Originally Posted by
Brent Cutshall
But what I don't get is, how are they so "underpowered". What makes them so different. You can hot load them and put conical bullets in them if you need to, can't you? It's just a head scratcher for me. Some folks say a Hawkin is underpowered, but one day I took it out shooting. I used a gallon jug filled with water as a target. The only thing I could think was, that poor jug. A regular load and a round ball tore that jug in two, ripped it down the middle! How can a .44 Navy Colt or a .36 (practically the same size as a .357) be that different. I'm not trying to be rude or anything, but it's bothering me to death.