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As much as the fabric will absorb. Dripping is never good. You will never be able accurately gauge "damp", so I soak as much as they will hold, then just lightly roll up and not squeeze, but compress so the drips fall off. Another method is to take another bit of dry patching, and wipe off the...

That's very odd, and it makes me wonder if those Hornady balls are not so pure lead. You are running ballpark the speeds I get in my 54 caliber, and with a stick on wheel weight lead, which is almost pure, those balls will flatten out to a coin in water. My brother has a hardcast 63 caliber...

Like anything, bore size can vary. I've seen 16 gauges from .662" to .675" bores. Track of the Wolf has .662" balls which should fit. If they work good, you can buy the mold from JT ball moulds. I'm not sure what you would want for a patched ball. maybe the Lee .600"?

It's too bad the USA doesn't make reasonable priced double guns anymore. Actually Kolar is the only one I'm aware of. Everyone knows about L.C. Smith, but I'm more interested in the lower cost ones. The Savage 311 and variants could be great if you made a stock for them. The Savage 420/430 are...

Plenty of pre-60 guns aren't great in 16 gauge. Right off the top of my head, the Winchester 1897 was a 16 gauge barrel on the 12 gauge frame. Not bad at all, but the 12 gauge is better. I recently bought a Savage 430 in 12 gauge, which is a phenomenal gun. I don't even like O/U's, but I had to...

If I'm using an NRA target, I use a 6 O'clock hold. There's really no other accurate way to do it. You could try to center on the black, but unless it is only 25 yards away, it's tough. When it comes to load development or sight in targets, you have to play around to find what your eye likes. In...

None of the rule of thumbs, or theories, or any of the old jargon are true. Maybe some are, but when it comes to the shotgun, they are almost always false. I'm only aware of one that is true "Less powder, more lead, shoots far, kills dead" The square load is equal volumes powder and shot. I...

I'll take it!

So this has .004"-.005" deep button rifling? Any chance I can get you to take caliper measurements for a rough guestimate?

Can you tell me a little bit more about what the H&A Minuteman is? Is it a swamped or straight barrel? Is it built by Hopkins and Allen, or is it a Spanish or Turkish, or other import? Does this have deeper rifling in it, and what is the twist rate? Depending on the answers, I may take this.

I don't own a 45 caliber, but I think they are cool for what they are. A longrifle especially in 45 caliber is about as efficient as you get in a muzzleloader with blackpowder. Anything smaller, and you are essentially shooting buckshot. With a moderate powder charge, they really send a ball...

I just confirmed. " Shoulder-held firearms using ammunition which is factory-rated to produce at least 700 foot-pounds of energy at the muzzle and handguns using ammunition which is factory-rated to produce at least 500 foot-pounds of energy at the muzzle may be used in the hunting of wild...

Such a paradise did exist... South Dakota. Unfortunately the spring elitists pushed hard to get rid of rifle hunting in 2018, citing safety. As far as I can tell, SD hasn't had a turkey hunting accident in over 30 years. A request to appeal stalled in a 4-4 vote this year. Hopefully things will...

I really doubt anyone is going to have used spit patches in the field more than one time. No they don't immediately dry out, but they will be worthless in 1/2 hour. Hunting is not a practical application for spit patches, or any kind of water lube. For grease, yes there have been rifles and...

I already told you my exact position on the matter. The only bismuth bullets I've shot have been on targets. I was not impressed, and would not shoot them at a game animal unless it was an a caliber larger than normal. A 45-70 for example would be a good candidate for bismuth bullets. The 357...

Looks about as good as my kit from Track of the Wolf did. So far so good with that.

Just some quick math, so feel free to correct me. Pure lead is about 11.35 g/cm3, pure tin 7.31 g/cm3, and 94% bismuth/6%tin alloy about 9.6 g/cm3. That makes bismuth alloy about 85% as dense as lead, and pure tin about 64% as dense as lead. In practical terms, if a .490" ball of pure lead is...

Just yesterday, 25 pounds of Goex Fg showed up at my door step. Possibly the last Goex I'll ever buy, so I made sure to buy the best.

I took my TC Renegade 54 caliber out today using the same load I finally figured out after months of trial and error a few years ago. I tried 4 ball sizes, a dozen patches, multiple powders, tons of lube. All said and done, 1Fg was the top performer, although it is not as big an effect as...

I won't be able to provide adequate pictures. Last year the 20 gauge took a young buck, I guess you will have to take my word that they are gruesome, even without expansion. This year I'm setting up my brother with a 12 gauge low velocity hard cast ball, so not a good comparison. I'll probably...