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Spotted Dog:
I will start with 90ff . ! go .015 under bore and wad like a shot gun. I also take the ball and put them
on a board and with a old rasp roll them around and put marks in the ball. They will shoot straighter
and farther like a golf ball. In the 18th century the did that. Kegs of RB have been found that way.
JW_Halverson:
I have "plated" cast balls between two sheets of glass and rolled to flatten the sprues, but I have never heard of dimpling!
My .62 has proven pretty straight shooting, but now I have to wonder if I can get a little more effective range from her with this trick!!!
Stoker:
Dimpled balls or else called chewed balls.. There's 2 schools of thought on those.. The yaa or naa crowd.. Can't hurt giver a try.. I rescued a unloved 40cal smoothbore some ham handed hack tried to improve the lock and refinish the stock.. It's my winter project.. I want to give dimpled balls a honest go and see what happens..
JW - That's some fine gizzintas
Thanks Leroy
Spotted Dog:
The late Kit Ravenshear and Jess Melott passed along this info years ago
mullet:
They had an article in one of the recent Muzzleloader Magazines about dimpled balls. It was pretty interesting.
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