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szihn
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Re: Twist Rates for Round Balls
      18/12/07 07:26 AM



Oh.....
For an 8 bore bullet rifle I would go faster than 1-48
I would recommend about a 1-26. You can still shoot balls, but you would have to clean it after every 2-3 shots. But you can shoot bullets of about any practical length in it. Up to about 1000 grains.
Make sure that the rifling is about .006 or .007 deep for bullets. If a "ball only rifle" I would go about .009- 012.
To fire balls in a "bullet barrel", you need to have a patch of about .012" and a ball of only about .005 under bore size. If you load with a lubed felt wad under the ball you can expect very good accuracy.

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* Twist Rates for Round Balls pjb 17/12/07 04:33 AM
. * * Re: Twist Rates for Round Balls Dphariss   07/01/08 02:22 PM
. * * Re: Twist Rates for Round Balls pjb   13/02/08 04:08 AM
. * * Re: Twist Rates for Round Balls Dphariss   24/02/08 04:45 PM
. * * Re: Twist Rates for Round Balls starwars   03/04/08 12:36 PM
. * * Re: Twist Rates for Round Balls gatsby   03/04/08 04:01 PM
. * * Re: Twist Rates for Round Balls starwars   04/04/08 01:05 PM
. * * Re: Twist Rates for Round Balls gatsby   04/04/08 01:15 PM
. * * Re: Twist Rates for Round Balls tinker   04/04/08 02:17 PM
. * * Re: Twist Rates for Round Balls pjb   25/02/08 02:12 AM
. * * Re: Twist Rates for Round Balls DarylSModerator   13/02/08 06:39 AM
. * * Re: Twist Rates for Round Balls pjb   13/02/08 09:24 AM
. * * Re: Twist Rates for Round Balls DarylSModerator   13/02/08 09:31 AM
. * * Re: Twist Rates for Round Balls pjb   13/02/08 01:19 PM
. * * Re: Twist Rates for Round Balls DarylSModerator   13/02/08 04:36 PM
. * * Re: Twist Rates for Round Balls pjb   13/02/08 10:01 PM
. * * Re: Twist Rates for Round Balls DarylSModerator   14/02/08 02:56 AM
. * * Re: Twist Rates for Round Balls DarylSModerator   12/02/08 08:35 AM
. * * Re: Twist Rates for Round Balls szihn   17/12/07 09:45 AM
. * * Re: Twist Rates for Round Balls pjb   17/12/07 12:44 PM
. * * Re: Twist Rates for Round Balls szihn   18/12/07 07:26 AM

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