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Nice to see you're back and typing. I'm to bed. I'm off for a big buck manana afternoon(I only shoot does for meat and trophy bucks on principle...unless I'm really hungry). I got 2 fat does in my freezer so it's big racks only from now on till season ends next Friday.

I could not be happier with my Winchester X150 Magnum 50 cal frontloader with 209 shotshell primer. I use the 385 grain Barnes Powerbelt Copper Hollowpoints and 3/50grain Pyrodex pellets. I've got a 30MM tube Khales 1.5X6 with 42MM objective. At rest, I'm good to 200-225 or so. I heartily recommend my giddyup to any BP enthusiasts wishing to take the modern route. But...if money is no object...I'd go for a bit higher power Khales or similar high end scope.....deer are a might small at 6 power out past 200 yards. I'm centered at 1MOA at 100 yards.....at 200, I drop about 3-4 inches. Aim at the top of the whithers. Neither of my does this year have gone past 30 yards after getting hit....one was a side heart/lung and the other was a rather unwise runner who stopped and spun to take one last gander at me and caught it straight on right thru the sternum.

I'm going to the Cumberlands in February for a big boar head hunt in the thick mt brush, I'll pull out my .54 Jaeger sidehammer with 500 grain maxieminie ammo and iron sights for that.

Good Night...enough of my hunting bullshite.....

PS.....I wish I knew someone who made BP wheelgun or cylinder that used the 209 primers for ignition....they are foolproof....quite unlike #11 caps which misfire about 10-20%...and tend to flare and jam the cylinder turn.

Squantos...any ideas on that?

IMHO the Ruger BP revolver is the best for general purpose use but I'm not sure that a No 11 nipple can be reworked /replaced on the ruger cylinder for a 209 system as the pic below shows the size difference.

I'll do some research and get back to ya.

Stay Safe !!