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A possible variant might be related to breaking the sound barrier. A round ball is not the most ballistically effective design and...

Yes sir, back in the day the 52s were called the king of .22s. Winchester made them at a loss because of their reputation for accuracy...

I use to compete in tournaments . The rifles were .22 cal. An the one thing that was a given was to keep the speed of the bullets below...

Correct, load development takes time and patience. I've done it a number of times and have found that most rifles are at their most...

As muzzle velocity is a result of load, and load affects trajectory, and accuracy is a consequence of flatest trajectory, the objective...

Optimal accuracy is achieved by pushing the projectile at a velocity that times the bullet exiting the muzzle at a specific point in the...

^What he said 100% While there are also other factors in play, this is gospel when it comes to looking for accuracy in a given arm...

Correct. The idea is to get the bullet to exit the barrel in the middle of the harmonic cycle. It takes time to work up a load, but you...

Optimum accuracy is usually dependent on finding the velocity where the barrel harmonics allow the bullet to exit the muzzle at exactly...

In my own experience as well as much reading on the subject a maximum charge rarely gives the best accuracy.

I note after a point faster seems to open up the group. My best shooting ever was a Green River .54x42x1 Loaded with .527 and .02 patch...

Ha! I use to have one, dang if I could put my hands on it now. Should have done that from the very beginning.

Okay, I think we are getting somewhere. You said the Military muskets were designed to use the LARGER musket caps. Larger musket caps-...

Every place I remember having ordered nipples from made it clear if the nipples were for percussion or musket caps. Here is a screen...

The Hail Mary approach hoping the winged musket cap doesn’t fall off a #11 nipple is a silly idea at best. #11 percussion caps and...