you guys are great! i had a friend of mine suggest i take the gun in and have the barrel checked before i go any further, so i did..... i didn't own a bore light before, but i got one now...this shop i went to boasted god knows how many years experience with black powder guns and pulled out the stops running me through the basics.....

the barrel checked out ok, and they had the rear peep sight i been looking at in stock too! i was jazzed. these old timers recomended i should try the Hornady Great Plains bullets in 410 grains. they weren't really bad mouthing the TC Maxi Balls, but showed me why the preferred the Hornady. theyopened up a couple boxes of slugs and showed me the difference in the two. i liked the looks of the concave base of those bullets better than the flat bottom of the maxi ball. the great plains sluges had tighter lube grooves too...i had a lot of trouble with the pre lubed maxi balls and the lube coming off leaving uneven globs on the bullet...i was wiping them off and putting fresh lube on them as i shot....What a pain in the arse! Sooooooo....now that i know how to "Work up a load"...i'm going to give these Hornady slugs a try....

Hey Lee.....What's with the corn meal thing? i'm thinking that sounds kinda strange to me.....with these hornadt bullets i can despence with the extra wad according to these guys at the shop...they say the base of these bulles expand upon ignition with the concave shape doing a self sealing thing....
any comments on this opinion guys? i know one thing...the pre lubed Hornady bullets are going to be a lot easier to have uniform lube than the maxi ball......