SitechDevelopment

I was wondering if anyone has tried a 50 grain pellet load (to clarify, I mean a single pellet, NOT 2 or 3 50's) in a .50 with any grain/type of projectile? If so, what was it and what were the results?

Thanks!

Wolfhound76

It's a good plinking load. Expensive though. Your better off with loose powder.

cayugad

you might not want to hunt any large animal with such a load although there are reports of people deer hunting using .50 grains of powder and a roundball... They had to adjust their hunting style some as far as range, etc.

I have a friend who's mother (in her late 70's) likes to shoot rifles. He will often times load his Kentucky .50 caliber with 35 grains of powder and a round ball and she will target shoot with it. Many times people will work up a short charge and squirrel hunt with it or rabbit hunt with it.....

And as suggested.. get some loose powder and save yourself some serious money....

SitechDevelopment

Thanks! Thats pretty much the only thing I planned on doing with a 50 grain load.....plinking that is.

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UncleNorby

I consider "light loads" to be great for plinking, and basically just getting accustomed to a firearm, building good form, saving money at the range, etc., but I see no reason to hunt with them. Hunting is usually a one-shot proposition and the target may be anywhere from 5 - 150 yds out. I try to find the heaviest load that will produce good accuracy. Then the load will not be a limiting factor in a shot opportunity.

With that said, we all know that the 45/70 was originally a BR cartridge with a standard loading of 70 gr BP and a big lead slug in the range of 400-500 grains. Those loads killed everything in North America just fine.

Hey Muddy - with your 60 gr. charge, would you take a shot longer than 60 yds? How about 75 - 100 yds? If your gun will shoot accurately with 90 - 100 grains, why not go with that for hunting?

roundball

Nick buck muddydog...shame on the axxhhhh that stole the horns!

HighDesertWolf

I had a nice 11 point rack I used as rattles stolen from me, the funny thing is I saw the guy take it but I couldnt do anything I was in my boat about 150 yards from where my truck was parked, While screaming hey YOU DUMB SON OF A B!TCH MOFO WHAT THE HELL YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING my little 17 lb thrust trolling motor didnt get me there fast enough he stole not only the rack but a fishing rod tackle box full of tackle and a log chain all of which were in my locked tool box that this guy I dont know what he used to get in it but my at the time brand new Delta truck tool box was ruined. By the time I got to my truck this guy was long gone I figured he was a local I never reported the theft to the authorities because of my intentions if I ever found the guy, I was gonna kick his A$$ severly if I ever found him. But I never did find this guy.

HighDesertWolf

I shoot ocassionally in a BP competition here in my town its supposed to be traditional only but they have made a few exceptions because they would never get a very good turn out so they started allowing inlines too. the only catch is you have to shoot a patched round ball. I shoot a 50 caliber inline with a 1 in 28 twist and to keep my patched round ball from stripping the rifling and producing extremely poor accuracy I just a one 50 grain pyrodex pellet . the combination of a patched round ball and one 50 grain pellet produces better accuracy for me out to a 100 yards then any of my sabot or conical loadings. I have done very well and have won a few of the matches, My best groupings were 1 inch at 50 yards and 1 and a half inch at 100 yards. I would not hesitate to use this loading for short range deer hunting either.

akaSharkey

I have a 13 year old girl that will be going on a youth hunt this year. Where we hunt she has to use blackpowder. The longest shots will be 50 to 60 yards. I want to get by with the lightest load I can, because I dont want her to be afaraid of the gun. She will be shooting a 50 cal inline. What would be the lightest round as far as powder, and grain of sabot we could get by with.I want this to be a positive experience for her.