My friend Randy has killed 8 elk with 8 balls from his TC Hawken 50 cal. The trick is to use hard balls. Not pure lead, but wheel weigh metal.
He had an exit on every single one of them.
Me, I have killed 1 with a 54, one with a 58 and all the rest were killed with my 62 cal.
All were shot with balls cast of WW metal and I have never recovered a ball from a deer or elk or the 1 moose I killed with a muzzleloader.
I have recovered 58 cal balls and bullets cast from pure lead from one deer as well as a few cattel.
Steve nice to see your post. The .54 flinter you built for me would do it.
