black powder question

[896]

Hello. I hace a CVA buckhorn 50 cal inline black powder rifle that was my fathers, he passed away and I don't remember all the info. It uses sabots. would like to know if anyone knows how much powder to use and what type of powder.
thanks

[bplvr]

You can put up to 150 gr. of "FF" BP in her. If you are rolling paper
tubes your finished charge will be .50" x 4.0" long. That will drop a Water Buffalo. For targets @ 100 yards 60 gr. is fine. .50 Cal black plastic sabots take a .451 lead round and are a lot cleaner to shoot.

[scrat]

first you gotta use the gun thats a given. i would recomend checking out cva.com they have a link on videos that will teach you how to use your buckhorn. i have a buckhorn though you can shoot up to 150 grains its not necessary. i have found the best accuracy at 90grains using a .50 real lee lead cast. as far as bullets there are bunch places like cabelas that you can get bullets with sabots and cleaning supplies. as for powder you can use .50 cal pellots or loose in either goex triple 777 or pyrodex. just remember 2ffg black powder. i highly recomend checking out cva.com

[Fjold]

Hello. I hace a CVA buckhorn 50 cal inline black powder rifle that was my fathers, he passed away and I don't remember all the info. It uses sabots. would like to know if anyone knows how much powder to use and what type of powder.
thanks

Here's the online owner's manual, it should answer all your questions:

http://www.cva.com/pdfs/BuckElkWarrBook.pdf

[scrat]

link to CVA videos

http://www.cva.com/videos.php

http://www.cva.com/videos.php

[896]

thanks

thanks for the info. my father had many blackpowder firearms and all the supplies to fire them, I just don't remember all the loading data. thanks for the info, I will go to all the firearms websites and download the info

[hk91666]

I have an inline and use 2 50 gr pellets with sabots and it shoots well enough.

[stitchnicklas]

i also have a buckhorn,they are very fun to shoot.i like shooting with a 150g charge for the kick rush,but for target practice use 80-90g

[Wicked Pete]

Please correct me if I am wrong. I thought is was one grain per caliber. Hence, .50 cal gets 50 grains.

[Rogu3]

Please correct me if I am wrong. I thought is was one grain per caliber. Hence, .50 cal gets 50 grains.

Not at all, that'd be a pretty weak load.

[scrat]

yep and my WALKER takes about 58 grains

[Rogu3]

yep and my WALKER takes about 58 grains

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