tinker
(.416 member)
07/08/05 11:03 AM
Bore rifles, what alloy for ball or conical?

I'm poking around with the 16 bore double rifles this weekend.
They share the same bore diameter, but the groove diameter in the short cased gun is larger. I think the rifling twist in that gun is slower too.
I want to set my 16b roundball mould up for the short case gun, I'm leaning to conicals for the Mahillon anyway.

Does anyone here shoot a bore rifle with roundball?
The twist rate in the short case gun is just under one in 100"
The brass for that gun is 30mm.
My sense is 2-3/4 to 3-1/2 drms of FF will do it for that gun and roundball.

Pure lead?
If not, what alloy?
I should know what I'm going to cast before I lap the roundball mould to size for the alloy I'd be casting.

--Tinker





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