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05-24-2009, 11:41 AM
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Mike,
Nice job and nice photos. I built 3 Pennsylvania Rifles in .45 caliber in the 1980s and learned a bit more with each finished gun. The .54 is a good deer load with patched ball. My accuracy load is 75 grains of 3F Goex. If your rifle likes 120 grains of powder, then go for it. I think 75 or 80 grains is "enough gun" for deer. Adam
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05-24-2009, 05:07 PM
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Adam,
Thanks, I'm pretty pleased with it. I don't know how much my new rifle likes 120 gr. I just figured that I would try to develop a target load with something like 70 gr and a hunting load with about 100 gr or so. I've had thoughts about going after elk eventually with it but I'm a little worried about penetration. But figure it should be ok if I keep the distances within reason, like within 100 yds or less... Mike
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