all my guns can out shoot me...price of gettin old lol
my 62 jaeger built by Stephen Zihn dose ok,,,,,,,,,,,,
Duelist1954 cuts his wads too small, and he has the same problem with them. An original source from 1767 recommends a piece of paper 1" x 2" which makes a 1" square when folded in half, and that's for a 20-gauge. I use them made that way a lot for my 20-gauges, and they are no more trouble to load than punched wads.I tried those cut paper wads the other day....3/4" folded cut brown paper same as Duelist1954 demonstrates. OMG what a nightmare to try to load with.
Duelist1954 cuts his wads too small, and he has the same problem with them. An original source from 1767 recommends a piece of paper 1" x 2" which makes a 1" square when folded in half, and that's for a 20-gauge. I use them made that way a lot for my 20-gauges, and they are no more trouble to load than punched wads.
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Perfect.some days every thing falls in place some days not.
I had exactly the same experience. I shot flintlock rifles for years before acquiring my first smoothbore. I assumed smoothbores would need tight fitting ball and patch combos just like my rifles. After disappointing groups, I started to experiment with thinner patches and slightly smaller balls, .590 vs .600. To my surprise, groups tightened up considerably with ball and patch combinations I could start easily with just thumb pressure. Go figure.I don't know why, it is counterintuitive after all, but, I seem to find my smoothbore accuracy to be better a little looser than a rifle would like. All the tight patched ball combos I tried with my smoothrifle ranged from unacceptable to okay but could be better. .615 bore and a .595 ball with .010 patch, or the wad method described above shot better than any tight patch/ball combo.
Once you settle on ‘the load’ ... bend the barrel. Simple to do, have done 3 of mine and 2 for friends.Shoots high & left, but im interested in group, not where it hits.
My smoothbore is a track of the wolf english fowler. 62 caliber, I use a .600 rb with a pillow ticking patch over 75 grains of 3f. For lube I started using the beeswax olive oil combo. I used to use ballistol and water. My gun loves this combo. At fifty yards it will hold under four inches as long as the loose nut behind the buttplate does his part.View attachment 48052
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