54 cal patched round ball loads for 44

Poking a long hole in any animal smaller than a fullgrown holstein will put it. The 148 was a compromise for the round ball and conical. At the lunenburg gun show i picked up an old traditions 50 cal shenandoah flintlock for pretty much dirt cheap money. As 345 desoto has pointed out,one shot kills are possible if you can put that. For a fun plinker load, i sometimes go as light as 50 grains. For deer, the round ball is imho, a terrible choice. While this is a great mold, i have to give it only 4 stars because of the height of the nib on each ball.

Perfectly shaped by a coldforming process for consistent diameter and weight, each of these round balls is coated to reduce the hazards of lead oxidation. One of the advantages of the deep grooved slow twist round ball barrel is that you can. Single ball loads single round balls can be loaded in almost any caliber without much fuss and bother with good results. In addition, youll find no mouldparting lines, air pocket voids or sprue marks that could impede accuracy.

I believe the size mold has been discontinued by lee. A comprehensive collection of interactive, online ballistics calculators. They have felt as well as paper wadspull circle fly up on the web. First i know 54 cal is not a 500 yard firearm, that being said at local range. Most 45 cal round balls are shot from longrifles with barrels 3640s, which means the sight radius is longer and they tend to be easier to shoot well.

It just makes good sense to have a felt wad between the powder charge and a patched round ball. I have used it twice to remove a stuck round ball 44 cal. Buy the hornady premium swaged lead balls and more quality fishing, hunting and outdoor gear at bass pro shops. It has been said that the round ball would not do well with this twist. All conical bullet loads perform best with a felt wad inserted between the pellets and the base of the bullet. I just had to try it as mine would not do well with conicals. Speed loaders for rifles and shotguns speed loaders for a quick second shot. These give a dense shot pattern and increased range, without the need for wet fiber wad. Please note that what patch thickness you use will also play a part in what ball size to use. In talking with the guy he said his best load was with 65 gr of 3f using a. Uncap, pour the premeasured charge, and ram your patched ball, lubed maxi, or minie. Shooting for small game west virginia wildlife magazine.

Speed loaders for rifles and shotguns track of the wolf. Cartridge ammunition, pistol, rifle, cowboy action loads by hornady 2. Pedersoli muzzleloading round ball patches 45 cal to 50 cal 0. Traditions ez clean 2 presaturated cleaning patches. Traditionalmldata2 north american muzzleloader hunting. That was long before the current craze of smoothbore shooting had come about, and getting information about round ball loads for one was essentially impossible. Traditions performance firearms muzzleloader ballbullet puller. Blackpowder shooting accessories best price guarantee at dicks. I used 80 grs 3f with a patched round ball in a lyman great plains rifle, and about 80 or 90 grs of 3f with a lyman 450 gr 5070 bullet in an early 50 cal shiloh sharps carbine. Good evening all, just sitting here musing about a weekend of shooting a new reproduction rifle. Ive put a swagged round ball through a 300 lb hog at 80 yards with my 50 cal tc, using 90 grns of pyro p. Id be happier if it wasnt so high, like you get with lee precision molds. Hornady black powder muzzleloading projectiles lea. I have been cutting roughly square pillow ticking patches, and got to thinking.

Selden rifle and young blunderbuss took this ga deer with roundball loads. Beartooth bullets ballisticians corner round ball weight. I used a thomson center hawken for a long time in 54 cal,my. Felt wads for muzzle loading and black powder cartridges. Stock up your favorite black powder supplies like round balls with the wide selection of. My wife and i shot some informal muzzle loader competition many years ago with 50 cal. As a defensive weapon, the fowler could be easily and quickly loaded. Bumping a round ball to the proper diameter is the only way to get any accuracy from them. It was by far the most accurate load in that gun, and while labeled light by a lot of guys, it killed with alacrity. The buffalo in this photo was taken with the hottest load in the data here for the. Indeed they do, as they are outlawed in some states during primitive hunting seasons.

First, you need to know if your rifle is best suited for a patched round ball or a. Each tube has a single compartment, with caps on both ends. In a 54 caliber rifle, sixty grains of fffg creates the same. Also, traditional muzzleloader only shooting orgnizations generally require the use of patched round ball only during official muzzleloading target competition. Round balls in fast twist rifles white muzzle loading. My 44 s, 31s and 45 cal balls were consistently smaller by. Several side hammer round ball guns are available in. Exterior ballistics, recoil calculator, wound channel calculator, stopping power calculators mutiple, round ball weight calculator, powder calculators, and more. Hornady black powder muzzleloading projectiles lead round ball. After 25 years or so around round ball percussion rifles i think i may have stumbled upon something. My rifle likes 110 grains of ffg and the patched round ball for a hunting load.

It seemed to like a very heavy charge of pyrodex with a patched round ball. More than anything else the sabot and socalled magnum loads played a big part. Most modern day american round ball shooting is done with. It could be loaded with shot for birding or with a round ball for deersize game. The 1,000 pound young bull was hit with right around 1,000 footpound of energy. The current trend in big game muzzleloader hunting is toward the use of sabots and powerbelt bullets. This ballistics calculator is a computer simulation which analyzes the behavior of a round ball in its flight from the muzzle to the target. Felt wads for muzzle loading and black powder cartridges oxyoke wonder wads for muzzleloading shotguns. Granted, the patched round ball doesnt have near the energy of the conical, but at up to 100 yards, that. Advertisers talk of relatively high velocities exhibited by these projectiles when used with 150grain powder charges and associate those velocities with improved performance.

If its allowed in your area you can use your muzzleloader for small game too. A high density, 100% wool felt wad, lubricated with all day wonder lube, that will take the place of the over powder and cushion wad. Gently used condition lee brand round ball mold for casting a sprueless. Black powder comes in various grain sizes designated fg, ffg, fffg and ffffg. The more fs the finer, smaller the grain size and the faster the powder will burn and the higher pressure it generates in your barrel. Experiment with various powder loads to determine which gives the best shot. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed. If you spend any time in hunting camps, sooner or later you will hear amazing stories about the longrange performance of modern muzzleloaders. The first round ball i ever shot from a smoothbore was actually done with a double barrel sidebyside flintlock shotgun, a twenty gauge. Pedersoli muzzle loading tools set cleaning kit 5458 cal. Never load and fire a pellet without a projectile in the barrel, sealed on the pellet. Muzzleloader wads, rifle wads, cap and ball pistol wads. The 30 to 34inch barreled mountain and plains rifles of the period often featured.

Todays market provides rifles in both fast and slow twists and calibers ranging from. I seated the bullet into the bullet chamber part of the chamber with a short starter, then poured the powder in til full, which turned out to be about 80 or 90 grs. Out of a quality bore, a properly loaded patched round ball can prove deadly accurate at the ranges it was truly intended for and that is 25 to 50 yards. Traditions performance firearms muzzleloader patch puller worm. I cant say i made it, but what i put together was a thompsoncenter hawken stock with a getz. Triple seven pellets are not for use in cartridges, or with patched round ball. For me, round ball loads tend to shoot higher than point of aim in a revolver and lower than point of aim from a rifle.

As for accuracy, a man carrying a smoothbore loaded with a tightly patched round ball was virtually equal to a man with a rifle at distances of up to 50 yards. Round balls are effective on close range big game animals. I cant put my finger on it, exactly why, but the three different brand. A round ball is unique among projectiles in that its ballistic characteristics are solely dependant upon its diameter unless its. Shot loads and snake loads can be loaded in revolvers using wool wads. If you want consistent accuracy, the only ball to shoot.