Sized ball!?

[Britsmoothy]

So I ran across some .760" soft lead ball going cheap so I bought them.
Running them through a wad punch of mine they come out .737".

Anyone tried this?

I should of said I am hoping to use these in greedy Bess with a .750" bore.

B.

 

[roadgrader]

Never try it with balls. What are you going to shoot them out of Stacey

 

[Griz44Mag]

Don't know why that would be much different than always placing the sprue on the axis of the bore. Let us know how they shoot!

 

[Skychief]

Color me as subscribed Nate, my friend. Please let us know how these do out of your smoothy. :hmm:

Good luck, Skychief. :thumbsup:

 

[Britsmoothy]

Well feller's they shot at thirty yards no worse than the .735" I bought weeks ago.
No pictures sorry but the first two were 2" apart high on the 10" target. They would of stopped a deer. Shot three went left but stayed on the plate, dead deer.
Shot four clipped the edge.

If I get chance tomorrow I want to up the charge a pinch.

B.

 

[nhmoose]

That is now an elongated bullet. :haha: :rotf:

My false muzzled 50 cal LB/Buff rifle did that to .510 balls on loading. they shot great!!

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

I would run them twice through that punch, to form an X cross-hatch on 2 sides of the ball. I bet they’d shoot great!

 

[Eterry]

They kind of remind me of the Brunswick Belted Ball for the 2 groove rifle.

But no matter what they look like...if they shoot THAT good they are a keeper.

 

[Britsmoothy]

UPDATE.

I was not happy how Bessy felt yesterday so remembering my center fire reloading days, " if in doubt add more fuel".
I upped the fine powder charge to 80grns and boy did she like it.
Much better combustion, keen recoil and what I like best no variation in recoil, like I had yesterday.

Must add, ole' Bessy performed perfectly in the rain and damp dank weather. She was blooming in rust but refused to complain.

Anyway I used a brick wall on a disused building as a target.
In the image below is three impacts.
Shot one struck the brick I was aiming at. Shot two went high. Shot three is with shot one.



I was thrilled to say the least however Bessy made her point that I can not take her for granted by dutifully cutting a finger via her flint!

The same charge under shot works too. I was trying to shelter from heavy rain at one point and found an old wasp nest so used it for wadding and got a couple of squirrels.

So ole'Bessy has been holding out on me!
Turns out she likes big balls and fast powder!
Now she is working with me, the dark horse!

She had the works cleaning wise and is sparkling again.

Why aren't smoothbores more popular?

B.

 

[Skychief]

Great report of an even better outing Nate :thumbsup: .

Why aren't smoothbores more popular?....THAT is a question that I can't answer!

I'm in the middle of cleaning my 20 gauge after an outing of my own today. It went much like yours and I plan to tell about here, somewhere.

Thanks for sharing with us very much, Skychief.

 

[Skychief]

What was the charge prior to the 80 grains???

 

[bud in pa]

I would venture a guess that the mystique of frontiersman shooting British soldiers at long range during the AWI makes people today want to feel a kinship with these hero's of days gone by. In my situation and at my age, I'll take my 20 ga. I can hunt anything in my state with it. Fur or feather it covers it all. As they say different strokes for different folks.

 

[Britsmoothy]

What was the charge prior to the 80 grains???

67grn. I was playing cautiously with it being a fine grading.

B.