xring2245
09-01-2011, 08:08 PM
Gentlemen,
Please let me pick your brains...
When I was originally with the N-SSA (1990s) I started shooting the smoothbore events just after they were approved. One of the limitations were that if the RB was going to be patched, it would have to be with aluminum foil. Well, in my testing with the foil patches, I did not see any advantage to using them. I came up with a load of 65gr. FFFg with lubed roundballs that I kept in a separate tin container. I dumped a pre-measured charge of the 3F and then took a lubed RB out of the tin and rammed it home. I started with a .690RB, then when fouling was building up, I went to a .685", and finally to a .678" when needed. Accuracy was very good.
Now that I am back in the game, I purchased some of the blue tubes. Not sure what I should do now... lube or not lube, foil patch or not???
What loads work for some of the good SB shooters out there? My 1842 is an ArmiSport that I purchased when they first became available.
James
Please let me pick your brains...
When I was originally with the N-SSA (1990s) I started shooting the smoothbore events just after they were approved. One of the limitations were that if the RB was going to be patched, it would have to be with aluminum foil. Well, in my testing with the foil patches, I did not see any advantage to using them. I came up with a load of 65gr. FFFg with lubed roundballs that I kept in a separate tin container. I dumped a pre-measured charge of the 3F and then took a lubed RB out of the tin and rammed it home. I started with a .690RB, then when fouling was building up, I went to a .685", and finally to a .678" when needed. Accuracy was very good.
Now that I am back in the game, I purchased some of the blue tubes. Not sure what I should do now... lube or not lube, foil patch or not???
What loads work for some of the good SB shooters out there? My 1842 is an ArmiSport that I purchased when they first became available.
James