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tinker
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Bore rifles, what alloy for ball or conical?
07/08/05 11:03 AM

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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Subject	Posted by	Posted on
Bore rifles, what alloy for ball or conical?	tinker	07/08/05 11:03 AM
Re: Bore rifles, what alloy for ball or conical?	Alex_Henry	18/08/05 10:01 PM
Re: Bore rifles, what alloy for ball or conical?	Raff	08/08/05 01:09 AM
Re: Bore rifles, what alloy for ball or conical?	tinker	11/08/05 12:58 PM
Re: Bore rifles, what alloy for ball or conical?	Raff	07/08/05 11:52 AM
Re: Bore rifles, what alloy for ball or conical?	DarylS	20/08/05 02:49 AM
Re: Bore rifles, what alloy for ball or conical?	tinker	07/08/05 12:44 PM
Re: Bore rifles, what alloy for ball or conical?	Raff	07/08/05 01:31 PM
Case length	tinker	07/08/05 02:15 PM
Re: Case length	500Nitro	07/08/05 03:25 PM
Re: Case length	Retex	24/08/05 08:05 AM
Teflon tape	tinker	24/08/05 12:43 PM
Re: Case length	500Nitro	24/08/05 08:16 AM
Re: Bore rifles, what alloy for ball or conical?	500Nitro	07/08/05 11:05 AM

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