.50 cal Woodman loads

[Grumpy412]

New to the muzzleloader family. Went with a borrowed gun for the last two years and finally bought one. I bought a Woodman 50 cal G2, topped it with an aimpoint red dot, 1 pound of BH209, 300 grain ballistic extreme sabots, and 300 grain star tip sabots. My question is is there some peeps on here that can steer me towards their favorite loads and results? And yes I believe in buy once cry once....lol.

 

[ElDiablo]

Cool. Congrats! I suspect that rifle will likely shoot what most other .50 28 twists will shoot. I’d start in the 110 grV range with those 300 gr bullets. What will you be hunting?

 

[Grumpy412]

Elk, both species, mule deer, whitetail deer, and blacktail deer. In that order.

 

[ElDiablo]

For elk, I would not use the ballistic extremes. They are very soft. The 300 gr Furies wouldn’t be my first choice either for elk. My preference for elk is a very heavy conical or a controlled expansion bullet like a Barnes or Nosler Partition type bullet. The bonded TC 300 gr Shockwaves are also a good elk bullet.

 

[Grumpy412]

Aaaannndddd this is why I got on here and asked the questions.....thank you.

 

[illinoishunter]

110-120grV of bh209 and 300gr projectiles and a light rifle. Fantastic way to stock a freezer. Also a Fantastic way to punish a shoulder during load development.

 

[Shorty]

Keep your woodman plug clean. I like to clean mine every 15 shots, its very easy to do and your groups will be smaller.