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  1. J

    Best way to lube swaged bullet

    I am glad that worked so well with the Pritchett style minies. I will use the same technique so the 50 Pritchett minies I have can be shot ecept I will use 50 gr. 3Fg GOEX which is the same as 60 gr. 2Fg. Lubing the base cavity with a 24 ga. over-shot/powder card sure beats trying to load a...
  2. J

    Bullet vs. Barrel Twist

    Minie Balls:.577 or .58 cal. Since you are new to muzzle loading rifles like me, you probably do not cast your own minies or round balls. I have never shot a round ball in my rifle musket, and probably won't. I am relatively new to BP rifle muskets.I have been shooting my P53 Enfield 3-band...
  3. J

    recommendations for a muzzleloader

    I have had cap and ball revolvers for 15 years but I purchase my first muzzle loading rifle musket about 8 months ago. I managed to do a little shooting at the range last fall after I secured all the extra supplies I thought I would need. I did some expermental shooting with various types of...
  4. J

    Best way to lube swaged bullet

    It certainly can't hurt to give the mine a shot of Ballistol before loading. However, I don't think you will find it necessary to lube the .575" minie balls until you start feeling more resistance when loading. The .575" minies have .001" land to land clearance in a .577 cal. P53 Enfield rifle...
  5. J

    Best way to lube swaged bullet

    I never have used 2Fg powder in anything I shoot. I only use 3Fg GOEX in my BP 44 cal. revolvers and my .577 cal. P53 Enfiled 3-band rifle musket. Usually 50 gr. 3Fg is equal to 60 gr. 2Fg powder. I like 3Fg because it shoots hotter and cleaner than 2Fg. Up until now, I load and shoot 50 gr...
  6. J

    Best way to lube swaged bullet

    Track of The Wolf is where I purchased my bag of 1,000 overshot cards. Their number WAD-24-B . ( www.trackofthewolf.com )
  7. J

    Best way to lube swaged bullet

    This subject has regenerated my interest in the use of my swaged Pritchett style minies. Since the English .575" Pritchett style hollow base minie balls are .002" smaller than the bore of a .577" P53 Enfield rifle musket, lubing the sides of the minie ball is not necessary to make loading...
  8. J

    Best way to lube swaged bullet

    If you fill the cavity of a .575" swaged Pritchett style minie ball with lube instead of using a lubed paper patch, you can use over-shot blackpowder shot shell cards between the base of the minie and the powder load to prevent contamination of the powder with lube. I have not tried the cards...
  9. J

    Best way to lube swaged bullet

    I knocked those Pritchett style minies twice through a .575" sizer and the second time I did it, they went through easily with one stroke. After sizing,they measured .575" with calipers, which is too tight for a lubed paper wrap. The Pritchett style minies are the perfect size for a .577" P53...
  10. J

    Best way to lube swaged bullet

    Those minies are copies of the English Pritchett minie ball.Those minies were shipped on blockade runners to the Confederate military and they were issued to the infantry troops. The Confederate arsenals also made them. The original English Pritchett minies had a wooden plug in the base to...
  11. J

    Springfield or Enfield?

    If I were going to purchase a new reproducton rifle musket and all I was going to do is hunt and shoot at targets, I would get an Armi Sport P58 Enfield, .577 cal., .575" minie, .570"-.015" patched round ball, 2-band rifle musket. The 3-band rifle muskets are required for reenactors but both...
  12. J

    plugged nipple

    Keeping a few spare nipple is a good idea because if a nipple gets plugged for any reason, you can just switch nipples. I purchased 6 spare nipples for my P53 Enfield because the ones that fit properly are available at only one supplier that I know of. I have tried several different suppliers...
  13. J

    Stuck ramrod

    All gun shops sell 100% cotton patches that is the correct size. The gun shop I buy a few thing from does not even sell patches of polyester-cotton blends. The only bag of patches made of polyester-cotton blend I have seen lately are in the Dixie Gun Works website. I have had a bag of those for...
  14. J

    Powder Charge for EuroArms 1861 Springfield?

    The old BP shooter at the rifle range told me to use the old "rule of thumb" and divide the bullet weight by 10 and that is how much 3f GOEX to use. It seems to be right on the money. A Lyman 575213-OS weighs 460 gr. so that is 46 gr. 3f BP. Likewise a Lyman 575213-PH minie weighs 566 gr. and...
  15. J

    Stuck ramrod

    I got my Enfield ramrod stuck fast and poured the barrel full of Ballistol and it still don't budge. I had to pull the ramrod out with a vise. That is when I learned that only 100% cotton patches are the ones to use. Polyester-cotton patches are fine to use in BP revolvers where you can push...
  16. J

    Stuck ramrod

    A stuck ramrod can be because you used a patch that was not 100% cotton. Never use a polyester-cotton patch. Polyester will stretch and wad up behind your ramrod tip and lock the ramrod in the bore when you try to extract it. A T-handle may work but if it doesn't, you must put the stuck ramrod...
  17. J

    Powder Charge for EuroArms 1861 Springfield?

    I can tell what size the bore is by how the minie loads with the ramrod. A .575" Old Style minie loads smooth in my .577" P53 Enfield. If it was a .58" caliber bore, a .575" minie would drop down the bore or load with a ramrod with little or no effort or just by the weight of the ramrod...
  18. J

    Powder Charge for EuroArms 1861 Springfield?

    I have not been shooting my P.53 Enfield long enough to establish a pattern with the .575" Old Style mines but I am consistanly on the paper at 100 yards with every shot. I noticed the 575213-OS, 460 gr. minies have a lighter recoil than the heavier Lyman 573213-PH, 510 gr. minies. I shoot my...
  19. J

    After Cleaning Question...

    Man, you are right about North Texas humidity. The humidity in the Dallas-Fort Worth part of north Texas especially. My brothers live in Houston and they gripe about how humid Houston is. I tell them to come to Dallas and you will really see what the humidity is like...they just laugh and say I...
  20. J

    Powder Charge for EuroArms 1861 Springfield?

    If you are a beginner, keep it simple. I was a beginner in BP rifle shooting about a year ago . I have only one 50 gr. powder measure for my Armi Sport .577 cal., P.53 Enfield rifle musket. I use 50 gr. 3fg GOEX BP and Moyer's precast Lyman 575213-OS minies. Fortunatly I ordered an ample...
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