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    round balls don't do well

    My TC Hawkins is a tack driver with a .490 and lithium greased patch with 90 gr 3F
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    Revolver photos

    Original have a buddy of mine who has an original I keep messing with him to let me shoot it he won't
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    Ya' never know what's up there.

    We live in different times now. When I was a child we could leave our cars and our house unlocked we didn't need to carry a gun. I grew up in Oregonia Ohio all we saw was a bob cat once in a while if we saw a deer it was an exciting event now there all over the place.
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    round balls don't do well

    My Sunday school teacher has lung cancer he's on a medication seems to be doing pretty good. I know one thing stay away from sugar it feeds it and our body's don't digest the junk any way
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    Patch lube for round ball shooting..........Lawdy.

    The old mountain men used bear fat bet that works good
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    Patch lube for round ball shooting..........Lawdy.

    No just pure lithium
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    Patch lube for round ball shooting..........Lawdy.

    No just pure white lithium grease
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    Cabela's chaps my hide.

    I was in cabelas one time and over in the black powder gun section sitting on the shelf was several cans of a smokeless powder that they had confused with 777 I told one of the clerks in the store he just looked at me and said ok I'll let them know. A few days later I went there it was still...
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    Cabela's chaps my hide.

    Look on line I think walmart has it last I hered or just order it on line I like the liquid not the spray.
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    round balls don't do well

    The civil war muskets only had 3 Lands and grooves they only used a 60 gr charge they were slow. Also the bullets were short so they didn't have a problem stabilizing. Round ball ain't that acurate in a fast twist like 1:28 or 1:20. I just built a 1:20 .45 cal it needs the long 500 gr .450 bullet.
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    Cabela's chaps my hide.

    Order some real powder on line don't mess with that manure. Swiss is available
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    round balls don't do well

    You didn't say what you had but if your twist rate is faster then a traditional ML then it won't shot an RB very acurate
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    round balls don't do well

    Go down in size on the ball to a 490 and a 15 th patch use white lithium grease for your lube bet it will shoot better and stay away from the coolaid or I mean bore butter every body thinks is so great.
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    Patch lube for round ball shooting..........Lawdy.

    Oh yeah forgot to mention I use rubbing alcohol to swab between shots
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    Patch lube for round ball shooting..........Lawdy.

    I use white lithium grease I used to use the bore butter but it makes your gun inaccurate because it coats your rifling with wax. Back in the 70s i started shooting BP rifle cva sold a patch grease I used it and could shoot 100 yards off hand and hit clay birds set on the back stop every shot...
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