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    single cast .495 round ball mold

    I have been looking for a .495 round ball mold (single- not double) an cannot believe that nothing for a long time has appeared in my search. Anybody have a .495 round ball mold that no longer is needed? Lots of .490's around just no .495's???.................sonny
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    new touch hole liner to fix touch hole misdrilled

    never did that. The 5/16 white lightning liner (drill an retap the the 1/4 28 to 5/16 32 can it be done??) would be great. The original liner hole that was drilled had a .315 taper to the barrel surface, I don't think a 1/4 28 bolt would reach .315 to fill the tapered bevel.
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    new touch hole liner to fix touch hole misdrilled

    1/16 low or maybe a tiny smidgen more then a 1/16.. I really need a 1/4 28 stainless touch hole liner blank so I can drill the hole an cone the inside myself......
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    Premade shot cups/cartridges, how to.

    I hunt turkeys an would like to use my smoothies, but my calling sucks an I like to eat them turkeys. I am with you......unless our open bore smoothies can be tightened up to shoot 35 yards or so, I use my Remington turkey gun........sonny
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    Premade shot cups/cartridges, how to.

    Did you use paper to make your shot cups? or cereal box cardboard cups??. If paper rips you might gain nothing, but the padding of the shot helped it. If the shot could stay in a cardboard cup it would have to be tighter downrange. Heck, shotguns use plastic wads not paper or cardboard. I bet if...
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    Premade shot cups/cartridges, how to.

    form the solid cup with a solid base, the sides slit like a modern shotshell, insert with a bullet starter to get the cup into the bore/open, spill in the shot an a thin overshot card on top making it a paper version of the modern shotgun wad.................sonny
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    Holding it together at 50 yards

    make a rear sight out of a magnet!!!!
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    Premade shot cups/cartridges, how to.

    I wonder if you leave a tail on the wad that would slow down the cup a bit an not stay together like a slug at the target. Shotgun wads have slices down their sides which open like wings after the shot column is launched for so many yards . follow shotgun wad thinking. make half the base a solid...
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    new touch hole liner to fix touch hole misdrilled

    not lower................raise it up. I deepened the pan to try to get the touch hole near the sunset position. My original problem was too high above the frizzen when closed. I installed a large siler deluxe lock an now the touch hole is slightly below the sunset position of even with the pan...
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    new touch hole liner to fix touch hole misdrilled

    1/4x28
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    new touch hole liner to fix touch hole misdrilled

    I bought a rifle an the touch hole with the frizzen closed is slightly above the frizzen. I need to have a larger liner installed lower to correct placement.... But who can do such surgical precision work in northeastern P.a ???
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    getz barrel company

    Can anybody give me a phone number to call John Getz for some barrel work?. The numbers I have are not working to reach his company store.......................sonny
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    Round Balls in smooth Bores

    you would think that a mini ball with a hollow base would be tough to beat. The obturation at ignition would flare out the skirts an act like a stabilizer for the heavy solid tip/////sonny
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    weighting in on volume

    Do they make an adjustable measure for 3f powder accuracy throwing, or is the world geared up for 2f powder measurement???. My adjustable measure has a smooth side which I can make a corrected (closer throw) measurement. The 50-60-70-80 calibrations are a waste to even try to throw accurate...
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    Realistic accuracy expectations

    Made it to the range the other day, got all set up, 50 yards, loaded up the flinter, an the first shot with new front sight hit the edge of a redfield target, dead center dot. Man was I pumped!!!. I thought long an hard about loading it up again to drive another one into the center of the...
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