Roundballs verses Conicals..??

[B P Maniac Shooter]

Roundballs verses conicals in flintlocks.
The results below may surprise you.

 

[Maven]

Those conicals look like Lee Precision's REAL's, i.e., Rifling Engraved At Loading and are better suited to rifles with twists of 1:48" and faster. They also are a bit more accurate with a card stock over powder wad.

 

[ronaldrothb49]

You pointed out in the video that your rifle had a coned muzzle. When I got my coning tools from Joe Woods he cautioned that a coned muzzle would not work with conicals. That might be the problem with the lack of accuracy with the conicals.

 

[Mike in FL]

When did conicals come into use? After percussion rifles came on the scene? I've never used them but I can see the benefit on large game.

 

[AlexB]

Needs lubing as well but I prefer prb myself they seem to shoot better and are more fun for me.
I like the fun you have in your videos too many people take themselves too seriously.
This is a fun thing to do may as well let it show.

 

[Antelope Pete]

I was expecting to see a valid test.
1. The title on You tube was "Roundballs verses Sabots Which Shoots Better?" in it. This was not a sabot bullet .
2. The caliber of the bullet wasn't known at the beginning of the video.
3. The bullet wasn't even lubed which it should have been and undoubtedly caused powder and lead fouling issues.
4. The conical was hitting to the right. So what, shoot a group on paper with a real bench setup with both and measure them.

I shoot roundballs btw.

 

[Keyhole]

I enjoyed the video Mark. Looked like fun too

 

[ord sgt]

This is not directly related to the thread, but, how do you stop a roundball from keyholing? JK

 

[LME]

I don't know who posted this but someone said he liked round balls because he never had one key-hole on him! LOL!

 

[B P Maniac Shooter]

I was expecting to see a valid test.
1. The title on You tube was "Roundballs verses Sabots Which Shoots Better?" in it. This was not a sabot bullet .
2. The caliber of the bullet wasn't known at the beginning of the video.
3. The bullet wasn't even lubed which it should have been and undoubtedly caused powder and lead fouling issues.
4. The conical was hitting to the right. So what, shoot a group on paper with a real bench setup with both and measure them.

I shoot roundballs btw.

Video shows how little I know about shooting conicals.
I didn't know to lube them, coned barrels affects accuracy, etc.
I'm just an ol' round ball shooter & had the opportunity to try something different.
I quickly found out conicals aren't for me.
I'll stick with those ol' cool round balls too.

 

[B P Maniac Shooter]

You pointed out in the video that your rifle had a coned muzzle. When I got my coning tools from Joe Woods he cautioned that a coned muzzle would not work with conicals. That might be the problem with the lack of accuracy with the conicals.

Probably so even though that barrel only coned about 1" in the barrel.

 

[B P Maniac Shooter]

Needs lubing as well but I prefer prb myself they seem to shoot better and are more fun for me.
I like the fun you have in your videos too many people take themselves too seriously.
This is a fun thing to do may as well let it show.

Amen brother, I agree.
If anyone watches the BPMS channel very often,
they know I'll try shooting about anything that's unusual and safe.
I prefer the PBR too.

 

[snakebit]

I enjoyed it Mark!

 

[kyron4]

Great video !

 

[kyron4]

I was expecting to see a valid test.

If that's the case then BPMS's videos are not for you. He's about just having fun in a wacky and entertaining way. Plenty of analytical and scientific tests out there.

 

[Mike in FL]

Video shows how little I know about shooting conicals.
I didn't know to lube them, coned barrels affects accuracy, etc.
I'm just an ol' round ball shooter & had the opportunity to try something different.
I quickly found out conicals aren't for me.
I'll stick with those ol' cool round balls too.

Well said, sir.

 

[BigAl52]

I was thinking that shoulder was gone feel that 80 grains with that conical before you ever touch it off especially shooting from that position. Enjoyed the video as always. Was a little late getting it watched this week

 

[hanshi]

Fun video! I've always shot round ball exclusively and never had a problem with accuracy or deer.

 

[LME]

Fun video! I've always shot round ball exclusively and never had a problem with accuracy or deer.

I shoot only balls as well . The few deer I have shot went down asap!

 

[morehops52]

You pointed out in the video that your rifle had a coned muzzle. When I got my coning tools from Joe Woods he cautioned that a coned muzzle would not work with conicals. That might be the problem with the lack of accuracy with the conicals.

I shoot only conicals and all of my rifles (1:48) are coned. If there was any fall off of accuracy i haven't detected it and the deer haven't noticed either.