Cva hawken 50 caliber hown much pyrodex?

Answer 1

Use the same amount of Pyrodex as you would regular Black Powder or as stated in the manual. The answer depends on what type of shooting you are doing. You would load maximum load if you want to kill a deer. Are you loading a round ball? OR a sabot round with a hollow point? I have another brand of Hawken .50 caliber and I load 90 gr. I use a .490 round ball with a patch that is 0.010 inch thick. Less would be acceptable if you are shooting at short target range. You should try various types of loads and patches and bullets with each gun to see what gives you the best accuracy OR the best knock-down power. You can always start loading the same amount of grains of powder as the caliber of the rifle. Start with 50 gr and fire some test rounds. The old codgers had a rule of thumb. Place the ball for the rifle on a table. Pour powder over it until the powder piles up high enough to completely cover the ball. Scoop it up and measure the amount.