Bullet advice needed for .582 Richmond Carbine

[musketnut]

Hello,

I just purchased a Richmond carbine built by Tom Nixon with a hoyt barrel. The barrel is .582 and I would love some advice on the type of bullet I should use in this carbine.

Thank you!

[Harry Gaul]

I can send you 25 big 579 in the 213 style, 505 grains, for ten dollars to try. Sorry for the cost but it is $7.00 + or minus just the ship the darn things.

True Blue and Diamond Hard,
Harry Gaul
3rd US
3626v

[gemmer]

Hello,

I just purchased a Richmond carbine built by Tom Nixon with a hoyt barrel. The barrel is .582 and I would love some advice on the type of bullet I should use in this carbine.

Thank you!

If Hoyt did the barrel, it's probably a 1:48 twist, at least that's how he relined the barrel I sent him for a Richmond build. It would probably like a long heavy Minie. Moose makes a .580 and .582 mould.

[ms3635v]

I just worked on one similar to yours this past summer with the exception being the bore was .581". After installing a new front sight, I sat down to get the rifle musket dialed in and this is what I discovered; the rifle musket liked the old style minie the best and it shot the best three shot group with 55 grains of 3F.

[Lou Lou Lou]

All 5 of my Hoyt’s are slower than 1:48
most are between 1:60- 1:70

[Kevin Tinny]

Hello:

All of my Hoyt's have numbers stamped on the bottom rear of the barrel showing at least his sequence number, twist and bore size.

Regards,
Kevin Tinny

[gemmer]

All 5 of my Hoyt’s are slower than 1:48
most are between 1:60- 1:70

Are they carbine length? Bob's done a number full length barrels for me and they are indeed slower.

[Lou Lou Lou]

One Richmond carbine that I no longer own. It was a tack driver

[george7542]

I do not have any hoyt rifled carbines but he seems to favor 1 in 56 and 1 and 60.

[WBR10654]

I have a James River 1861 Richmond Carbine and I just took this rifle out to shoot for the first time last Saturday.

I used my Musket Bullet which is a .580 Hodgdon sized to .579 and 45 Grains of Goex 3F.

I have one of these Tennessee Mold Sighting Tools and it shot great.

Seems yours is larger but I know Hoyt's Barrel, which is what it is supposed to be, shoots just fine.

My only issue was a little Cokeing about 2/3rds down the barrel so I am considering sizing them .578.

DPB