50 or 54 slow twist barrel?
I have a TC Hawken in .50 cal. The stock barrel is the usual 1:48 twist QLA. It shoots maxi balls and every other conical I have tried very well. With 100 grains of powder, it is cloverleaf at 50 yards territory. That is fine for hunting, but with a curved metal buttstock it isn't much fun to shoot. With round ball, I get a pattern rather than a group. Tried all kinds of things, but that just seems to be the way this barrel is.
I am thinking about buying a Green Mountain 1:66 barrel to get a good round ball barrel. It looks like Track of the Wolf has drop in 15/16" barrels that will fit my rifle in both .50 and .54. Any particular reason to favor one or the other? My TC Grey Hawk in .54 shoots round ball well at high charges and I used it to whack a doe this year, but the groups open up a fair bit at target charges.