45 &50 T/C Hawken rifles

[bobw]

Bob, I have a couple of 1:48 T/C barrels and they shoot good w/ rd. balls and pillow ticking patches; a .50 cal. and a .54 cal. barrel. With round balls I run 80 gr. 2F in the .50, and 90 gr. in the .54, and both shoot well. I've shot a pile of beaver w/ head shots using loads, and they are superb. The pelts were outstanding; 2 eyeholes, 2 earholes, and 2 cal. size bullet holes. My guesstimate would be a 70 gr. load 2F in your .45 should perform for you in a variety of shooting.

As an aside I've found that rd. balls will drift about 1" for every mph of crosswind @ 100 yds. w/ these loads; the big conicals (e.g. maxiballs) about 1/4-1/3 that much w/ heavier loads, and they are much better for hunting big game.

Regards
IR

Thanks IR, took the the 70 gr advice with the 45 and prb it's ready to go. 80 grs and a prb in the 50 seems to work also, I put an original frt sight on it and with a ctr hold it's putting them in the bull at 50 yds. 3 went into an inch at 50 yds today, so now I'll play with how much to hold up the frt sight at farther ranges. Thanks for the help. bobw