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Loading conicals?
lebhuntfish:
Sorry forgot the picture. Lol
Patrick
BowEd:
Pat....Looks good!!!Is there lube on those?A 2" group @ 100 yards is more than good enough.A round ball will knock down an elk in the boiler too.You can be assured of that!!!
I used to target shoot my .54 Johnny Brown Hawken all the time at various different rendezvous match shoots I went to.Good cheap way to target shoot all afternoon.Used to have it figured out using more or less powder to adjust my elevation hits at various different ranges.Never needed to shoot farther than 100 yards yet though.Even while hunting.A 4" group of 5 shots @ 100 yards will do the job too.I put a fine silver front blade on the front of the barrel on my gun.I liked it for pin pointing type shots.Use the same gun even for squirrels leaving all the meat undamaged.Really like this gun.
Good luck putting a deer in the fridge with yours.Looks like your ready.
lebhuntfish:
Thanks Ed, yes there is lube on them. I used some modern bore butter so I could test them out. I think I need to add some more. But now that I have shot them I made up 10 more. I dipped those im my talo and beeswax mix.
Can't garonte that I will get to use them in the woods but I at least know that I can load one pretty dang quick! Thanks for the help everyone!
Patrick
Hawkdancer:
Any one try those in a flintlock? Is the paper just one layer? Got some high grade thesis bond looking for something to do. Have to find some thin cotton string though.
Hawkdancer
lebhuntfish:
I done a little looking online after Ed mentioned it. What I came up with was a trapezoid that is 5.5 in long by 5 inches high on one end and angled to 3 inches on the other end. I rolled it with the 5.5in length on the bottom. I once I got it rolled and glued on the seam I incerted the ball to where it would be on the 5in high end of the tube. I shoot a. 490 round ball, I was able to load 3 shots easily I probably could have done a few more but I swabed it after 3 shots. I cut paper on target with a patched round ball and the accuracy was no different wit the paper quick loaders.
Patrick
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