Good day. While this is not strictly N-SSA style shooting question, I thought I would ask this question. If this is inappropriate for this forum, my apologies, and please remove. Just thought that there must be a lot of round ball shooters on this forum as well.
Have a custom flintlock longrifle in flint. Shooting patched round balls. Up till recently, shooting just fine. Now, for some reason, is throwing fliers really bad, but only occasionally. Last two weeks after initial clean bore shots, was shooting one ragged hole groups if I did my part on the bench (good bench discipline). Then, the occasional shot went really wide. As much as a foot!.
I MAY have changed patching material, but not sure. Have always used a 530 round ball with .015 pillow ticking. Still doing that. BUt now I am noticing patch material sometimes show complete burn through. Shooting through colerain barrel using spit lube for patch.
I suspect the burn through is doing this wild shooting, but maybe i need to weigh the round balls as well. I had not shot this in a while and the patching material was bought as .015. Would a lubricated patch minimize the burn through?
Experts out there please advise. Thanks!
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