I shot the .54 Lyman Trade Rifle some more today... All I can say is WOW! All I did was make the change to ffg Swiss and this sucker will flat out SHOOT! Load was 85gr ffg Swiss, .530 Hornady round ball, Ox Yoke .015 1000 plus patch, and RWS 1075+ cap and range was 60yds. First shot was low and to the left and the next 9(yeah there's 9 there!) were basically pretty close to being in the center circle:
Velocity for that load was still fast at 1728fps.
I also shot my .50cal Lyman Trade Rifle for the first time today.. First target was using 85gr fffg Swiss, .490 Hornady RB, T/C .50cal patch/Bore Butter, CCI #11 cap.. Shots were all over the place.. MV- 1920fps
Next up I used 90gr ffg Swiss, Ox Yoke .015 patch as with the .54, and .490 RB. It did a LITTLE better at 60 yds:
Muzzle velocity was still up there at 1917fps.. I think I can work on this load...
I also shot the .54 T/C Hawken today.... It shot only FAIR at 60yds. I used the same load as with the .54 Trade Rifle:
I'm gonna have to work on it some more... MV out of the T/C was 1712fps....
I'm really having a good time shooting these sidelocks! 8)
Velocity for that load was still fast at 1728fps.
I also shot my .50cal Lyman Trade Rifle for the first time today.. First target was using 85gr fffg Swiss, .490 Hornady RB, T/C .50cal patch/Bore Butter, CCI #11 cap.. Shots were all over the place.. MV- 1920fps
Next up I used 90gr ffg Swiss, Ox Yoke .015 patch as with the .54, and .490 RB. It did a LITTLE better at 60 yds:
Muzzle velocity was still up there at 1917fps.. I think I can work on this load...
I also shot the .54 T/C Hawken today.... It shot only FAIR at 60yds. I used the same load as with the .54 Trade Rifle:
I'm gonna have to work on it some more... MV out of the T/C was 1712fps....
I'm really having a good time shooting these sidelocks! 8)