Is the .54 going the way of the DoDo Bird?

[bloodhound]

I see that Hornady has stopped making the Great Plains bullets for the .54 and the supplies seem to all be for the .45 and .50 cals. The only places I could find bullets was on the secondary markets, GB and such and from makers like No Excuses and such...

So is the .54 on the way out?

 

[muzzlestuffer]

I see that Hornady has stopped making the Great Plains bullets for the .54 and the supplies seem to all be for the .45 and .50 cals. The only places I could find bullets was on the secondary markets, GB and such and from makers like No Excuses and such...

So is the .54 on the way out?

I'm guessing demand is down ?

 

[Bushfire]

Maybe for inlines, but it's one hell of a round ball calibre.

 

[eekjellander]

I see that Hornady has stopped making the Great Plains bullets for the .54 and the supplies seem to all be for the .45 and .50 cals. The only places I could find bullets was on the secondary markets, GB and such and from makers like No Excuses and such...

So is the .54 on the way out?

Not according to my wallet !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!/Ed

 

[rugerbh103]

I like to shoot it open sighted in an inline. There are some good .50 bullets out there and MMP still makes the purple. 50/.54 sabot.

 

[bloodhound]

I myself have 2 new boxes of the now discontinued No Excuses 535 grain bullets for my .54 uses. But I sold off my Great Plains and the TC Maxi Hunters...I may regret that.

I may have to give the No Excuses 525 replacement bullets...I am sure they will be fantastic as are all of his offerings.

 

[Scotts98rt]

It's not going, it went. I personally like a .54

 

[michiganmuzzy]

I got my first .54 less than a year ago. A beautiful old Renegade. Still havent shot it yet. Been hunting down different bullets to try before i buy a mould.

 

[bronko220002]

I'm liking my 45s more and more. But when I want to go with the big bore I bypass the 54 and go straight to the 58. I have 2 renegade stocked 58s. One is a caplock with a Green Mountain barrel and the other is a custom flintlock barrel by Bob Hoyt. They are both great shooters with 110 gr of FFg and a PRB with pillow tick and olive oil patch lube. Oh yeah and they make a real big hole!

 

[ohiostate]

my deer stalker is 54 cal

 

[jims]

I do not think it is a high choice for most anymore.

 

[4stringdude]

I started muzzle loading with a T/C Renegade in .54. I've stuck with the .54 for most all of my deer hunting. If you mold your own round balls and maxi-balls you are good to go. I won't stop shooting the .54 as long as they keep making lead.

When Hornady stopped making the Great Plains in .54, I was seriously bummed. That bullet was just the best thing in all of my rifles. I have fallen back to maxi-balls for hunting deer. They have always done the job well.

 

[michiganmuzzy]

Doesnt Accurate have a mold similar to the GP .54?

 

[CatamountRob]

If I wanted to shoot a .54, and I don’t, I’d be buying molds. I don’t think it’s ever been particularly popular and it’s only decreasing and I don’t see that turning around.

 

[Matthew323]

A patched ball in .54 caliber, or larger, will put the hammer down on any of the following big game species.

Whitetail deer, Columbian whitetail deer, Coues deer, Key deer, Rocky Mountain mule deer, desert mule deer, peninsular mule deer, California mule deer, Southern mule deer, Sitka black-tailed deer, Columbian black-tailed deer, Sika deer, antelope, Rocky Mountain goat, Rocky Mountain sheep, desert sheep, Dall sheep, stone sheep, Shiras moose, Eastern Canada moose, Western Canada moose, Alaska-Yukon moose, caribou, Roosevelt elk, Merriam's elk, Rocky Mountain elk, Tule elk, Manitoban elk, Eastern elk, mountain lion, grey wolf, coyote, musk ox, and plains bison. I don't know if the Woods bison is a huntable species.

 

[Danno]

Back when I was into sidelocks, minnie balls shot the most accurate in both a .58 Zouave and a .54
Trade Rifle. Seems like the molds were made by Lyman. Also seems like someone had come up with
a tool for making hollow points.

 

[eekjellander]

I started muzzle loading with a T/C Renegade in .54. I've stuck with the .54 for most all of my deer hunting. If you mold your own round balls and maxi-balls you are good to go. I won't stop shooting the .54 as long as they keep making lead.

When Hornady stopped making the Great Plains in .54, I was seriously bummed. That bullet was just the best thing in all of my rifles. I have fallen back to maxi-balls for hunting deer. They have always done the job well.

 

[eekjellander]

Lyman Plains in 45/50 or 54 does the same as the hornady great accuracy and kills with class great piles of blood and available/ Ed

 

[CatamountRob]

A patched ball in .54 caliber, or larger, will put the hammer down on any of the following big game species.

Whitetail deer, Columbian whitetail deer, Coues deer, Key deer, Rocky Mountain mule deer, desert mule deer, peninsular mule deer, California mule deer, Southern mule deer, Sitka black-tailed deer, Columbian black-tailed deer, Sika deer, antelope, Rocky Mountain goat, Rocky Mountain sheep, desert sheep, Dall sheep, stone sheep, Shiras moose, Eastern Canada moose, Western Canada moose, Alaska-Yukon moose, caribou, Roosevelt elk, Merriam's elk, Rocky Mountain elk, Tule elk, Manitoban elk, Eastern elk, mountain lion, grey wolf, coyote, musk ox, and plains bison. I don't know if the Woods bison is a huntable species.

Yeah probably so. 99% of the hunters in America hunt deer and not much else.

 

[4stringdude]

Lyman Plains in 45/50 or 54 does the same as the hornady great accuracy and kills with class great piles of blood and available/ Ed

I picked up a Lyman plains mold in .54 cal. I just haven't gotten to test it out. I know that Idaholewis likes it a lot. I bought it on his recommendation.