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DarylS
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Re: Need advice on which powder to use???
13/10/07 11:47 AM

All patches fray around the edges from the muzzle blast.
: The reason for the thicker patch, is to hold more lubricant so the fouling stays soft and allows continuous shooting without having to wipe the bore. This may or may not require a smaller ball. In all bores with .010" deep rifling I use a ball that is .005" under bore size with a .020" patch. In every gun I've tested, they've all shot poorer with a thick wad. A single card wad like an over shot card, .010" thick can be used to protect the powder from lube and has shown less effect on accuracy for hunting purposes.
; The most important physical aspct of your gun are the muzzles. The crown must be radiused to allow easy seating of the ball. Your thumb, with 320 grit emery cloth and some oil or WD40 is all that's needed to make a perfect crown on the muzzles. If properly radiused, the ball/patch can be smacked down flush with one blow of your fist. Of course, the starter's shaft is held in the palm, pointed upwards) A flat spot on the starter knob does the smacking on top of the ball. There will be a very slight flattening of the sprue of the ball, but very little at all and it does not in any way effect the shot's accuracy. Loaded this way, my 14 bore makes 1-1/2" or smaller groups at 100 yards for 5 shtos, each every time I shoot it off the bench at that range with it's open, shallow "V" and bead Express sights.

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Daryl

"a gun without hammers is like a Spaniel without ears" King George V

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Need advice on which powder to use???	pjb	24/06/07 04:12 AM
Re: Need advice on which powder to use???	DarylS	23/07/07 02:34 AM
Re: Need advice on which powder to use???	pjb	23/07/07 04:05 AM
Re: Need advice on which powder to use???	Dphariss	04/08/07 01:45 PM
Re: Need advice on which powder to use???	pjb	07/08/07 09:53 PM
Re: Need advice on which powder to use???	Dphariss	07/07/07 04:58 PM
Re: Need advice on which powder to use???	Tatume	07/07/07 08:27 PM
Re: Need advice on which powder to use???	Dphariss	23/07/07 01:30 AM
Re: Need advice on which powder to use???	DarylS	08/07/07 04:00 AM
Re: Need advice on which powder to use???	pjb	17/07/07 09:11 PM
Re: Need advice on which powder to use???	DarylS	18/07/07 01:10 AM
Re: Need advice on which powder to use???	tinker	07/10/07 01:34 AM
Re: Need advice on which powder to use???	DarylS	11/10/07 12:19 AM
Re: Need advice on which powder to use???	pjb	13/10/07 01:34 AM
Re: Need advice on which powder to use???	DarylS	13/10/07 11:47 AM
Re: Need advice on which powder to use???	BillfromOregon	19/10/07 04:06 AM
Re: Need advice on which powder to use???	BillfromOregon	20/10/07 01:41 AM
Re: Need advice on which powder to use???	pjb	24/10/07 11:39 PM
Re: Need advice on which powder to use???	tinker	12/10/07 02:58 AM
Re: Need advice on which powder to use???	DarylS	23/10/07 03:34 AM
Re: Need advice on which powder to use???	Plains99	18/07/07 04:37 AM
Re: Need advice on which powder to use???	Tatume	08/07/07 04:42 AM
Re: Need advice on which powder to use???	DoubleD	08/07/07 04:32 AM

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