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Hawkin's .54 cal question(s)
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<blockquote data-quote="Jeff In TX" data-source="post: 181578" data-attributes="member: 1522"><p><strong>1st Range trip with .54 Cal</strong></p><p></p><p>My youngest and I have spent the last couple of weeks picking up all the things we thought we were going to need for a day at the range with our new Hawkin's 54 cal. After church this morning we headed to the range to give it a try.</p><p></p><p>Well, it was just plain fun, fun, fun! We had a blast shooting it. Though now it's time to clean it. We shot .54 cal mini-balls with pre-lubed patches and 120 grs of triple seven powder.</p><p></p><p>I took the first shot and to be honest, I'm not sure where or what county it landed in. I hadn't figured out the double set triggers yet and before I knew it the gun went bang! Everyone told me there would be a delay once the hammer hit the percussion cap! Delay my butt, the hammer went down before I was really ready and the gun went BANG! And yes I was startled!</p><p></p><p>My son laughed his butt off until the same thing happened to him. Then we regrouped tested the double set triggers a few more times and got down to some serious shooting. Well at least we thought so.</p><p></p><p>We had a 6" black circle on an 18" target at 100 yards we were aiming at. My next shot was two inches right of the bull's-eye. My son's next shot was low 4" and to the left 4". Not bad considering the front site about covered the entire black circle at 100 yards. We stayed in the black or right around it for most of our shots and occasionally one never made it on the 18" square target. Who knows what happened or where it went. My son swears it knuckled balled off somewhere.</p><p></p><p>Until today I never fired a black powder anything, but this is really a lot of fun. I'm going to take it wild pig hunting at the end of Jan but limit my shots to 50 yards or so until I get better with it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeff In TX, post: 181578, member: 1522"] [b]1st Range trip with .54 Cal[/b] My youngest and I have spent the last couple of weeks picking up all the things we thought we were going to need for a day at the range with our new Hawkin's 54 cal. After church this morning we headed to the range to give it a try. Well, it was just plain fun, fun, fun! We had a blast shooting it. Though now it's time to clean it. We shot .54 cal mini-balls with pre-lubed patches and 120 grs of triple seven powder. I took the first shot and to be honest, I'm not sure where or what county it landed in. I hadn't figured out the double set triggers yet and before I knew it the gun went bang! Everyone told me there would be a delay once the hammer hit the percussion cap! Delay my butt, the hammer went down before I was really ready and the gun went BANG! And yes I was startled! My son laughed his butt off until the same thing happened to him. Then we regrouped tested the double set triggers a few more times and got down to some serious shooting. Well at least we thought so. We had a 6" black circle on an 18” target at 100 yards we were aiming at. My next shot was two inches right of the bull’s-eye. My son's next shot was low 4" and to the left 4". Not bad considering the front site about covered the entire black circle at 100 yards. We stayed in the black or right around it for most of our shots and occasionally one never made it on the 18" square target. Who knows what happened or where it went. My son swears it knuckled balled off somewhere. Until today I never fired a black powder anything, but this is really a lot of fun. I'm going to take it wild pig hunting at the end of Jan but limit my shots to 50 yards or so until I get better with it. [/QUOTE]
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