Respectful to all regarding the right bullet size. Fact: In a "breech loader", pushing something down a barrel is not the same as having a big explosion do it! Lead is soft. A lead bullet is compressed like a sponge from an explosion behind it. Smaller bullets will fill the grooves completely upon this high pressure! Just look at a undersized bullet after it is shot. The lands compress and displace the lead even more and also aid in filling the grooves. A bullet is not the same size in a barrel under pressure as it is after it exits it, either. Just to clarify this, a undersize bullet is something less in diameter then the groove diameter, not the land diameter. Friction is not your friend. The less the better. Lubrication matters, Caps matter, Nipple hole sizes matter, Powder type matters, Size matters & Lead hardness matters. Some number of these in combination will make a shooter, a great shooter. These are all the basics. I was thinking of attaching this to a post but decided this was a better idea.
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