Accurate 50--488M
05-04-2018, 09:43 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Rapid City, South Dakota
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Accurate 50--488M
52Bore (Rick) made/sent these bullets. It is my understanding Accurate altered the factory mold so it could to accept the plug Rick made, to create the hollow point.
The distance between the rifle, and the horse is 25 yard. The powder charge is 50 grain Blackhorn.
The smaller piece of the bullet was found in the second bottle. The larger, was found in the third bottle. The last three bottles were undamaged.
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05-04-2018, 12:06 PM
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Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: River Ridge, LA (Suburb of New Orleans)
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My philosophy is, for muzzleloaders, full bore conicals should be soft (or fairly soft) lead with a flat point with a diameter about 1/3 the bullet's diameter. Never saw the need for a hollow point, but if you're going to have one its diameter should be no more than 1/4 of the bullet diameter.
