muzzloader charge
what is a good powder charge for a 54 caliber muzzloader[:0][:0][:0]
JESUS SAVES
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You can kill game with 70 grains. Take 3 shots with 70 grains. Then try 3 shots with 75 grains. Keep moving up in 5-grain increments.
You will find the load that is most accurate for your gun. Probably at around 110 grains accuracy will begin to suffer, and it will begin to get rough on your shoulder.
With my .50 I hunted with 80 or 90 grains, both loads shot equally well in my gun. Eighty grains was a great deer killer with the patched round ball at 80 yards.
For target shooting you might do fine with 60 grains.
ps The above recommendations are for round ball. If you are shooting a .54 elongated slug you will only need around 70 grains. You wouldn't want to take too many practice shots with 110 grains of powder and a 450 grain slug, rough on the shoulder.0 -
Hello I shoot 100 grains in a Flint lock with patched round ball but weight of bullet and shape SABOT etc can make a big differance 0 -
HELLO on my 50 cal. i was using 90 grains also,last year i switched to sabolts i droped to 60 grains shoots well and knock down seemed better got a nice buck with it last fall.tks.hedge 0 -
Im with perry - 100 gr with flintlock and round ball 0 -
I think this would depend on what you are shooting at and what type of gun it is. If it is an inline then you can probably get away with chaging the charge and finding what you want as allen saying. But if you are shooting a flint lock with a round ball then around 100 is probably going to work well for you. In a .50 cal I use 100 gr with a round ball. Any more my accuracy drops, any less and it seems to start droping at 50 yards. 0 -
100 grains sounds good im new to muzzloaders so any info helps thanks again to you all[:o)]
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True, it depends on the projectile, barrel length and twist. A slow twist will throw a round ball straight as anything with anything from 60 gr to 100 for .45 to .54. Conicals and faster twist rates make shooting the inlines tough at first as they need a load worked up for them.
The old timers would shoot over fresh snow and look for black spots. When they saw them they'd back off a tad and knew they had the most powerful load the barrel length would handle.
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Old timers rule of thumb is start with the same grains of BP as the caliber of the gun. In your case being it is a 54 I would begin with 55 grains of FF and work my way up to a load that gives good consistant groupings at the yardage you intend to shoot. Do not let anyone say you ne 70 or 100 grains to kill a deer size animal. I hunt with a 45 flinter and have taken many a deer with 50 grains of FFF BP. My daughter has taken several deer with her 32 caliber using 40 grains of FFF. We use round ball only so if you are using heavier buffalo bullets then you should work up heavier loads for the heavier bullets.
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Listen to jjmitchell60 he's on the right track. Oldtimers would use the caliber size in grains to start and "if needed" for hunting larger game or for distance or to fine tune the most accurate load for the rifle work up slowly. Example 50 caliber start 50 grains, 54 caliber start 54 grains. You will find that any Blackpowder gun is more fun to shoot with out being loaded to the max. You may also find that your gun is more accurate with a medium weight charge too but you must experiment. 0 -
I agree with JJmitchell60. mine shoots great with either the same grains as caliber (for target shooting) or 90 grains for hunting. 0
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