Apples and oranges. ".1257" is the increase in circumference, not caliber.Not trying to be picky but actually the math is .1257 not .04. Try this web site chuck hawks.com/54_caliber_muzzleloader.htm
Apples and oranges. ".1257" is the increase in circumference, not caliber.Not trying to be picky but actually the math is .1257 not .04. Try this web site chuck hawks.com/54_caliber_muzzleloader.htm
You can try them but maxi hunters don't seem to shoot near as well as the maxi balls do.Hello fellow NY er I also have a 54 cal TC Renedgade. I was given a dozen maxie hunters. Do you have any suggestions on powder charge and type of lube I have only shot permanent round ball. Thank you for any help.
Those are maxi-balls, I bet they will work great if you only lube the bottom groove.I was given 24 of them. By a friend who called them SABOTS. I thought they were maxie hunters. Like I said in my original post I have only purchased PRB for the last 35 years. Any help would be much appreciated.
I live about 30-40 miles from that Place (October Country) I am NONE impressed with their Cast Bullets, and personally would NOT advise them. I bought some 600 Grain 58 Cal Maxi Balls from them a few years ago that were horrible Quality, Beat up badly, Pin holes, and wrinkles, They weighed as much as 20 Grains Apart, Whoever Casts their Bullets? Does a POOR JOB. If you read the Reviews, others have had issues with them as well. The Bullets in their Picture look like Wheel Weight Lead, I see a “Pulled/Tore” Sprue Cut on one of them, That is a sign of a HARD Bullet. For best performance on Game, You want Pure SOFT LEAD at Typical Muzzleloader Velocities of 1,300 to 1,500 FpsTake a look at this;
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Just use google images for the tc maxie hunter, it's a shorter design.
Under normal use —- NO. Under MIS USE — well maybe. He could’ve used sand paper for patch material I guess.About five years ago I bought a NIB CVA Bobcat .50 cal. from a close friend. Got hooked on BP hunting, I love it. So I bought a TC Hawken in .50 cal. used from a guy on another forum. Well I have a question for you more experienced guys I have another friend who has a TC Hawken in 54 cal. that he bought new and claims that after about 200 rounds PRB he has shot out the rifling's. Is that even possible with PRB. I asked to see the barrel but he never seems to be able to find the old barrel.
No way with PRB did he shoot out that barrel in 200 rounds. TC Hawken or No TC Hawken, not going to happen in 200 rounds. Something else is going on there.About five years ago I bought a NIB CVA Bobcat .50 cal. from a close friend. Got hooked on BP hunting, I love it. So I bought a TC Hawken in .50 cal. used from a guy on another forum. Well I have a question for you more experienced guys I have another friend who has a TC Hawken in 54 cal. that he bought new and claims that after about 200 rounds PRB he has shot out the rifling's. Is that even possible with PRB. I asked to see the barrel but he never seems to be able to find the old barrel.
Wow, agree. No way a PRB wears out a barrel that fast without some other underlying issue. Funny patch material, lube, or cleaning is my guess.
Kind of what I was thinking. I've shot the heck out of my TC Hawken .50 since I bought it. Clean it after every session and it keeps on doing it's thing. I smile every time I shoot it. I need to see my buddy's barrel. May try to buy it from him CHEAP.Rust. Not properly cleaning a barrel is my guess.