Help with Jäger Rifle .62 Loads

[German Jäger]

Hello Friends,
I have news!! I have cut down the rearsigt with a File because the Preowner make a great V Notch in it .. now the V is tighter at the Bottom and groupings are tighter!! I order a new rearsighrcan make a sharp thin cut in so i hope to make another performance in Targeting. I use .610 Ball with 0.15 patch so blue Lube and also .600 Ball with Pillowthick 0.18 with Beewax Oliveoil with 100grs schweizer 3. So hope next week can make another try

 

[German Jäger]

Hello Folks, today i try at the range .600RB 0.18 Pollow Thick Patch 80grs at 50 Meters . What did you say? I have an strange thing at the Barrel when i put the vleanrod with patch in the bore i feel a resist ca. 3“ over the boreground i little withstand when i put down ?! But the bore is shiny clean what is this?! With a little more power the rod goes down free..

 

[Rifleman1776]

conservation of angular momentum

Watch yer language. We don't use words like that here.

 

[German Jäger]

What?

 

[Rudyard]

What?

Dear German Jager he was responding to post number 75 Waksupi s post he used uncommon if proper terms And Rifleman is makeing a joke of it . It sounds like your load just encountered some breach fouling no problem & it seems to group I use 20 thou Ticking patch & 600 ball seems to load with just guns rod no recourse to a short starter but bores will vary according to the makers set up .
Rudyard

 

[German Jäger]

Ok i understandbut i light into the bore it ist bright&shiny the stopping feeling is direct under the rearsight if i take the cleanrod with a patch run it down just at this spot under the rearsight i need more power to run down just this little spot what can this mean

 

[Rudyard]

Well if the rifle is new not original it could mean the rear sight has suffered from the fitting of the sight or the dovetailed loop under the barrel unlikley but nothing else fits so check & see if its that .Some used a chisle to cut the dovetail But it shouldn't be that deep but you will have to check this possability .
Rudyard

 

[EC121]

I used to have a rifle that someone had used a punch on the bottom of the dovetail to raise metal to tighten up the rear sight. It caused a tight spot right under the sight. It would have been easier to replace the sight.

 

[Dusty_Traveler]

Weren't the fast twist Jaegers generally loaded sans patch, with the ball driven down the barrel bare?

These were the Tige breech, or Pillar breech guns. They had a more shallow rifling, and spike that rose from the breech face. The ball was smaller than the bore size and you are correct that it loaded without a patch.

The ramrods on pillar breech guns are steel, and very heavy built. They are made to ram the ball against the spike, swelling it into the riflings. These rifles were easier to load after much firing.