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I am looking @ a 16 ga. trade gun with a26 inch barrel. What is a good round ball size to try. I have a 28 ga. I shoot with wad and bare ball with good accuracy to 40 yards and am thinking on trying that if I get the gun. Thanks
Get out your dial calipers and measure the bore. It should be 0.663" in diameter. The 0.648" ball should be fine either with 0.015" lubricated patching or 16 gauge wadding.
I have a 16 ga. and use 60grs 3F and a .648 ball, .10 patch and that load shoots very well for me. Have tried the bare ball but found the patch ball is a much better shooter, plus lots less fouling.
!6 gage is roughly .690" I have used a .65 ball with success. All cartridge loads, the paper acting as a patch of sorts. Barrel scraped after 5 shots.
General rule of thumb (military thumb that is) for ball dia is .03" to .06" less than the bore diameter.
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