smooth bore loads

[ian45662]

How do you guys make up your smooth bore loads?

[Greg Ogdan, 11444]

For me, .678 hard lead ball, rolled between two hoof rasps, liquid alox lube over 50 grains of FFFg Goex. I shoot a Potsdam.

[pastore]

.678 ball, knurled, liquid Alox,45gr FFF Schutzen. Armi Sport Macon conversion

[Phil Spaugy, 3475V]

.678 ball, hard lead, sprue down, dipped thrice in beeswax / peanut oil lube. 70 grains, 2F.

Fire and Fall Back.

Philo

[Jim Brady Knap's Battery]

How's this? .688 soft ball, 80 grs Goex 2F, beeswax/crisco/olive oil lube, sprue down in tube for a thrice dipping, sprue up, lube down up in bore.

Jim Brady
2249V
Knap's Battery

[Jim Strang]

.678 Lyman, any lead, sprue-to-muzzle, 80g 2f Goex, aluminum-foil wrapped "cartridge," 50/50 beeswax/crisco, thrice-dipt.

[ian45662]

how do you make a foil cartridge? When you guys talk about lube are you just dipping the ball in the lube and loading it like that with nothing else?

[shilohzowie]

Heres' what I do; Musket on ground,pick up rocks,chuck rocks side-armed. Green

[pastore]

When you guys talk about lube are you just dipping the ball in the lube and loading it like that with nothing else?

With liquid alox you coat the balls with the lube and let them dry overnight.

[Jim Strang]

Ian: I have a series of step-by-step pics I'll email you separately. Shilohzowie, sometimes that's a more successful approach! Green