Not fond of that idea.

I have a 50 caliber Green Mountain Barre with 1-70 twist. I also have a Traditions Flintlock with a 1-66 twist. And a Traditions Woodsman with a 1-48 twist, so I will test them tomorrow. Its supposed to snow tomorrow and its always fun to shoot in the snow.

Any powder charge suggestion you want tried?

I'll be using Goex 2f. Try that if you have some. No idea what grain load. See what works for you.

Thanks.

I agree about the snow. As long as it's not too cold and windy.

Long standing practice, and safe if loaded properly. T/C's early owner's manuals provided loading data for double ball loads. Surely you've heard of "loaded for bear". If I recall correctly, double ball loads were used on occasion by the Lewis & Clark expedition.

Yes, i've read about it, but I assumed they did it, because all they had were round balls. We have more choices now, and frankly.....I don't want to shoot 350gr of lead with enough powder to push them.

If I was back in 1830, and had no other choice. I'd do it.

Were the double ball loads done with a smoothbore? I would worry that in a rifled barrel, the second might be an obstruction.

MH... I will try 85grains. I know the 270 grain don't shoot out of slow twist.

With rifled barrels, often with the same powder charge as the single ball load. Each ball is patched separately. First one is loaded sprue down and second one loaded sprue up.

Have you tried this Semi?

Myself and a friend use double balls in a 45 deer hunting for years, it works quite well if done right. You have to patch both balls I filed the spure off mine he loaded his first down last up. We both tried a lot of loads before we were sure we had the best one our loads were a bit below the regular load for PRB in that gun. The way we determined what load was best was by how close together the balls hit at 50 yds, we considered side by side edges touching as ideal but did not achieve that on a regular bases.

As interesting as that sounds, I just don't think I could make myself do that.