WTB .610" round ball mould

[Maven]

You could buy some ready made .610 balls from Track to try before you buy a mold. I bough a Lee .690 mold for my 12 ga, they shot poorly, I tried some ready made .700 that shot really well so I ordered a Tanner mold in .700.

Like was mentioned Tanner molds don't come with handle but you can buy them from Tanner when you buy the mold. In my case I have so many molds that I have a variety that I don't use and took the handles off them to use on my Tanner.

Eric, Just to update you and others on my search for a better fitting RB for my smoothie. Two years ago I measured the bore of my GRF trade gun and found it was a tad over .618". I then ordered a .618" ball mould from Jeff Tanner, which arrived surprisingly fast. (The price was good too.) I've since experimented with it in various "bare ball" combinations, including roughing it up between two coarse files. While that increased its diameter to .619", it didn't improve accuracy. My best loads with it, best being a relative term, are with tow wads fore and aft and 80 - 90 grains of FFg. The tow wads I've found need to be large enough to require a bit of muscle to seat. Naturally, bore fouling/bore cleanliness is a major factor here, but I'm pretty sure I can hit a good sized target with it @ 50 yd. Pinpoint accuracy and tiny groups? No way, but it is fun to try.

 

[Eric Krewson]

I have a rear sight on my smoothie, I tried bare balls but couldn't group on the side of a barn with that loading.

I use a .700 ball (my bore is .723) with a .023 patch and 100 gr of 1F and a thick recoil pad.

I think this is 25 yards and the difference between a .690 and a .700 ball. The Xed out holes are from my .54. The date stamp on the picture is way off by about 15 years.