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Old TC Hawkens and rifling ratio
Stoker:
Mine is 1 -48 haven't tried maxi balls yet in it.. My Lyman deerstalker loves them 1 1/2'' group at 50 yards 1 - 24 twist
Thanks Leroy
nclonghunter:
I though all the TC Renegades had the 1/48 twist. I owned two when younger and shot both round and TC Maxi balls from the 54 cal. guns. The Maxi was 405 grains of destruction. Both Maxi and round shot perfect. I purchased a Green Mountain drop in barrel for my 50 cal Seneca that had 1/66 rifling. It has deep grooves and is round ball only. The depth of the cut rifling is what is most concern. Can't shoot conicals from a deep cut rifling but you can shoot both from a shallow cut rifling.
JW_Halverson:
If it turns out that it shoots maxiballs just fine, let me know. I have a mold for them that I would be happy to send you.
It is the Lee 90396 R.E.A.L. Bullet mold, if you wanna research it a little. It is in my way and needs to find a home, anyhow.
PEARL DRUMS:
Thanks for all the info, guys!
I let you know J-Dub. Thanks man.
Mo_coon-catcher:
I have a 48" twist T.C. hawkens, it shoots about the same with a .490 round ball with a thick patch as it does the the Lee REAL boolit. I run both over 70gr of FF pyrodex. The worst part about the fast twist with the round ball is that any imperfection in the concentricity and ballance of the ball will be exagurated compared to what it would take with a lesser twist rate making the group worse. It's been a while since I've shot it much. Which I need to do with our alternative methods season coming up soon. But if I remember correctly, it holds about 2" at 50 yards. which is plenty good enough for what I ever intend to do with it. I need to get it back out and see what it can do. I've still got a bunch of balls and conicals I cast up a few years ago.
Kyle
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