i have never hunted black powder. Buddy of mine gave me a CVA hawkins rifle. percussion rifle. It is right handed. I shoot left handed. Is this a problem?? will I still have eyebrows left?? the other thing is that it is .58 caliber. don't know how manty times i want to fire it.
The problem you are going to have is that .58 caliber is very uncommon. SO you are going to have to special order everything. I would look at places that sell flint lock supplies, because it is a common caliber in them.
You will need a powder measurer, and basic cleaning tools.
I would go with either 777, or the buckhorn powder. 100 measured grains would be a good starting point. You can either tweak it up or down from there for accuracy.
You can shoot patched round balls, or find some lubed maxi-balls.
That should be a good starting point to get you going. You can get the gun drilled and tapped for a scope mount, but you will have the hammer in the way. You will need to take the hammer to a machinist and get it heated and an offset bend put to it. They will shooot accurately with iron sights
I have shot my old sidelocks left handed, and I still have my eyebrows :Pirate:
And dont worry about the recoil. I shoot 100 grains in mine and it kicks about like an -06
thanks, i'll check around
