![]() ![]() But, I wanted this rifle.and the load developed for it.to be fully capable of taking deer out to, and maybe a little past, 200 yards. Shooting the bullet as it comes from the mold and lubed, I could easily take every deer I shot at out to 100 yards. In fact, without a bit of heavy lube, the bullet will literally fall into the bore. Simply filling those grease grooves with a bullet lube allows the bullet to be very easily loaded into the rifle. 501" land-to-land, and the bullet as it drops from the Pedersoli mold measures right at. The bore of "my" Missouri River Hawken measures just a shade over. And.that's when I honestly began working on a traditional 1850's hunting load for the rifle's 1-in-24 twist. Fortunately, in mid 2014 Pierangelo Pedersoli shipped me one of the bullet molds for casting the very same 478-grain soft lead bullet which had been originally shipped with the rifle. No matter which bore-sized bullet, or for that matter saboted bullet, I've shot out of this rifle.I have always enjoyed shooting it. Here's a link to a report published on this web magazine in October 2015. With that said, let me say right here that the Missouri River Hawken shoots as well with modern saboted bullets as most modern in-line rifles. I've always been intrigued by the American shooters dating from about 1840 to the early 1860's - and the innovative thinking behind the development of elongated bullets.the rifles built to shoot them.and the "telescopic rifle sights" produced to tap a rifle's and load's long range potential. The three bullets shown above left are some of the bullets that came with the rifle.Īs well as the Hornady FPB bullet shot out of the circa 1850 styled bullet rifle, my goal with this rifle was to develop an accurate and reliable traditional load - for target work and for hunting. offered those bullets - and I could not locate one of the Pedersoli molds for casting my own. Before the rifle had shipped from Italy, the folks at Pedersol i had slipped in 20 near 500-grain bullets to get me started - and they shot great. not too far from the headwaters of the Missouri River. When the rifle finally reached me, I was already preparing for a nearly 2,000 mile move to just west of Montana's stretch of the Rocky Mountains. 50 caliber long range muzzleloading rifle. to produce a true high quality American styled 1-in-24 twist. The rifle had been shipped from Italy to Dixie Gun Works, for delivery to me.įor several years, I had pushed for Davide Pedersoli & Co. I had received the rifle in late summer that year, and had actually gotten in just a couple of range sessions with the slick looking percussion bullet rifle. 50 caliber Pedersoli fast-twist rifling Missouri River Hawken shown in the two above photos came with me. When I made the move to Montana, from the Midwest, back in December 2007, the. ![]()
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