idahoron

I did a video this weekend, I was shooting the Hot Rod Hawken. The test was how many times could I shoot the Hawken before the accuracy fell off, or it hang fired and I missed.

bronko22000

Amazing Ron. And even though I proved it to myself, I can't get my mind to believe that a bullet so loose going down the bore can be so accurate. Thanks for all your help with the paper patching and valuable info you provided.

idahoron

I did another one today. My son shot his 50 with the Lee 500 S&W bullet. He shot it 6 times and was shooting very well with it. Loading was harder than the 45 was but those bullets are tighter to start with. Off hand over shooting sticks that kid can shoot.

Idaholewis

Idahoron, Awesome Video! Put that over on Modernmuzzleloader under my thread there if you dont mind. Watching Ron be able to reload over and over without Swabbing between shots and not tearing his paper up on his bullets inspired me to get a can of Pyrodex P powder to try out with my Paper Patched bullets, i can tell you now the fouling between Pyrodex P and Real Black powder is ABSOLUTELY night and day different (they are both nasty, but in very different ways) As i stated in the beginning of my thread on Modernmuzzleloading The fouling with Swiss Real Black powder is a dry rough fouling and will strip the paper off your bullet on a reload WITHOUT swabbing. Pyrodex P leaves a nasty fouling as well but is MUCH MUCH softer, In one of Ron's videos he actually describes the fouling as a 'Goo, Tar' like fouling, he is DEAD ON. This softer 'Goo' like fouling is the reason Ron is able to Reload over n over without swabbing between shots and stripping the paper off his bullets.

I was recently watching a YouTube Video of a guy Squirrel hunting with a .32 Cal and no swabbing between shots, one of the comments was a guy asking if he swabbed between shots? Granted this is a .32 Cal and likely a patched roundball? But this guys answer describes what i have been saying all along in this thread, Real Black powder leaves a ROUGHER fouling and will tear your paper up on a reload

Idaholewis

If you plan to hunt with paper patched bullets and don't want to fear stripping your papers on a reload, shoot Pyrodex P Powder!! Or if you choose to stick with Real Black powder I HIGHLY advise that you carry a small container of patches pre soaked in Alcohol so you can quickly Swab before reloading, otherwise you will likely strip the paper from your bullet on a reload