Roughed up .575 round balls in .58 Rifle?

Stantheman86 · Jan 22, 2020

I bought 150 .575 Round Balls and, having both rifled and smoothbore .58 weapons , I bought them to try "roughed up" and lubed in my smoothbore.

However, this might also work for the rifles?

I'm sure someone has tried this .

Grenadier1758 · Jan 22, 2020

Works for some and not for others. its a match of ball diameter to barrel bore diameter. You have to try.

Carbon 6 · Jan 22, 2020

I tried roughing up balls with a farrier's rasp. I went back to smooth balls. One thing I didn't like was that the dimples increased corrosion on the balls and well as dirt collection.

Stantheman86 · Jan 22, 2020

I'm mainly looking to get the ball to hold lube, otherwise I think bare, dry .575 would get tough in a .58 bore after a few shots .

Zonie · Jan 22, 2020

I'm sure the .575 diameter ball will work rather nicely in a smooth bore but the idea of using a "roughed up" bare ball in a rifle is a poor one.
Without a patch little if any of the roughed up ball will be able to engage the rifling grooves so it will cause severe leading in the barrel.

A .575 diameter ball is just about the right size to patch and load in a .58 caliber barrel. Just a bit snugger than the .570 diameter balls usually shot from a .58.

Stantheman86 · Jan 22, 2020

I'll just use them in my smoothbore

Cowboy · Jan 24, 2020

I’m sure they’d be great in a SB! Might even help with ball creep if that’d be an issue for someone?

Respectfully, Cowboy

Stantheman86 · Jan 24, 2020

I'm thinking .575 roughed up, lubed ball with paper on top?

SDSmlf · Jan 25, 2020

Stantheman86 said:
I'll just use them in my smoothbore

May as well try them in a rifled barrel and eliminate the speculation. You will know first hand one way or the other. I have used knurled or ‘roughed up’ conicals in a different (not discussed here) application with success. I have doubts about a ‘roughed up’ roundball working in a rifle, especially one with deep roundball rifling, but haven’t tried it myself. Go for it and report back.

Stantheman86 · Jan 25, 2020

I have an Armi Sport CS Richmond which will be a perfect candidate for this testing, along with my smoothbore Indian .58 Enfield

Cowboy · Jan 25, 2020

Stantheman86 said:
I have an Armi Sport CS Richmond which will be a perfect candidate for this testing, along with my smoothbore Indian .58 Enfield

Thumbs up on both!

Let us know how your experiments come out Stan. :thumb:

Stantheman86 · Jan 25, 2020

I'm also gonna try paper cartridge .570 balls in the Rifle-Musket

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