Ball Seating

[cheatherly]

Does anyone here use a " kadooty" to seat bullets? Does it seem to make a difference?

 

[silverfox]

a kadooty whats that. Really I know what it is but have never seen one in person. I think the theory is good to seat the ball with the same pressure each time. If they really worked that well you would see them at all the serious paper matches but you don't.
I wouldn't waste my money on one. I like to feel the ball seat on the powder and know its at the proper spot in the barrel. A kadooty could leave you short started unless you have a marked ramrod.
Its like a fisherman and fishing lures the manufactures makes money and the fisherman put it in a drawer and forgets about it. Then goes back to his old favorite and trusted method.
Fox :hatsoff:

 

[roundball]

IMO, just another gimmick to separate you from your money.
Just seat it the same way everytime for consistency sake, no matter how you do it.
I seat mine with all my weight and I can hear the powder crunch...its the only way I can get it the same every time and it works perfectly

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

Does anyone here use a " kadooty" to seat bullets? Does it seem to make a difference?

See here. That said, I have no experience with it.

 

[d.thomson]

From the sounds of it, it might do the same to the ball as bouncing your rod on your load to see if the ball is seated. If you fall into the line of thought that bouncing the rod will deform the ball than I would emagine the same holds true for this new piece of equipment. My 2 Cents. F.K.

 

[cheatherly]

Wow, those things are high. I keep reading about them in Sam Fadala's books, but have never seen one. I'm gonna stick with my loading rod.

 

[Swampman]

I don't use anything an 18th, or early 19th century hunter would not have had in his hunting pouch.

If they didn't need it, why should I?

 

[Mad Professor]

Work up an accurate load and mark the rod. Seat to that depth when loading.

 

[Landngroove]

Sam Fadala mentions a "kadooty" in "The Complete Black Powder Handbook". Other than that reference, I have never seen one. :rotf:

 

[d.thomson]

Gota agree with the Professor, Find your load mark your rod, and you're good to go. F.K.

 

[2172]

I saw one demonstrated, and heard the sales pitch at the NRA convention in Charlotte...a couple of years later, a used one appeared at a club silent auction and I bought it...I used it, once. The next time we have a silent auction, I plan to donate it...'nuf said...Hank

 

[George Holton]

Kadoubty is right. as for pressure seating ,I have watched a man using a guage operated by two lugs on the muzzle to hook a strain guage,showing exactly how many pounds pressure applied to the ball. He shot not much better than the rest of us.Bob

 

[paulvallandigham]

I saw one demonstrated several years ago. They were very expensive, and I didn't see where it improved shooting very much at all over simply marking your ramrod and loading to the mark. The man demonstrating it had some relationship with the company, and was pushing his product to percussion and those zip gun shooters. I was demonstrating flintlocks, and he wanted nothing to do with me. I don't advocate compacting powder in flintlocks, so I had no interest in the Kadooty, either. He had never fired a flintlock, and seemed impressed the the gun fired, " kBOOM! ", with no delay. He seemed amazed that I hit the small target, too! Obviously, I was doing nothing for his sales, so he distanced himself from me. I was at the show primarily to demonstrate tracking, and track identification, so I spent the rest of my day doing that.

LIke some of the other posters here, I too have noticed an ABSENSE of this device from the firing lines at Friendship at the NMLRA Spring and Fall shoots. Its no longer being made, or at least I can't find the manufacturer anymore. I would think the market place has spoken. There are betting things you can do with your money.