Regular shotgun wads on a .50 muzzleloader?

[ohio ramrod]

While I use leather over powder wads, any cloth or cotton fiber wad will work as an over powder wad.Just wad it up and ram it down.

 

[Britsmoothy]

I use olive oil. It's cheap, it works great and it's available in your kitchen if mama doesn't catch you.


What's a "grease cookie"? Is that like a slice of blood sausage?

wm

I use a thin card, a blob of lube and another thin card.
Some pour melted bees wax onto parchment paper then put a sheet on top. Stamp out wads once set.
Thin felt or leather soaked in a melted grease works too.
I just call them all grease cookies.
I guess you could use sausage meat if you desire.
I prefere eating them though

 

[flntlokr]

I messed about with shooting patched 45-70 bullets out of my .50 TC. They worked very well; shot a bit lower, but certainly rattled the gong at 100 yds. I put 60 gr FF below them., no wad required.

 

[Tumbledown]

What is the barrel twist? That will affect bullet compatibility.

Plastic will leave a residue that will react with black powder, resulting in a hard crust.that will be very difficult to remove.

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