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    Enfield accuracy issue

    the mould i use is a .577 rapine. http://www.dixiegunworks.com/product_info.php?products_id=8034 interesting idea, ill try stuffing a few in a vice and seeing if that makes it a tighter fit.
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    Enfield accuracy issue

    Back, today i made the 45 minute trek to the nearest rifle range in the area. I brought 2 types of shot, .570 hornady round and 5 minies that i just recently cast out of a small quantity of pure lead i have. Anyway, i used a 1 3/4 " hoppes patch - i know its kinda cheap, seemed like the best...
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    Enfield accuracy issue

    It all makes sense now :D I shall try to get out to the range monday and ill see if anything works. Thank you all for your help.
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    Enfield accuracy issue

    Ok, thank you all for your help. One last thing, (perhaps, seeing as i always remember questions after the fact - thanks for putting up with me) Im going to try some round shot as well as some pure (i hope!) lead minies. Round shot remains somewhat of a mystery to me, ive read through what...
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    Enfield accuracy issue

    sorry for continuing the thread, i came upon some ingots of lead just today. I have several small bars of lead with LEE stamped upon it, and several without any markings. Is there any reliable way to tell if this lead would be suitable for a minie ball?
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    Enfield accuracy issue

    Thanks for the tips, i think im going to get a box of hornady .570 rb and see if those work. Im going to see about finding some pure lead as well, though i would be interested in knowing if said rb is pure lead and would be suitable to be melted down and recasted using my mould? You said that...
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    Enfield accuracy issue

    Hi, i recently took up black powder by purchasing a Euroarms 3 band Enfield. Since then i have been trying to figure out how to make it shoot straight, None of the bullets seem to land with any regularity, 25 they seem to fall within a 1 foot radius and at 50 about twice that. I casted my...
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