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  1. M

    1:32twist and a PRB?

    I have a Hawken's with a 1/36 twist, and all though Ive only had it a month or two, its shooting fine, I'm just punching paper at 25 and 50yds and some steel targets at 100, its a 50Cal and I'm using 50g of 2F, a .495 PRB with a .010 patch. I haven't had it long enough to determine the best load...
  2. M

    Sifting BP?

    I got a bang out of that, as someday you wont. :rotf:
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    Twist to fast

    Joel, That's what I have with out any glasses, the target and front sight are clear, but the rear sight is blurred, so maybe all I need to do is mess around with the rear notch. This sight has a reversible small steel card with a U in one end and a V in the other. Thanks Ill give that some...
  4. M

    Twist to fast

    Sorry if I came on a little strong, I should know better, I was a moderator on another gun site for several years, and I know most feeling get hurt because of a misunderstanding, or incorrect interpretation of someones post, its seldom deliberate. and I apologize. Now, I was just getting this...
  5. M

    Twist to fast

    My post of 10/26 must have been confusing. And for that Im sorry. Thanks for the help.
  6. M

    Twist to fast

    Paulvallandigrham: Im sure you mean no insult, by your suggestion I start out practicing with a 22 rim fire. Or that I need basic marksmanship training. Its your assumption I take exception with. I received that basic training in about 1953 when I was 10, and continued shooting with open sights...
  7. M

    Twist to fast

    Well today I took my 1:36" twist 50 cal Hawken's in question to the range with two of my shooting buds. I had made some sight adjustments, so it took 3 or 4 shots to get the POA and POI the same at 50 yds, I did drop back to 40g of 2F, with .495 balls and .010 lubed patches, and was able to keep...
  8. M

    Seasoning a barrel??

    Roundball, Im to new to BP shooting to know if Im doing the right thing or not, but I do treat my barrel about like you do, with lots of Bore Butter, and a wet patch with a 50/50 mix of water and Fantastic about every 5 or 6 shots. And it seams to be easier to clean at the end of the day, when...
  9. M

    Twist to fast

    The best I could do is e-mail pictures to someone that wanted to post them for me, Im a "CIOF" (Computer Illiterate Old Fart). With out a flat bed scanner, or the know how to run one.
  10. M

    Twist to fast

    Red, it has one wedge, the box and booklet didn't mention Hurricane, but in the book, it does have a little drawing of the stainless steel lined patent breech, with powder and a conical on top of it. So your probably right. Who ever made it, made 2500 of them for Montgomery Wards, and mine is...
  11. M

    Twist to fast

    Thanks Runner, that lays it out so even I can follow it, and its just what I need to do. Im past the point of just playing with a new gun now, got the little things out of the way, and now I need to get serious, and see how well I can make it shoot. Im just glad you didn't all come back and...
  12. M

    California

    Nor-Cal Mikie, I see your sort of new to this site like I am, where do you live? And whats a Putter Valley, is that where they play golf a lot? Go ahead and tell me, you probably shoot at that range in Ukiah. I heard there was a guy that shoots there with a pink 6BR rifle,(sounds like San...
  13. M

    Twist to fast

    Next trip, ill do some testing with both .490s and .495 with various patches, and both 40 and 50g of 2F and see if I can tell which it likes the best. In this respect its a little like working up a good load for my 6BR, except I got it to shoot in the .2s and .3s at 100, but in this case ill...
  14. M

    Twist to fast

    Zonie, I checked it myself, and it is in fact a 1 in 36" twist. So in your opinion would I be better off with .495 and .010 patches, or .490 with thicker patches? The bore from grove to grove measures .500. Or should I just try both at 50g of 2F, and go with what ever shoots the best, then start...
  15. M

    Twist to fast

    Zonie, tomorrow Ill check the twist rate my self, then will know for sure.
  16. M

    Twist to fast

    Roundball, Its that Navy Arms we talked about last week, the one that has made in America stamped on the barrel. Remember its about 25 years old, but had never been fired before I got it, its now got a new rear sight that's correct for the front blade, and all was well, until the guy shooting...
  17. M

    Twist to fast

    OK, that sounds like good news, what we dont want is the patch coming apart from the fast RPM when still in the barrel, right? so ill just back off on the load, I have been shooting with 50g of 2F, and its recoil is not bad. But ill back off, and see how the accuracy is. Ive only got about 25...
  18. M

    Twist to fast

    From what I have read on this site, my Hawkan's 50 with a 1 in 36" twist is way to fast to shoot round balls. But that's what I want to shoot, .495 balls with a .010 lubed patch. So whats going to happen to accuracy Etc? I understand how it works with high power rifles, and fast twist like 1 in...
  19. M

    Stock "heel" measurement?

    Yesterday, NC Mikie and I were at the range, and had been shooting for over an hr, and I picked up his rifle and put it to my shoulder, and could feel right off, that my cheek bone was tight against the stock to get my eye in line with the sights. So we did just what you recommended, we took a...
  20. M

    California

    Bill, now is not a good time to sell a house, in Calif anyway. And we have lived hear for over 30 years, and Im 10 years older than you, so Ill stick it out. And the cost of lead, or its substitute is about the last of my concerns, I could make my own for the next 20 years, and that should...
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