Traditions St.Louis Hawken .50cal at 100 yards today. 2 shots using 6 o clock hold. Next 2, I used 12 O clock hold. Only difference was my seating pressure and as you can see, heavy seating pressure did not affect the group size nor the impact. Shes right about 3" high at 100 yards. I do prefer to be dead on, but that's ok, I have plenty of time before I find out if I drew an elk tag or not.
Load was 80gr 1.5fg Olde Eynsford, .020" patch and a .490" round ball. No swabbing. I found earlier that this powder did not react well at all to a water based patch lube, but my hunting lube, it loved. Bullseye diameter is 3"
That top group is really tight compared to the lower, so I am going experiment more next time and try that heavy seating pressure again.
Earlier with a mix of water, alcohol and murphys oil soap, this was the 100 yard results. It does not like a cleaning lube in my gun thats for sure!
Load was 80gr 1.5fg Olde Eynsford, .020" patch and a .490" round ball. No swabbing. I found earlier that this powder did not react well at all to a water based patch lube, but my hunting lube, it loved. Bullseye diameter is 3"
That top group is really tight compared to the lower, so I am going experiment more next time and try that heavy seating pressure again.
Earlier with a mix of water, alcohol and murphys oil soap, this was the 100 yard results. It does not like a cleaning lube in my gun thats for sure!