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Blow by will reduce the power of your shot. But is it all bad?Many old powder charges seem large compared to what we might shoot today. Some of the reason is much powder was low grade.Recorded Bess loads are from fifty to twenty five loads to a pound. 140-280 grains.On his you tube vids Duelist 54 shoots larger charges then I do inhis .62. And gets pretty good accuracy from bare ball. Why?Gas blowing around the ball is going to provide an aerodynamic cushion around the ball, holding it in the center of the bore.Is this the best answer? Maybe, but boys can get groups from PRB in smoothies.Is it not historic? It’s not mentioned in seventeenth and eighteenth century loading manuals, but we have leather patches written about in 1847 ( in the form finger tips from worn out kid skin gloves) this writer didn’t claim inventing the practice so we can assume it was done for some period of time before 1847.
Blow by will reduce the power of your shot. But is it all bad?
Many old powder charges seem large compared to what we might shoot today. Some of the reason is much powder was low grade.
Recorded Bess loads are from fifty to twenty five loads to a pound. 140-280 grains.
On his you tube vids Duelist 54 shoots larger charges then I do inhis .62. And gets pretty good accuracy from bare ball. Why?
Gas blowing around the ball is going to provide an aerodynamic cushion around the ball, holding it in the center of the bore.
Is this the best answer? Maybe, but boys can get groups from PRB in smoothies.
Is it not historic? It’s not mentioned in seventeenth and eighteenth century loading manuals, but we have leather patches written about in 1847 ( in the form finger tips from worn out kid skin gloves) this writer didn’t claim inventing the practice so we can assume it was done for some period of time before 1847.
