I don't have any trouble shooting without the throat.  I think the bullet tapers from .328 to .342 at the base. As I said above, it requires mechanical leverage to seat it.  It will shoot at least 8 bullets in about 1/2" at 200 yards.  Blame me for the location of the last 2, not Harry 

I think it would be a PIA to load from the muzzle everytime.  Shooting bench and having to settle in the rifle so much everytime   double PIA

I have a Hartford Pope 38-55 Muzzle Load Rifle. I have shot it I think tree times in competition MuzzleLoaded and have done well. Load was Duplex using 4759 and Elephant Fg from a Pope Measure not weighed except for getting the Load where I wanted it. Shoots superb this way. Fired my two best targets EVER offhand at 200 yds. Two of the Matches were 50 shot, the other was 100 shot. In the 100 shot they were the 5th and 6th relay. my back was killing me from the process of handling the Rifle so much, I think I just relaxed and let it go. I have never tried it from the Bench. I have also never tried to Muzzle Load with Smokeless. I have Muzzle Loaded a Schoyen 33-40 with Smokeless and it shot very good. I did not at that time have a Mold and was using bullets supplied by friends. They all shot well. It is a lot of work and not for the faint of heart, and you can easily be distracted and do something wrong like shooting the False Muzzle down range or forget to seat the bullet down the bore to the chamber where it belongs. If you are a person who likes to go to the Range and get your shooting done and then pick up and go off to some other activity, this is not for you. HTH regards, FITZ.

uscra112 wrote on Aug 17^th, 2016 at 10:13am:

That is what I thought too.  The first time I put 8 shots in the lower left corner  of the 25 ring convinced me the fins were an  advantage if there were any the powder didn't melt off 

westerner wrote on Aug 16^th, 2016 at 1:58pm:


When I shot slug guns. I tied my FM to the loading bench. If you don't make the cord to long, you won't be able to shoot it off

Frank

My False Muzzle has had a Twine tied to the Blinder Pin ever since I purchased the Rifle. The fellow I got it from warned me.
I have over the years found two False Muzzle rifles that had a ring in the bore about three to four inches down from the Muzzle. Strange thing is they still shot well shooting  Breech Seated. Regards, FITZ.