Hello all I have been looking into muzzleloader hunting more. I currently have a Traditions Hawken 54 cal I got when I was a teenager. I have shot mainly round balls through it and haven’t experienced very good accuracy. Not sure if it’s due to the heavy trigger pull, recoil isn’t horrible but the brass butt plate doesn’t help(I.e. me flinching) or the inconsistencies of rifle/round ball.
I would like to try and make this rifle shoot better if I could before I went out to buy a new inline muzzy. Thinking of doing an Idaho elk hunt in 2020 so I would need it to be Idaho legal.
Question 1: any suggestions or tips on helping the roundballs shoot better?
Question 2: when I go hunt for elk I will probably use a conicle. Any suggestions of brands weights to use?
Question 3: should I just hang it up on the wall as a replica and buy a Knight?
Below are the products I’m using, granted they are 16 yrs old. Does powder go bad after that amount of time?
Also in regards to the powder measures I know the large one is 100 and the medium one is 75, but not sure if the small one is 25, or 30.
I would like to try and make this rifle shoot better if I could before I went out to buy a new inline muzzy. Thinking of doing an Idaho elk hunt in 2020 so I would need it to be Idaho legal.
Question 1: any suggestions or tips on helping the roundballs shoot better?
Question 2: when I go hunt for elk I will probably use a conicle. Any suggestions of brands weights to use?
Question 3: should I just hang it up on the wall as a replica and buy a Knight?
Below are the products I’m using, granted they are 16 yrs old. Does powder go bad after that amount of time?
Also in regards to the powder measures I know the large one is 100 and the medium one is 75, but not sure if the small one is 25, or 30.
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