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Saw those groups on your thread and keep meaning to pick up some corn meal to experiment with. While I did order a mess of modern shot cards and such ideally, I want to come up with readily available local items that work well. If it's stuff I can make myself that's even better.
The corn meal provides a buffer between the powder and the ball or shot charge. The corn meal will compress slightly on ignition of the powder and seal the bore. This layer of buffering material will minimize the gas blowby and allow the patch to keep the ball centered in the bore. In the case of a shot load, the granulated buffering material will instantly drop off as the charge leaves the barrel while slowing the expansion of gas from the ignition charge from blowing through the shot and opening up the pattern.
Creates a seal behind your lead
I meant to ask you the first time you posted this. Are you tamping before loading your ball?
Ballshooter
50 Cal.
What else have you tried as an over powder filler, in particular what flat out didn't work? I've got felt, tow, actual wads, saw dust, wasp nest, an endless supply of dry grass, and some other stuff. I know I'll just have to try things till I find what works with my rifle and loads. However, anything I can dismiss beforehand will save valuable and limited time.
Commercial wads or precut do make the best seal. Black Powder TV found an almost two hundred fps lost using tow. I’ve not tried the corn meal, will some day, but I’ve not had any trouble with tow, and often put it under a PRB
Ballshooter
50 Cal.
Wasp nest is good , felt wads if they fit snug , corn meal , cream of wheat. I tried just tow is was not so good just by itself tow and any of the above works. If your patches burn a wad of tow or any I mentioned work wonders.
The only criticism I might offer is that entire system is wrong handed. Then again I realize you wrong handed folk have no ability to correct this issue from a young age... 
Beautiful smoothbore, I'm sure you will get your loads down with ball, buck, shot or buck and ball in no time to your liking. I can think of a whole lot of other things that I would rather not occupy my time with than what you are doing.
Beautiful smoothbore, I'm sure you will get your loads down with ball, buck, shot or buck and ball in no time to your liking. I can think of a whole lot of other things that I would rather not occupy my time with than what you are doing.
My 58 smoothbore Colonial likes 90 grs 1 1/2 Fg Old Eynsford, 40 grs cream of wheat, a thin lubed felt wad, and a 562 ball in a 010 patch. Getting 3 in groups at 50 yds. I could not get much accuracy with lighter powder charges.
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My situation as well. My Woodsrunner will be here in a week or two, and that should occupy me for a while, but if we don’t hear some solid news about the Kibler fowler soon I will be ordering a smooth 58 Colonial.
Finally popped a few shots out of it. Have a few things to work on but overall I'm pleased. Need to change the flint holder or placement so it strikes the frizzen a tad better. Need thinner patch material to try PRB. Have a massive flinch to overcome. Not bad though for being so windy my fingers got numb after the first 2 shots. This is a .575 loose ball over one dry and one lubed felt wad with a cardboard wad over the ball and 100gr 2f. Got the windage close enough I can now work on shot loads next time.
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Where are you getting patches that thin from? Been checking sites I buy from and .016 to .018 are all that I can find. I have both and they are way too thick.
Oops, quoted wrong post. Was supposed to be @Ballshooter comment on using .008 patching material.
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https://rmcoxyoke.com/product/ox-yoke-originals-wonder-wads-pretreated/
I’ve bought 0.010 from here before..
I’ve bought 0.010 from here before..
Ballshooter
50 Cal.
Get some Muslin fabric. 008 and try that for PRB loads, Works really well with a thin felt wad or thin card aka Ritz cracker box get a 15mm punch and make your own felt or shot cards. I get my felt on Amazon F-26 Industrial Felt.
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That my good sir is exactly how I do things. Except for the powder everything I used today I made myself out of sourced bulk materials. Thanks for the reply.
Ballshooter
50 Cal.
I have been using a 575 ball mold to make a .576 RB for my bare ball loads. I just put a thin aluminum tape on one side of the mold, works well
Bubajunk
32 Cal
Sweet looking smoothbore , that is the same kit I'm ordering from Kibler . Semper Fi
