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Muzzleloader Hunting
Patched round balls in modern inline- Need help
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<blockquote data-quote="Bang4theBuck" data-source="post: 1920683" data-attributes="member: 73596"><p>Hello,</p><p></p><p>I am hosting a fun match in a couple of weeks and one of my match stages is a representation of the different war era firearms. Shooters will be asked, under a certain time constraint, to load a muzzleloader with a patched round ball, and engage a single silhouette target with a single shot. I was originally going to use my T/C Hawken with regular black powder, but I realized that all of the competitors are going to have to use this one rifle. That said, it will probably get too dirty to shoot reliably, and will be hard to push a patched ball down the bore after a few shots. So, I was considering using my Thomson Center Encore inline muzzleloader with Black Horn 209 and a patched round ball. The Black Horn has always burned clean for me, and should get me through the 12-15 shooters that we are expecting. Here is my question.....Has anyone done this, and what size balls/patch did you use, and what sort of powder charge is safe for this. I am not trying to shoot very long, nor are we looking for extreme velocity. Thanks in advance for the help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bang4theBuck, post: 1920683, member: 73596"] Hello, I am hosting a fun match in a couple of weeks and one of my match stages is a representation of the different war era firearms. Shooters will be asked, under a certain time constraint, to load a muzzleloader with a patched round ball, and engage a single silhouette target with a single shot. I was originally going to use my T/C Hawken with regular black powder, but I realized that all of the competitors are going to have to use this one rifle. That said, it will probably get too dirty to shoot reliably, and will be hard to push a patched ball down the bore after a few shots. So, I was considering using my Thomson Center Encore inline muzzleloader with Black Horn 209 and a patched round ball. The Black Horn has always burned clean for me, and should get me through the 12-15 shooters that we are expecting. Here is my question.....Has anyone done this, and what size balls/patch did you use, and what sort of powder charge is safe for this. I am not trying to shoot very long, nor are we looking for extreme velocity. Thanks in advance for the help. [/QUOTE]
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