I don't know if that's the reason, but that's the way it worked out for me. I don't think PRB was used in the 18th century, so I tried working up a load without patches. Loading a card wad, cushion wad, bare ball, buckshot and then an overshot card I had very poor results. I tried it with 3, 6 and 7 buckshot and with only a card over powder, nothing worked well. I gave it some thought and decided to do away with the cards, use only what I had original references to, tow. Next trip I loaded tow wadding, bare ball, then the buckshot and another tow wad. That helped, groups shrank and things got more consistent, but it still wasn't a useable load. I then tried loading the buckshot first, with the ball over it, and that seemed to be what I needed. I was able to shoot reliable patterns, small enough at 20-25 yards to be used.Macon Due said:I was thinking just the opposite.......load the buck first [so the ball would not 'blow' through it] plus the patched ball would hold the buck in with no overshot card needed.
In today's world I'm not sure there is one, but in the 18th century it was apparently a very popular way to load. Here are some of the references I've collected which make that plain, for both the military and civilians.hanshi said:I can't help there but I honestly don't see the point.
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