Finally made it to the range with my new .50 Hawken

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

09-23-2012 | 03:04 PM

#11

cornfork

Thread Starter

Spike

Joined: Sep 2012

Posts: 31

Likes: 0

Quote:

Originally Posted by stripercrazy

how did you shoot? did you like the gun......i've shot a whole mountianman shoot (woods walk) 12 shots and never cleaned the gun useing pyrodex rs.....490 balls .015 patches...ed

Yea the gun shot great at first before I started obsessing about cleaning it! hopefully I can make it to the range next weekend. I'll post an update after my second trip.

Wow... 12 shots!

09-23-2012 | 03:10 PM

#12

Muley Hunter

Giant Nontypical

Joined: Feb 2011

Posts: 9,557

Likes: 0

From: Colorado

12 shots should be easy with Pyro and a PRB. Unless you have a really tight fitting patch.

09-23-2012 | 03:23 PM

#13

cayugad

Dominant Buck

Joined: Feb 2003

Posts: 21,193

Likes: 0

From: Wisconsin

I have shot over 20 rounds using black powder without swabbing. It depends on the patch, the lube, the humidity, the temperature, lots of things affect fouling. But I always judge whether a rifle needs to be swabbed by the feel of the range rod as I seat a projectile. If what I feel just is not right to me, then I swab before the next shot.