greetings dale. when we were discussing ml schuetzen on the phone today, i forgot to mention one of the most important things.if you only use one patch, you will never be in the money.

when shooting a patched round ball. ALLWAYS,ALLWAYS, first put a patch over the muzzle. then using the small end of the ramrod push the patch down the bore and litly seat it on the powder or filler if you use it. (if not, thats another accuraccy tip for another time) then seat the ball as usuall. that should help put the other guys money into your pocket.

..ttfn..grampa..

XX,
ML question.  Does that 2-patched thingy work with round ball rifles?

waterman

Boats;
XXGrampa is talking about a round ball muzzleloading schuetzen rifle. He is NOT talking about a cartridge breech/muzzleloading rifle. Sorry for the confusion.

Dale53

greetings waterman,

yep,before cartridge guns and for some a long time after, schuetzen was shot with perc rifles. some used round ball, while others used a slug (bullet).

think thats why i enjoy ml so much, it's a lot like schuetzen. or is schutzen a lot like ml??

that 2 patch thing is just one trick in getting a round ball load to shoot.

one way to become a good shot with any gun is, bet money on every shot.

if you want to be a good shot in a hurry,  bet more than you can afford to lose on each shot.

..ttfn..grampa..

Amen to the learning method! And God indeed does hate a coward, at least IME He does.

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And yep, grampa, before perc rifles and even before flint rifles, Schuetzen was shot with crossbows! AAMOF it still is shot with crossbows in parts of Switzerland and at least one US city. Ceremonial only in most cases today, but the Schuetzen crossbow tradition is still very much alive in the places where William Tell is the national hero (complete with wooden 'King' target figure that must be destroyed by the shooting, sound familiar?).
Just a little Schuetzen trivia, take care, Joe