.58cal Round Ball?

[Gregory Duerr]

Im looking at having a Custom Hawken built in the .58cal A Rice Barrel 1" across the flats 1x66 36" Barrel.
I have killed 14 Mule Deer with either the .54 or the .50 all with Round Balls have never felt at a disadvantage using a Round Ball. Will be using it for Deer as well as Elk.
Anyone have experience hunting with a Round ball in a .58cal??

 

[Rick Richard]

Get a hold of Mike Yancey with Pine Hollow Longbows. He can tell you everything about them and he builds them too. Tell him Rick Richard, pronounced "reeshard" said to call him.

 

[highbrow]

My avatar shows the first elk I shot with my 58 cal long stock Hawken flinter. Range was short about 30 yards. Elk dropped at the shot. Was 7 below so never looked for the ball.

 

[Waynzee]

58 cal. certainly has an advantage on Elk size game. I had a Hawken flint lock in a 58 cal. and it wasn't bad on recoil with round balls until I got up to 90grs. 2f anything over that gave me a crack in the gibbs, hahaha. Hope yours works good for ya.

 

[highbrow]

I used 140 gr 2f. Recoil was stout. Now use 100.