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<blockquote data-quote="Rod Snell" data-source="post: 1642108" data-attributes="member: 796"><p>90% of shooting a blackpowder muzzle loader is knowing how to load it, and you leave me with an uneasy feeling about your knowledge and experience level. If you were closer to Altus, we could take your rig to the range and sort it out. I don't shoot .54, but I have used Hornady sabots in other calibers. I prefer .45 with Power belts for Oklahoma's small-bodied deer among the "modern" designs (I've shot most deer with roundball in an old traditional Hawken).</p><p>You seriously need to get with a mentor and shoot your smokepole several sessions before hunting with it. In an unfired, unlubed bore, sabots can be pushed in with your fingers, typically. I'd load it with about a 70% charge and see where the bullet hits. Fire a cap in your empty gun before loading and make sure the flash hole is open, or you may find out what the bullet puller is for.</p><p></p><p>Added: The rifling twist in your barrel is critically important to what type of ammunition you can use effectively. Old-style 48 inch twist barrels are made for roundballs and don't do well with bullets and sabots. Most inlines are 24 inch twist and shoot well with the power belt bullets. I have a .50 with 36 inch twist that I use with sabots, but frankly that gun is only acceptable at best. Put the wrong ammunition in a twist not suitable for it, and you get a case of CHS (can't hit stuff).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rod Snell, post: 1642108, member: 796"] 90% of shooting a blackpowder muzzle loader is knowing how to load it, and you leave me with an uneasy feeling about your knowledge and experience level. If you were closer to Altus, we could take your rig to the range and sort it out. I don't shoot .54, but I have used Hornady sabots in other calibers. I prefer .45 with Power belts for Oklahoma's small-bodied deer among the "modern" designs (I've shot most deer with roundball in an old traditional Hawken). You seriously need to get with a mentor and shoot your smokepole several sessions before hunting with it. In an unfired, unlubed bore, sabots can be pushed in with your fingers, typically. I'd load it with about a 70% charge and see where the bullet hits. Fire a cap in your empty gun before loading and make sure the flash hole is open, or you may find out what the bullet puller is for. Added: The rifling twist in your barrel is critically important to what type of ammunition you can use effectively. Old-style 48 inch twist barrels are made for roundballs and don't do well with bullets and sabots. Most inlines are 24 inch twist and shoot well with the power belt bullets. I have a .50 with 36 inch twist that I use with sabots, but frankly that gun is only acceptable at best. Put the wrong ammunition in a twist not suitable for it, and you get a case of CHS (can't hit stuff). [/QUOTE]
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