Rollover Jack
36 Cal.
Greetings...
On a recent visit to the only store in my area that still somewhat caters to the Traditional aspects of our interest, I ran across a box of Hornady .520 swaged balls that I obtained for my T/C non-Hawken. Using .530s the loading was difficult with a clean bore, harder after about 3 shots. And the .535s well, forget it! The loading was much easier, and I did not notice any decrease in accuracy. Oh, yeah, .018 spit-patch Wal-Mart pillow ticking, washed. Recovered patches were in very good shape. I haven't been able to measure the bore as it has an odd-number of grooves, so I am just going by performance.
If the balls work out, I will then know what size of mould to obtain, did not want one that would make life difficult.
On a side note, I will now have to obtain more patch material, because one of my cats tore the grocery bag that I kept my material in open and TOOK A DUMP IN IT! :cursing: Perhaps I could have washed it, but as mentioned above, I spit-patch. I fear that spit-patch plus cat's poop may just have a whang to it, worse than the sizing, that I would rather not experience. :barf:
"Less powder, more lead.
Shoots further, kills dead."
On a recent visit to the only store in my area that still somewhat caters to the Traditional aspects of our interest, I ran across a box of Hornady .520 swaged balls that I obtained for my T/C non-Hawken. Using .530s the loading was difficult with a clean bore, harder after about 3 shots. And the .535s well, forget it! The loading was much easier, and I did not notice any decrease in accuracy. Oh, yeah, .018 spit-patch Wal-Mart pillow ticking, washed. Recovered patches were in very good shape. I haven't been able to measure the bore as it has an odd-number of grooves, so I am just going by performance.
If the balls work out, I will then know what size of mould to obtain, did not want one that would make life difficult.
On a side note, I will now have to obtain more patch material, because one of my cats tore the grocery bag that I kept my material in open and TOOK A DUMP IN IT! :cursing: Perhaps I could have washed it, but as mentioned above, I spit-patch. I fear that spit-patch plus cat's poop may just have a whang to it, worse than the sizing, that I would rather not experience. :barf:
"Less powder, more lead.
Shoots further, kills dead."