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    Conical bullets best suited for Thompson Center shallow grooves 1/48" barrels.

    I found a box of pre-lubed 320gr maxi-balls locally so I'm going to try those. I almost exclusively still hunt from a stand and I walk in. I can check that the projectile is properly seated when I get in the stand so I think I'll be ok. Probably won't be a bad idea to tip the muzzle down...
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    Conical bullets best suited for Thompson Center shallow grooves 1/48" barrels.

    It's a .50. Did you ever have any trouble with them not staying put on top of the powder charge after loading? I ruined a barrel once with a ball that wasn't properly seated so I'm terrified of the idea of a chronicle that doesn't have a nice tight patch fit to the barrel creeping forward...
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    Conical bullets best suited for Thompson Center shallow grooves 1/48" barrels.

    I've always shot patch and ball out of my TC renegade with a shallow groove 1 and 48 barrel with decent results. But that was target shooting. I'm interested in hunting this year's muzzleloader season and I'm wondering what conical bullets are best suited in that gun or in shallow groove...
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