shouldn't the lands of my new (50 cal) T/C Hawken bbl offer enough resistance to keep an unpatched (.490) roundball from falling to the bottom when dropped into it? Should i go to a .495 round ball? Seems to me that there should be a tiny bit of resistance. I'm assuming that the groove diameter is .50, so if a .490 is falling into it... the rifling is less than .005 deep? Is this sound logic?
I guess my question is:
do i want a little resistance when unpatched or no?
i know that the bulk (or maybe all) of the tension is the job of the patch but it seems like a tighter ball fit would increase accuracy.
barrel is 32" t/c 1-66 twist. I'm sure it will be a tack driver when i get it sorted out. only had one opportunity to shoot it so far and the best i could get at 75 yards was 5" 5-shot group (not great), but i only had .010 patches (too thin i think) and 490 rb. I'm gonna try .015 & .020 patches and hope it tightens up.
Any thoughts are appreciated
I guess my question is:
do i want a little resistance when unpatched or no?
i know that the bulk (or maybe all) of the tension is the job of the patch but it seems like a tighter ball fit would increase accuracy.
barrel is 32" t/c 1-66 twist. I'm sure it will be a tack driver when i get it sorted out. only had one opportunity to shoot it so far and the best i could get at 75 yards was 5" 5-shot group (not great), but i only had .010 patches (too thin i think) and 490 rb. I'm gonna try .015 & .020 patches and hope it tightens up.
Any thoughts are appreciated