ORIGINAL: sabotloader
Pglasgow
Of all the bullets I shot in my sidekick, the one that gave the most resistance going down, was the 295 PB.
Now that does surprise me... I have shot a few 295's from my tight bore Remingtons and the A&H and never had any trouble - seems like the weight of the ram rod would push em down.... I use to shoot a few of them through each new gun to help break in the barrel, remove some of the burs & stuff...
I think it was the burrs probably that caused the trouble with the 295's. There is no lubrication on a PB so on a clean, burred up barrel they were tough going down. I could load them easier after a shot was fired because the little bit of fowling remaining afterswabbingacted as a lubricant. With the sidekick, I noticed nothing about the PB's which indicated easier loading than the other projectiles I tried. Buffalo ballets and Buffalo SSB's were by far the easiest.