Originally Posted by
Johnmorris
You may do better with a bore size solid with a felt base. I had a Spring field years ago never got good results with minie bullets. Mabe cast some with a little tin may reduce the size. My wheel weight bullets are usually smaller than pure lead.
That might work but there's a fine line as to how hard those bullets can be. They rely on the skirt expanding into the rifling upon detonation.
BPS