Bobby Hoyt gain twist in .54

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Long story short kid moved to Co and they will not let him hunt elk with his gpr in .50 1-66 SOOO I took his barrel to Bobby Hoyt and had him rebore to .54 and while he was at it make me a barrel in .54 for my 36inch barrel rifle both gain twist to use eather patched round ball or conicals .
son's quick sight in


my gun





just in case I ever get to hunt Co with my son 

[drago]

Nice!

[Daryl]

Do you know what the twist starts out as? It looks like it finishes as 46"?

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Bobby said 90(ish) it's what he shoots when hunting elk . He states that it's more forgiving of different loads. The above was the first time out (I need more range time to try sw 2f,3f at 80)and had to work on son's flinter 1st, before sending it to him. He said 70grns for target/80 for hunting, he shoots swiss. For elk Bobby Hoyt likes the lyman great plains bullets in 54(if you can find them)
 I tried 3 Black belts left over from the early 2000s 54 405grns in my son's gun, 2 at 50 within an inch the other no ware near, the plastic scert might have failed.

[Daryl]

IMHO, composite bullets have no place in muzzleloading, except as for target shooting with paper patched bullets as done in the mid to late 1800's.
If you want to shoot slugs, then shoot full sized ones of pure lead in guns with appropriate rates of twist.   
The reason slugs for hunting did not gain "ground" was due to the requisite soft lead necessary for muzzle loaded projectiles did not penetrate was
well as a "hardened" round balls.  It wasn't until the advent of breech loading guns, where hardened conical balls could be used, that slugs actually
gave an advantage over round balls.