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ron5743 02-19-2009 12:56 PM

54 cal. T/C night hawk
 
Hey guys,I have a question,in my 54 cal. the rifleing groves don.t seem to be very deep.With the barrel clean you can just see the groves.Is this normal?

mountaineer magic 02-19-2009 01:37 PM

RE: 54 cal. T/C night hawk
 
I'm not familiar with that gun but I have some slow twist barrels that have deep rifling (.012)and some fast twist barrels with shallow rifling( like .005) Maybe it is a fast twist barrel.Are you sure it's not a Fire hawk instead of a night hawk?. I think the rifling in a fire hawk is .005.The Thunder hawk also I believe is shallow rifling.

ron5743 02-20-2009 01:44 PM

RE: 54 cal. T/C night hawk
 
yeah,sorry man it is a fire hawk

ron5743 02-20-2009 01:45 PM

RE: 54 cal. T/C night hawk
 
Thanks for the response

mountaineer magic 02-20-2009 05:56 PM

RE: 54 cal. T/C night hawk
 
That gun I believe has a twist of 1:38 and a rifling of about .006. It will shoot conicals better than round balls although some have had success with prb if the powder is low.( not exceeding 70 gr.) I would stick with conicals and 90 gr. . The twist is a litttle slow to stabilize some of the new saboted bullets, but that is the fun of experimenting:D


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