The Hornady 385 gr Great Plains bullet works well in the Hawken for lots of folks, but I don't have a load I can recommend.Īs an aside, I've not had great success using T/Cs Bore Butter. I've had problems with the T/C Maxihunters and haven't been able to get them to shoot well. Any heavier and my Hawken tends to open up groups. My deer load consists of 85 gr of 2F under a 320 gr T/C Maxiball. Have taken 2 turkeys with that load aiming at base of neck. A good turkey/coyote load for me has been 50 gr of 3F under a patched roundball (.490 with. Pyrodex works well at the range, but I've found it a bit fickle to ignite in humid weather (hangfires). I've always had best luck with 2F or 3F Goex. TRIED TO SEARCH HERE A FEW TIMES AND HAD SOME TROUBLE WITH THE GOOGLE FEATURE ?Ĭlick to expand.I've got a '70s era Hawken that I've done a little load work with. Plan to use the gun for Deer- Coyote -Turkey (maybe on the turkey) 50 cal with a 1:28 Twist.Considerably different animal than the Hawken.! I have experience with a an NEF/ H&R Huntsman. not interested in shooting round balls (YET) #11 Caps.Pretty much come to the conclusion that RWS is the way to go here.if I can fid them in Atlanta I love the way the rifle feels and looks and was wondering what type of accuracy to expect / hope for out of the factory 28' 1:48 twist barrel ? I've looked here and other sights and have read of people swearing by the accuracy of loads fromĩ0grains 777 2fg with a 180 grain pr bullet qt 40ġ10 grains of Goex pinnacle with a 410 conical.Hence my confusion I'm looking to work up a good 50 to 150yard load without dislocating my shoulder. I recently restored a 1972-73 TC Hawkens 50 cal with the origianl28' 1:48 twist barrel.Has a new TC Custom shop trigger installed.bore looks very nice (the little tradiitons drop in bore lights work great)

Tc hawken 320 grain maxi ball