Silentstalker
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So this next year Im thinking about taking my son on a muzzleloader deer hunt here in Utah on a general tag.
I currently own a CVA Kodiak in .50 cal with a Nikon 1x power that shoots pretty well with SST's and powerbelts.
My other muzzleloader is a T/C Hawken I built in the '90s. Its really fun to shoot and I have killed an elk and a deer with it on the two hunts I have used it.
My last hunt with it was probably 10 years ago. I was shooting around 100 gr. of pyrodex and a Barnes mz type bullet. It was a .275 gr. bullet. It shot pretty well out to 100 yards.
My questions are these,
Should I consider buying a new barrel for my hawken? My hope is maybe getting a faster twist to increase accuracy. If so, what barrel/twist should I look at? What kind of accuracy can one expect from a modern barrel? Should I look at a .50 cal barrel?
What are your thoughts? The alternative would be to buy a new inline? Or obviously hunting with the old barrel which shoots decent.
I currently own a CVA Kodiak in .50 cal with a Nikon 1x power that shoots pretty well with SST's and powerbelts.
My other muzzleloader is a T/C Hawken I built in the '90s. Its really fun to shoot and I have killed an elk and a deer with it on the two hunts I have used it.
My last hunt with it was probably 10 years ago. I was shooting around 100 gr. of pyrodex and a Barnes mz type bullet. It was a .275 gr. bullet. It shot pretty well out to 100 yards.
My questions are these,
Should I consider buying a new barrel for my hawken? My hope is maybe getting a faster twist to increase accuracy. If so, what barrel/twist should I look at? What kind of accuracy can one expect from a modern barrel? Should I look at a .50 cal barrel?
What are your thoughts? The alternative would be to buy a new inline? Or obviously hunting with the old barrel which shoots decent.