And in 14yrs I've never seen you talk about formal competition.
You just say it's not needed. Well, maybe you are the next Ned Roberts re-incarnate, I can not deni the skill of a natural shooter,,(I have seen it)
,, but most folks here, have various skill sets.
So It's two different worlds with the same goal, Helping others,,
In all these years, why do you choose too deni the existence of those controlled variables that can help those that don't have your skill?
The simple elimination of all possible variables with a persons load,, doesn't mean he's going to shoot better. It means that those things are stasis. Once the shooter understands that,, that person can work on his/her personal shooting skills.
That stuff is beyond the basic load isn't it?
I mean honest, is every new shooter that comes here supposed to be happy with hitting a pop can at 50yrds? Just so someone else can say they can hit one at 75yrds?
But here we are again, "Never weigh a ball"!! "It don't matter!"
I don’t deny it, weigh if you want, in fact I have said in numerous post your best will come from the most uniform loading.
Pre weigh your powder and put it in little glass tubes
Measure the amount of lube on every patch, experiment with different caps if you’re shooting a cap gun.
Have the best sights you can get.
Even the most traditional ml can be made more accurate by the addition of some little tricks, and you sure will out shoot me
That’s a truism. If each charge is 70 grains three f +- .5 grains and your ball is 178 grains +- .5 grains you will here your most consistent load
Should you have micro adjustable sights you will have your best open sighting system, assuming you don’t want a peep or scope.
Boone had a simple v and thin blade, Meek didn’t carry a balance scale, York didn’t have the most sophisticated sights on his rifle gun.
Ml are after all primitive weapons
In the deer woods there is no difference between the weighted ball and the cast and inspected. The deer won’t know
Neither will the squirrel or rabbit
On a woods walk most targets will score the same
Plinking with your friends there will be no advantage
Only in a formal shoot at an x can it make any difference, and if that shots off hand chances are other variables will be more important then real consistent ball weight.
In ml ranges the consistency might look impressive but in fact have no practical advantage
This is a smoothbore target at fifty yards
A Patched ball vs bare and wads. The patched looks tighter but infact the five shot groups are about the same, and any one shot would put venison on the table. Both are pretty much equal, 4”x3” vs 4”x2”
