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[Ferryboatcaptain]

Ferryboatcaptain : I've got that same Lee Minnie mould in 54 cal. Way undersized and won't shoot decently at all. I like your oversized trick. Have to try it. Thanks!

I shot the minies from another .50 hawken when I first got the mold and it was a shotgun pattern . I added the aluminum tape and it grouped great . FBC

 

[Montgomery]

it appears to shoot well!!

 

[Codger Craig Wilcox]

Your new Minie' is filling the rifling better - great idea with the foil!

What adhesive did you use to adhere the foil?

 

[deerstalkert]

Beagling is an old tried and true method of enlarging a cast ball/bullet. helps in some rifles that need a thick patch otherwise.

 

[Ferryboatcaptain]

Your new Minie' is filling the rifling better - great idea with the foil!

What adhesive did you use to adhere the foil?

Its the aluminum tape like heating and cooling ductwork has on it to seal small holes or joints . in the military we called it 1000 mph tape.

 

[Grenadier1758]

Inserting a thin sheet of some material between the halves of the mold, historically paper, is called beagling a mold. No adhesive is used. I don't know the source for the term, but it has been around for a number of years. The additional thickness makes a slightly larger projectile.

 

[user 56392]

Thanks for the great info in this thread. I’ve got a line on a renegade locally. It’ll be my first BP gun, sounds like it it was well taken care of it’ll be a good one.