I've used lubed felt wads over powder with great success with flat based conicals like Maxi-Hunter, R.E.A.L. bullets, and Maxi-Ball , but wondered if they will make accuracy worse with a Minie ball style bullet with a concaved based/skirt meant to expand on firing. I have some Hornady Great Plains Bullets on the way and they have the hollow base; so wad or no wad for someone who has tried it both ways ? -Thank you
Felt wads with concaved base conicals ?
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Anything between the powder and mini will inhibit its expansion. There is a chance the wad would be driven into the base and carried with the mini which wouldn't do anything for accuracy.
I shoot lubed minies in a .54 Pedersoli Jaeger. After the powder charge I send down a .54 cal dry felt wad, then the minie. The rifle shoots great, and I think the wad helps scrub the bore each time. Lead fouling is minimal after a string of 20 or so shots. I've never had one stick in the base, I don't think. They are always able to be spotted like a little falling meteor, with a smokey tail lol.
I'm no physics major, so in my pea brain I see the pressure being all at the base of the minie, since the wad is not a total gas seal. This equal pressure on both sides of the wad would prevent it from being shoved in the base cavity.
I'm no physics major, so in my pea brain I see the pressure being all at the base of the minie, since the wad is not a total gas seal. This equal pressure on both sides of the wad would prevent it from being shoved in the base cavity.
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Well, if you look at the recommended loading data for triple 7, they recommend a wad for ALL conicals and specifically for the great Plains. Check out the thread I started on felt wads.
https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/...a-felt-wad-will-do.152991/page-2#post-2161655
https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/...a-felt-wad-will-do.152991/page-2#post-2161655
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when i shot my GPR the other day i poured powder(all but once
) then a lubed felt wad, then the minie. accuracy was the best i have had with that 1-60 twist.
when i scrounged up the wads, every one was a donut. the center burned out, leaving a circular gasket.
only thing i can think of is the pressure forced the center into the cavity and concentrated the fire on that spot.
) then a lubed felt wad, then the minie. accuracy was the best i have had with that 1-60 twist.when i scrounged up the wads, every one was a donut. the center burned out, leaving a circular gasket.
only thing i can think of is the pressure forced the center into the cavity and concentrated the fire on that spot.
