PRB in 1:28 twist barrel

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Dmitri Popov

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What can I expect from this combo? Will the ball stabilize? Would a Minie ball be a better choice?

Oh this is for a CVA Mag Hunter, I do not hunt with it, just want a range toy to enjoy when I go to the range with my shooting partner. I am unwilling to pay for sabot rounds just for plinking.
 
You would have better results posting in the Black Powder forum I think.

I will ask a Mod to move it.

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Dmitri Popov,

A PRB will shoot OK in a 1 in 28 twist barrel as long as you don't push it too fast. I shoot .495 round balls using a .016 pillow ticking patch from my CVA Wolf with 1 in 28" twist with excellent accuracy at 50 yards. I load about 40 grains of FFFg black powder for best accuracy. If you want to shoot longer distances, a minnie-type or Lee R.E.A.L. bullet would be a better choice
 
Modern rifling is a bit different than the old hand rifled barrels where if you used a large load the ball and patch might "skip" over the rifling.

Pedersoli uses a very fast twist in it's 28" jaeger with a 1:24 twist, and they know it is going to be used for patched, round ball. They sell round ball and a round ball mold for it as well as conicals and a conical mold for it.

The projectile gets a full revolution plus a tiny fraction more before exiting the barrel in the Pedersoli rifle. Germanic rifles of the flintlock era sometimes gave a 1½ rotation to the projectile before it exited the barrel. You should be able to use a 60 or even 70 grain load in yours..., but you may find the torque of such a tight twist slaps your cheek a bit more during recoil than other rifles.

In 1804 a British officer writing a manual for what would become the 95th rifles mentions the fast twist rates of American and German rifles gave one a "disagreeable recoil", and he's probably talking about the torque from the faster twist rates.

The only way to know is to experiment.

LD
 
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