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    Quote Originally Posted by Southron Sr. View Post
    The Enfield Naval Rifles and P-60 Army Rifles (both used identical barrels) with the 5 Land and Groove Barrel and with the "magic" 1 in 48" twist are the most accurate of ALL the 57/58 Caliber muzzleloaders of the Civil War period.

    British NRA matches of the late 1850's and early 1860's allowed both active duty British soldiers and members of the British militia to compete in target matches. Any competitor that used either an Enfield Naval Rifle or P-60 AUTOMATICALLY had 10% of their final score deducted so as to create a "Level Playing Field" with those competitors that used regular P-53 "3 band" Enfields.

    Confederate Sharpshooters were issued Enfield Naval Rifles and P-60 Army Rifles (when available) along with British made, paper patched ammunition. These rifles proved accurate out to 800-900 yards.

    I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED THE IRONY THAT THE N-SSA, A TARGET SHOOTING ORGANIZATION, HAS BANNED THE USE OF PAPER PATCHED MINIE BALLS [THE MOST ACCURATE OF ALL .577/58 PROJECTILES] BECAUSE OF PREJUDICE!!!

    The Lyman Parker Hale Mould sold by Dixie Gun Works is an excellent mould for the replica Parker-Hale Naval Rifles. Best of all, it is "N-SSA Legal" as long as you don't paper patch the projectile.
    Prejudice??? against what?

    I always figured it was some kind of vague fire hazard thing.

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    Right on PaPa Rod. Not really a fire thing though - as Jim Koch, lately spending his days picking burnt powder out of his right hand can attest, the paper ctges (or in this case, paper in ctges) were banned to forego cookoffs, which we still get a plethora of even though there is nothing discernable down there to cook anything off (thus we also prohibit dropping charges down the barrel directly below the chin). The guys that dream about going back to paper ctges also dream about going back to corn cobs for post constitutional cleanup.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Obi2winky View Post
    How does one measure the bore for muzzleloaders?
    Use bore gauges you can buy from Amazon. They are amazingly accurate, and should not cost a lot per each. You need one that is at least 0.001" over what your bore size is, and that's a good guess with calipers. Then use 0.001" steps down from that. They are usually accurate to 0.0005"

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