.50 cal muzzleloader loads

[jsthntn247]

Check out the Parker ballistic extreme. It will not just punch through.

 

[savagedasher]

Savagedasher, I would agree 100%. I ran across one when I lived in Nashville bowhunting once. Those are pissy little peckerheads. I taught him a lesson. I don't hesitate on a shoulder shot, it knocks the wizzz right out of a deer. Now that I'm in VA where I am, I don't worry about snakes a ton, unless you step on one they let you walk right by. The bears are a different story!!

Just finished checking 4 knight 50 cal. Our muzzloder season starts Saturday .
Shooting 84 GR of 209 by weight
250 gr knight tipped bullets yellow sabot.
Really a pleasure to shoot with the break on them . Less recoil then a lite bullet 243 .
Note when cleaning a muzzle loader use Windex glass cleaner . Larry

 

[Immike]

Had some friends take round balls and drilled a hole deep then capping it with a BB , they called them hydraulic balls. Just thought I'd throw that out there to you guys that might be interested. BB forward when loading.

 

[snert]

I have shot a few along the cypress swamps. Bone is your friend unless you like cotton mouth snakes they love a blood trail . Larry

I am not snake savvy...do you mean a snake likes a blood trail? honest question. I have no experience (nor want any) with coton mouth or other ...just curious

 

[savagedasher]

I am not snake savvy...do you mean a snake likes a blood trail? honest question. I have no experience (nor want any) with coton mouth or other ...just curious

Yes they'r nasty. Very aggressive And bite under the water . They will chase you also .
Larry

 

[timeout]

Carry "the Judge", 410 pistol. That will take the sap out of those nasty reptiles!

 

[savagedasher]

Carry "the Judge", 410 pistol. That will take the sap out of those nasty reptiles!

Great idea till your hip deep in the water . My advice is to break bone and not have to go in the water . Larry

 

[snert]

Yes they'r nasty. Very aggressive And bite under the water . They will chase you also .
Larry

Ok, so there is a reason to like NY...

Only once saw a timber rattler here...in a parking lot at a rest stop, and had the ECO not been there protecting curious onlookers, I would have run the creeping thing over...twice. Besides that, I only have to worry about slimball politicians, and God knows we have a pile of those yellow bellied, slithering aggresive, bloodtrail following, opportunistic fanged vipers. Maybe I should carry a Judge....

 

[timeout]

Use a shoulder holster....

 

[FatBoy]

Today was opening day of Muzzleloader in TN. Harvested a doe and and small cull Buck, both at 22 yards. The Barnes Spitfire T-EZ did the job. No blood trial but it wasn't needed. Doe went 3-4 yards, no exit wound. Done in less than a minute.

Buck dropped in his tracks, however even with both shoulders destroyed and the front of his lungs gone he needed a follow-up. It was taking way longer than I thought it should for him to exsanguinate so I put one at the base of his neck. No exit wounds on either shot in him.

I recovered both bullets from the buck. Does was lost in the field dressing. Both weigh exactly 247.1gr. Overall, I am happly with the T-EZ. I would have liked an exit wound, just in case, but as it stands they are working as advertised.

Edit. I had the bullet model wrong.

 

[M14AMU]

A PRB at 1-50 alloy.....with BLACKPOWDER!!

 

[FatBoy]

I stand corrected. The bullets I used are Barnes Spitfire T-EZ. Guess that explains how I am on shot #10 without cleaning anything except the flashhole and it's easy to load and just about MOA accurate at 100 yards.

 

[Hntndad]

I like the same bullet but use 209 . Larry

I've shot so many bullet/sabot/powder combos over last 20 years. The 250 Barnes/mmp sabot and 150 gr (your choice of powder, is still use 777) is the most Authoritative and accurate combination. I shoot a knight master hunter MHC. Win 209. That rifle prints under 1" all day long. And I do mean alllllll daaaaay loooong. Originally purchased it was a bit erratic. Sent it back to Gordy at knight. Back came a new barrel. IF they run, blood trails are ridiculous. 90% of the time they just drop. My buddy and I both have these rifles and shoot same combination and have shot 100+ deer with this combo. I have not tried the Barnes tipped only because I have no reason to.
100 gr powder charge will NOT give you the same devastating terminal performance.

 

[Hntndad]

Just to add. The only time I have not had complete pass through was on a buck I shot 2 years ago. 178 yards. Deer weighted 212 lbs live weight. Stopped under the hide on opposite side. You could see it pushing the hide out like a swollen mass. No blood trail. Buck fell. The 250 Barnes MZ I recovered looked exactly like the pictures above.

 

[savagedasher]

Just to add. The only time I have not had complete pass through was on a buck I shot 2 years ago. 178 yards. Deer weighted 212 lbs live weight. Stopped under the hide on opposite side. You could see it pushing the hide out like a swollen mass. No blood trail. Buck fell. The 250 Barnes MZ I recovered looked exactly like the pictures above.

Can't get any better that that . The bullet expanded twice it size . Maintain all its bullet weight . The animal took all the foot pounds of energy. Larry

 

[FatBoy]

Yes. very happy with its performance. I may try to find 209 or to find 30gr pellets to bump the load just a touch. However, it's rare I get to shoot over 117 yards so the load I have should be good to go.