brewer12345
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This spring I will start fooling with one or two 45 caliber percussion rifles. One is a round ball twist, the other is a typical TC 1 in 48 compromise twist. I mostly shoot round ball, but in 45 I suppose the conicals are small enough that I may end up shooting them frequently as well if the rifles like them.
My question is on round ball size. I generally have just picked a ball that is 10 thousandths smaller than nominal bore and fiddled with patch size and charge until I get accurate loads. Since a 45 RB is illegal to hunt big game in my state, I am taking this as an exercise in pure accuracy target shooting, although I suppose if I get an accurate enough light load this may end up being a viable small game rifle. How does one choose a RB size for optimal accuracy? As a mold packrat, I have picked up .437, .440 and .445 molds. How do you choose which one to work with?
My question is on round ball size. I generally have just picked a ball that is 10 thousandths smaller than nominal bore and fiddled with patch size and charge until I get accurate loads. Since a 45 RB is illegal to hunt big game in my state, I am taking this as an exercise in pure accuracy target shooting, although I suppose if I get an accurate enough light load this may end up being a viable small game rifle. How does one choose a RB size for optimal accuracy? As a mold packrat, I have picked up .437, .440 and .445 molds. How do you choose which one to work with?