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if you're gunnin' after elk with the .50, make sure to use conicals, round balls won't be very effective in comparison. But round balls are a great and inexpensive way to shoot and practice and I've taken a fair share of whitetails with roundballs.

70gns of FFF is the 'standard' target load for round balls, I use 90 for hunting. most conicals I stick with about 85-95 gns.

I would vote you try your hand at casting your own bullets if you've not already; very easy to do for black powder, get a .490 round ball mold and maybe try a .491 or .492 later just for kicks. Also T/C makes a good 'maxi ball' mold and there's plenty of other conical molds to experiment with. Use pure lead only, especially with the conicals.

It's a fun but messy type of shooting (and slow) but it's a hellufa lot of fun!

Not sure why the wedge pin in yours is so undersized, I would start by seeing if CVA will give you a new one or you could replace the brass plates on the stock with different ones that have a smaller hole maybe? or fab up your own brass plate and with a drill and file or dremel tool, cut the correct sized hole. That thing should be nice and snug.