Howdy All, what are the most effective non lead bullets on the market for a Hawkins or a Kentucky rifle. Forgive my ignorance, but I might be buying one or both and would like to hunt in california with it. Thanks, M
I went through this not long ago. I shoot a .50 Hawken and bought some non-lead balls to hunt with. I tried them out at the range and they were fine and not a lot different than the PRB. I got them from TomBob Outdoors http://tomboboutdoors.com/products/. Because they are not lead, you will need to use a thicker patch. I think they are about .485 in diameter. Do you know what the twist is on your rifle? If it’s a 1:48 you can also shoot a sabot, but if its a 1:60 or slower you will need to shoot a patched round ball.Howdy All, what are the most effective non lead bullets on the market for a Hawkins or a Kentucky rifle. Forgive my ignorance, but I might be buying one or both and would like to hunt in california with it. Thanks, M
White Smoke, I’m the guy who posted on the non-lead balls. They shoot fine buy you have to adjust the patch size because they don’t compress in the barrel like lead. I will try sabot but am thinking about trying the Thor bullets, actually I have a question about those, do they require an overwad on the powder?Try the sabot round in the 1:48. For the 1:60, you are relegated to a ball-shooter, but there are non-lead balls out there. I have not tried any, but an earlier post said they shoot fine. You'll just have to try them to see.
I belong to EF&G and was shooting the monthly BP shoots until Covid and then just started hunting D-16 this year.EF&G or D-16 or both?