Originally Posted by
sabotloader
cabage
Those bullets might be to loose... BH is a smokeless
progressive burning powder. For it to burn efficiently it requires compression - so if the bullet does not fit snuggly and the load compressed you might not get what you are expecting when you pull the trigger. On the average I would suggest it should two hands on the ram rod with constant pressure to push the bullet down the bore.
Interesting... will anything give this away?? Will the bullets not group or will they be abnormally low when compared to an equal sized bullet?
Originally Posted by
Gm54-120
Cabage
Knurl the TMZ bullet with a pair of bastard files and raise them up a thousandth or two. Its quick and easy. You just roll it between the 2 files about 4 passes depending on how hard you apply pressure.
The Knight blue sabots that came with my Spitfires are really easy to load and after wards they were pretty good and shot much better.
Ive shot Barnes boat tails in non boat tail sabots with good results also but they really need to be snug. IMO the solid copper bullets really seem to benefit from this rough surface against the sabot.
Does this knurling affect the accuracy? I don't need the tmz to be bigger i need them to be smaller, they load too hard (like all my body weight on the rod too hard).
If the scorpions turn out too be too loose I may try them in the shockwave sabot, which is a bit larger than the crushed rib.
Thanks for the feedback guys, I don't know anyone that has delved into muzzleloading so everyone here has been a huge help.