RE: Playing With The .58 Zouave
Yo, Yoeman. Twist is 1 in 62", near as I can measure. But the rifling isshallower than what you would want for a patched ball.
Like so many things in muzzle loading, there are a lot of things to explore.I was using my favorite home made patch lube (25% bees wax, 25% Crisco, 50% olive oil). Maybe pure Crisco, or pure olive oil, or some other lube would be better. I'm convinced a tighter patch will be better with the .530 balls. What about a felt wad under the ball? Also, I stuck with 70 grains powder for all of the shooting, so I need to check out heavier, and maybe even lighter loads. At any rate the Zouaveis a real fun gun to shoot and recoil is hardly noticable withthe load I was shooting.