I use a T/C Renegade .54cal sidelock w/roundball 230gr . For me there is something about traditional gear. Since 1989 been using the T/C only and I haven't picked up a modern rifle since then. I thing it puts more of a sport in it. Nothing wrong with mod-rifles, but they aren't for me.
also shooting the roundball here cva frontier carbine
.50cal looking to up grade to some type of hawken.the inlines are nice but just not my cup of tea
In my inline used to shoot the 230 grain hollowpoints with sabots with 100grains of 777. The last batch of Thompson XTP's I purchased the sabots are oversized, hence they are too difficult to ram down the barrel. Switched to Powerbelts.....Maybe I should change my screen name.
In my side lock 1-60 twist patched round balls are the only thing that shoot accuratly. These I shoot with 70 grains of Cleanshot. Round balls are too much trouble for hunting so I shoot the hollow base "balletts" from Buffalo Bullet Company. These guve me a 4" group at 50 yds with 80 grains of Cleanshot.
T/C Black Diamond with a T/C 1.5 - 5 power scope.
I use (2) 50 grain pyrodex pellets with a 300 grain T/C Shockwave sabot.
I just started using this combo this year so I have not killed anything with it yet.
Thompson Encore .50 Cal topped with a 1.5 X 4 Bushnell Firefly scope. 245 grain power belts pushed with 100grains of Pyrodex When the hammer falls a deer does too. It has never let me down.
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