Those do help. The little dental flossing brushes clean out that channel. It was a common practice even when they used coarse threads and fewer of them.
Today started out with a nosebleed. Then my buddy showed up with a Japanese smoothbore. I'm supposed to fix it...but HE took it apart. I have no idea where the broken stuff goes.
That's very nice work
Thanks for saying so, Big Tom! It’s much appreciated.That's very nice work
Went to our club shoot yesterday. While shooting my 45 rifle I forgot to put a patch under the ball. Rather than trying to pull it out I just rammed it down and shot it at the target. It turned out to be the best shot I had on the target. I used to shoot my hunting rifle with a bare ball just to see what it would do for a quick follow up shot if needed. Any body else do this?
Yes. I’ve used a bare .495 ball in a .50 caliber rifle just for fun and surprisingly it worked. I like trying different loads and I’m not convinced that a super tight patched round ball is best for close range. I usually use a .490 ball and a thin, spit lubed patch which is very easy to load. No short starter needed.
Cool
I've never tried a bare ball in my rifles. Now with this post I certainly will. But I've always wondered what a R.E.A.L round ball would be like. Like cast a soft .505 round ball and seat it down on top of a lubed felt wad. I never wanted to order a custom mold to try it though.
Thanks Tom! I keep an assortment of old wood screws on hand, not as many as I’d like to have, but I was able to find a pair of short ones that just stopped short of the butt plate screw. I change my mind about metal finish every day. I haven’t browned anything in a while, so I was leaning towards that. Now I’m leaning towards a dark Jax Black blue. But I’m going to consider a fire blue also. And I lost my nice screw indexing. The front screw was sitting slightly proud, after I hit it with the countersink again it’s nice and flush, but it took another 1/4 turn! Oh well. And I use beeswax on the threads.
