svartkruttgris#369
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Re: Blow Tube - Barrel Wipe question
Reply #30 - Apr 3rd, 2016 at 7:52pm
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Boats, Long ago when I hunted with 54 calib muzzle loader, I was happy with at least 3,0" 3 shot groups at 100 yds, no wiping, for hunting. Never used 2nd shot hunting. Only powder I could get that perforance with then was Pyrodex and TC's MaxiBalls with those huge lube grooves. First shots from those loads, totally clean bore, were as good as I could shoot that rifle -- more like 2,0". Years later, with 44-40s and original Ideal 427098 44-40 bullets, Swiss or 777 ffg, SPG lube, at least 50 shots per day from either rifle or revolver with maintained group size was SOP. Read stuff by John Kort to learn how it is done. An old Swedish kombi hunting gun, rifle barrel 12,4X44R (for moose), would hold 3 inch 5 shot groups at 100yds, 10 inch 5 shots at 300 yds until I was no longer willing to take recoil of that 8lb gun. Same principles, 777FFg powder, ancient design bullets for BP cartridge rifles. Principles for nice grouping BP rifle cartridges have been around for maybe 200 years. You do need quality components, especially BP, and rifles. Grisen
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