OK, I finally got it. I have a Thompson Center Hawken cap lock in 50 Cal and it has a Green Mountain 1:28 twist barrel with a 22 inch barrel. I put on the Fiber Optic sights with open sights. Using a Hornady .430 HP/XTP - 240 grains and a Harvester Crush Rib sabot - with 90 grains of ffG (GOEX) black power with a lot date of circa 1982, I can get an three shot with a one inch group on a 2 inch bull?s-eye at 50 yards.
That is close enough to kill a whitetail deer at 50 ? 60 yards.
Not bad for a 62 year old fart, if I must say.
Next year I plan casting my own bullets and hunt with a flint lock.
Robert
That is close enough to kill a whitetail deer at 50 ? 60 yards.
Not bad for a 62 year old fart, if I must say.
Next year I plan casting my own bullets and hunt with a flint lock.
Robert