got a plump sow with my .58 and patched roundball

I went to my ground blind spot and took my cabelas hawken .58 with me, its favorite load is a .570 round ball and .018 ticking patch 80 grains of pyrodex select 2F the small pack of pigs came in with her I had my night hunting lights on she got broadside @15 yards squeezed the trigger she dropped in her tracks then got up and made it another 10 yards


this is how I found her, complete pass through, she will be some good eating

Congrats on a good hunt. She will make some good eating. And, your posted load is good info. Massive loads and big bullets are not needed for 99% of hunting.

You's the hog man :thumbsup:

B.

here is what ive found about roundballs, if I back the powder charge down I get more pass throughs. when hunting hogs especially boars you want a hole completely through them. a big boar per say is a whole lot different then a elk bear or other light skin animals you have hair caked with mud that's solid as a brick fat the the callous (most people call it armour) then you have to hit the vitals then out the other side. I mainly hunt big boars at night and you need to get pass throughs. as stated when I back my charge to 70-80 grains I don't get a lot of expansion but I get a lot of penetration. on big hogs penetration is second to hitting a vital. if you don't get a complete passthrough with bullet a hog will lay in mud the fat on a hog seals wounds very well. I have shot any with my 50 cal roundballs yet but my 54s and 58s I have. I can hunt hogs every day so ill be posting more hunts and hope to video eventually, I personally hate videoing but I see a need to do some of that

Good job. :thumbsup:

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Howie said:

when hunting hogs especially boars you want a hole completely through them. ... I mainly hunt big boars at night and you need to get pass throughs. as stated when I back my charge to 70-80 grains I don't get a lot of expansion but I get a lot of penetration. .... I have shot any with my 50 cal roundballs yet but my 54s and 58s I have. I can hunt hogs every day so ill be posting more hunts and hope to video eventually, I personally hate videoing but I see a need to do some of that

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The increased performance of larger and heavier balls has to be seen to be appreciated on other species I've hunted, and it sounds the same with hogs. Just imagine what would happen with a 62 or 69 caliber! :grin:

As if any of us need encouragement to dream of more muzzleloaders! :rotf:

Howie said:

I mainly hunt big boars at night and you need to get pass throughs. as stated when I back my charge to 70-80 grains I don't get a lot of expansion but I get a lot of penetration. on big hogs penetration is second to hitting a vital.

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Cast your round balls out of wheel weights and you can increase the powder loads and get pass-throughs.

yes sir mr. brown Bear, I do have a pedersoli Kodiak .72 I haven't taken her hunting yet as she is fairly heavy to be holding all night. her time is coming. 2 years ago when I reintroduced myself back into traditional muzzleloading all I wanted to do is shoot big heavy conicals. then I thought I rarely ever take a shot over 25 yards it goes back from my bowhunting days. roundballs I am finding out they are very affective at the ranges I want to hunt at, more devastating then what ballistics say.

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: BBQ

You got that right! :metoo:

I got some really good chops off of her made some jalepeno cheddar smoked sausage as well these chops I used hickory in my smoker

Dang, but that looks good! :thumbsup:

hanshi said:

Dang, but that looks good! :thumbsup:

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Yes, it does. And since it looks so good, I'm sure my cardiologist would not approve. :shake: