Thanks mate,
Hi mate
I’ve seen Alexander Henry ‘Cartridge’ molds that were tapered toward the ojive… I believe this facilitated loading into a fouled chamber/throat.
sir i am using an unmentionable (.357cal air rifle) it shoots these 125gr tapered slugs , they shoot real sweet outa my rifle, dont make a sound traveling down the rifling, and at the back there is a thin flat area like a banded gas check but its just how it formed, makes the thing fly really well. cant say how since the majority of the weight is on the tail end, hence tapered , smaller in front than iin the rear. i absolutly love those in that particular rifle. that is why i am trying to find a mold for .495 that can make a tapered bullet at that diameter. have you ever heard of one?(lee r.e.a.l.320gr will work but the 250 version is too big of diameter, rather have tapered instead .
did you send your rifle out to get that mold made? do you still have tthat person hwo did this for you , do you have their information ? do you think they would make me a mold if i sent them my rifle?
I put the Pedersoli English Creedmore tang sight and a tunnel front sight that takes inserts and is windage adjustable. Yes, I has helped quite a bit. My eyes just couldn’t get a good enough sight picture with the stock military sights. Now I can pretty much keep all the bullets in the 8 inch black circle at 100 meters.
Possibly referring to dual diameter bullets? I have one I use in black powder cartridge rifle - the rear portion is groove diameter but the front portion is bore diameter. It allows the bullet to be seated a long way out of the cartridge case, increasing capacity. Not necessary for muzzle loading. The ‘old’ pickett bullets were extremely tapered, with little bearing surface, needed false muzzles and fitted ramrods to try and keep them aligned when loading.
