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5/26/2004 6:28:01 PM EDT
Anybody have info on what calibers you can get in Muzzleloaders, biggest I've seen is a .54
5/26/2004 7:00:53 PM EDT
[#1]
What company are you looking at? or you just want the biggest caliber possible?
5/26/2004 7:03:53 PM EDT
[#2]
That's kind of an open-ended question.

.50 is most popular, followed by .45 and .54, but you can get shoulder-fired ones up to .72 or more, and in you don't mind hauling it around on a carriage behind your horse, they get even bigger.
5/26/2004 7:06:25 PM EDT
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Quoted:
That's kind of an open-ended question.

.50 is most popular, followed by .45 and .54, but you can get shoulder-fired ones up to .72 or more, and in you don't mind hauling it around on a carriage behind your horse, they get even bigger.


I agree.  What exactly are you wanting to do with a smoke pole?  Plinking?  Hunting?
5/26/2004 7:07:53 PM EDT
[#4]
Im pretty sure the Brit Brown Bess musket is .75 caliber or so. I wouldnt want to get hit with a ball that big. Ouchie
5/26/2004 7:33:37 PM EDT
[#5]
Just wondered how big they could get and still be able to fire from the shoulder.
5/27/2004 6:11:17 AM EDT
[#6]
Generally, .45, .50, .54, and .58.  As mentioned above, reproductions of older arms, such as the Brown Bess, can go .69 or .74.

My T/C Hawken is .50.  A patched roundball is fun, and for hunting I have 385 gr conicals with a dimple on the tip.  They expand well.
5/27/2004 8:30:52 AM EDT
[#7]
several makers offer .58 cals..

i have .50's and .54's of various sidelock and inline types.

i have seen .78 caliber custom jobs, but your very limited in selection and lead..
5/27/2004 8:37:55 AM EDT
[#8]
Anybody have info on what calibers you can get in Muzzleloaders, biggest I've seen is a .54


What you hunting cape buffalo?

Seriously with the modern muzzleloader designs you can get enough power out of .50 or .54 for anything legal to hunt.
5/27/2004 9:17:25 AM EDT
[#9]
I own a .45 TC Hawken and a .58 Enfield CW repro.  The are both sweet shooters.
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