF black or pyro . I've never shot over a 4" group with mine and have shot loads from 50 to 110 . By the book with 110 grs a tight patched .490 is leaving the muzzle at a little over 2200fps which is about the same as a 30-06' with a 180 . I have punched both heads on an 55 gal oil drum at 175yrd the drop was about 14" and the exit hole was about the size of a half dollar .