In trying to imagine what the changes mean, i wondered if it might be possible to do away with the patch altogether and shoot just a. How would someone paper patch a round ball for a bolt action rifle. Offered as dry, oiled, wonderlubed, or premium lubed on select sizes. The lubed patch should be thick enough to hold the ball snugly on top of the powder charge and keep it centered in the bore. I was reminded of this fact last month when i used an original. In all of these guns, i use one load for everything. You can buy good quality patches in your local blackpowder shop, but you can also make your own. Im trying to determine the midrange and point black distances for my. Apr 30, 2008 how to load a round ball into a muzzleloader. I have been cutting roughly square pillow ticking patches, and got to thinking. Loaded with a lead round ball, a hunter can use a smoothbore to kill. Due to supplier cost increases and the falling australian dollar, unfortunately, cbe has had to increase the price of some products on 1 january 2019. It was sponsored by and used as a fundraising event for the dapper dan charities in pittsburgh. This video is about how to patch applehda with a really simple method.
Considering the limited effective range on big game of the patched round ball, the 3x is likely the best choice for easily getting game in the crosshairs at 10 to 50. Killing power of patched round ball prb the high road. And thats exactly the load i set out to use for taking the fallow buck shown in. My forty ball shooter has taken many deer with 65grs. It is basically a giant, airfilled rubber ball approximately 2 feet in diameter. Most fast twist guns have shallower grooves than are usually seen with slow twist rifles primarily meant to shoot round balls. Loading blocks for patched round balls track of the wolf. Cotton or linen patches are used when firing with round balls and are unnecessary. I use basically the same load i use for lead ball except i use a thicker greased patch. Pour the measured powder charge down the barrel and load a patched round ball directly on top of the powder charge omitting all the cards and wads. A good patch is made of good quality, dense natural material.
Patched ball barrels wear out faster than naked lead barrles. A round ball doesnt touch the rifling itself, the patch does. These prelubricated shooting patches are 100% cotton, come in uniform thickness of. Good evening all, just sitting here musing about a weekend of shooting a new reproduction rifle. The 28th annual roundball classic was the last to be played in pittsburgh on april 11, 1992. Theyre cold swaged from pure lead which eliminates air pockets and voids common to cast balls. This evening i skinned and quartered the carcass of the. Heavier powder charges are more challenging to get good accuracy and are not needed for target or plinking loads.
Each ball is perfect, no shrinkage, no sprue, no wrinkles. When they are hunting and want to change from ball to shot or the other way around they can quickly pull the top wad with a screw and dump out whichever, the ball will roll out. I am not new to the tc or maxisminies, just patched round ball prb. My problem was being able to seat the patch ball combo down the barrel. A friend gave me a bucket of lead several years ago when i was thinking aout castingchanged mind. For me, round ball loads tend to shoot higher than point of aim in a revolver and lower than point of aim from a rifle. Early on, i never had much luck with plastic patched round ball which my kentucky shooting friends were using, so i went exclusively to maxis since 81.
Loading blocks for patched round balls this is a primitive riflemans ball loading block, shaped like a miniature bread board. Precision shooting patches for round ball precision shooting patches. So, im about to start shooting muzzle loader for the first time and am wondering what size patch i need to get for my. Hand cast round balls are cast from pure soft lead. Click on the free post option at checkout refunds will not be available if incorrect postage is selected. In the typical lightweight rifles that a young hunter can handle 67 lbs. Out of a quality bore, a properly loaded patched round ball can prove deadly accurate at the ranges it was truly intended for and that is 25 to 50 yards. A load of 20 grains of fffg with patched round balls usually gives excellent results on both turkeys and squirrels in.
Traditional hunters in ca appreciate having a patched roundball option for their old slowtwist rifles my jim chambers isaac haines flinter was not made to sit on the rack during hunting season. And the smoother, rounder surface assures better rotation and consistency. The round ball, without these extra motions, is, in fact, a perfect projectile. The patch is a simple gas seal between the ball and bore and helps the ball follow the twist of the rifling.
On some audio codecs, it can give a kernel panic or crashes. The demand for the game in pittsburgh was great enough that the civic arena in cooperation with pat dicesare continued doing a high school allstar basketball game with asics as a sponsor and utilizing player recruiters from local colleges. It was by far the most accurate load in that gun, and while labeled light by a lot of guys, it killed with alacrity. The patch is lubricated and then wrapped around the ball during loading. Thompson center lubricated round ball shooting patches. Government went so far as to create a set of specifications which had to be adhered to by vendors who manufactured this material for the military these patches match those mil specs. I then tried attaching a 12 felt wad to the patched round ball with a drywall screw. Using readly available patches and balls the only combo that would work was. I ordered thes balls for my pedersoli 1816 musket also purchased here. I understand that less powder or a single pellet should be used, but am looking for recommendations on patches, balls, etc. Both types of projectiles can be quite accurate if fired from the proper barrel. Very accurate and if youve ever seen a recovered roundball, you know how they expand.
Im just getting into cap and ball revolvers and just purchased a 1860 army in 44cal. This means itx can perform like lead without harming the environment, or your treasured muzzleloader. Not much has been written recently about the effectiveness of round ball loads on deer and larger game. Constant thickness, weave, diameter, weight and thread count help eliminate these variables from your shooting. Ever since i started hunting with a muzzleloader about 15 years ago, ive been using patched round balls. These sizes can be easily enlarged to fit odd calibers by reaming the hole with sandpaper around a slotted dowel. Now im not sure if the patch gets spun off the ball or if patch and ball just skims the rifling but either way a round ball wont shoot for squat out of a fast twist barrel unless you cut the powder down to an absolute minimum which makes it impractical for most purposes. Please note that what patch thickness you use will also play a part in what ball size to use. Nov 30, 2016 i use pillow ticking and cut at the muzzle on my rifles. Mine will leave big gaping holes in deer with just a patched round ball. A hunter can take feral hogs or deer at moderate range very effectively with a patched round ball and a modest powder charge.
Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Round balls in fast twist rifles white muzzle loading. The roundball classic, originally known as the dapper dan roundball classic also known as magic johnsons roundball, sonny vaccaros roundball classic, ea sports roundball classic, asics roundball classic is well known in the sports world as the first national high school all star basketball game. Hornady round balls are made in the most popular calibers. Feb 09, 2019 patched applehda for realtek alc,via vt, idt, cirrus logic audio codecs for hackintoshs insanelydeepakpatched applehdaformacossierra10. My question is, which is the best size to use considering the lubed patch. Not sure if this is a unique one relating to specific codec such as alc892. If you want it to shoot like a centerfire, then trade it for an inline. The 5 calibers to claim the most powerful handgun in the world title reupload duration. Mar 23, 2015 complete guide to patch applehda for your codec. The patching material is the key to be accurate with a round ball load. A stability ball is one of the most versatile pieces of exercise equipment. Precision shooting patches for round ball track of the wolf.
Also, traditional muzzleloader only shooting orgnizations generally require the use of patched round ball only during official muzzleloading target competition. Will the old patch and ball in the 50 work for moose. Slowly and carefully means swabbing between every shot, drying after swabbing, pouring the powder down a long tube so it wouldnt get moist from the swabbing and so it would pack just right every time, starting a round ball, carefully trimmed of its sprue, centering it in a patch of tough cloth, the combination always considerably oversize, popping it into the muzzle with the short. Loyalty above all else, except honor peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading. How in the world did some of our countrys patriots, in the late 1700s and early 1800s, make reliable head and chest shots on british officers at 200 to 300 yards using patched ball rifles, thus, cutting the snakes head off, as it were.
Correct style of guns from a certain period is hard to judge. The following is a guide for patching applehda for laptops. Oh, ok, then you can sweep the driveway and clean out the fridge. The lightest projectile in this caliber is a patched round ball. This leaves the slow twist shooter with only the task of finding proper ball size and patch thickness without having to worry a whole lot about exact powder charge. That ball isnt made for big game all the typical brain washed fubar where some think you need plastic, ss, scoped and high priced pretty shaped bullets in.
That really tightened up my groups, something like less than 4 inches at 50 yards. Major ferguson of the british army was killed at kings mountain by a 40 ball. I am going to do some experimenting, varying my round ball patch combination from. I have killed with 425grn lead conicals but nothing with a round ball. Stated again, the best performing projectile for a muzzleloaded rifle is a properly patched, soft lead round ball, fired in a rifled barrel with appropriate grooves and twist, fueled by a balanced charge of black powder. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Complete guide to patch applehda for your codec insanelydeepak. A tighter fit is usually better, stopping just before the point where the ball is too difficult to seat.
The 4045cal were the preferred deer round ball in the eastern half of the usa. October country dry daisy shooting patches october country. So after a couple of boxes of those small ball thick patch combinations, give the larger sized ball and thinner patch another try. I know several hunters that do it, but theyre good hunters with great stalking skills and are. Precision made from special tightly woven cotton, to insure uniformity. How to patch applehda on macos sierra, high sierra youtube. This habit has been cause for derision from some of my hunting companions, who believe that round balls are marginal andor obsolete, and that i must therefore be daft to use them. The local walmart and the local gun shop both carry. Oct 16, 2017 applehda patcher not working on high sierra. Jake and i discuss ball diameter, patch thickness and patch lube. Nearly anything else in the world can be taken with a.
Normally a rate of twist for a patched round ball if memory serves which, it hardly ever does any more would be something like a 1 in 70. Posted on march 23, 2015 updated on september 20, 2015. I used a powder measure set for 1 14 ounces, by volume, of shot filled with pyrodex rs. A traditional muzzleloader uses only blackpowder, is either a flintlock or percussion lock or earlier system, has only open iron sights, a wooden stock, and fires a patched round ball and, if smoothbore, shot of various sizes. I have been reading that some people have success in shooting a patched round ball out of a faster twist barrel and am just looking for any insights that the arfcom community might be able to provide. Stock up your favorite black powder supplies like round balls with the wide selection of items we have here at. The new design results in a better fitting ball, easy loading and more consistent accuracy. Itx roundballs can return you to your favorite hunting spots using traditional roundball projectiles. Aug 04, 2014 the patching material is the key to be accurate with a round ball load. Homemade ball patch obtaining round ball patches for a. Collection of patched applehda to enables audiosound on mac os sierra 10.
Each ball has a tiny flat, where the sprue was removed. For primitive, open sight, black powder hunting, ill chose a. Shooters learned long ago that the same properties which existed in pillow ticking were conducive to making excellent round ball patches. Patched round ball gun and game the friendliest gun. Traditionalmldata5 north american muzzleloader hunting. Minimum deerkilling muzzleloading loads for young and. I had always wondered about whether american frontiersmen used leather to patch their round balls in muzzleloading rifles. The patch round ball challenge long range hunting forum. Please note these are casted not swaged they will have a spru, place spru at top as you load ball price does not include shipping. This method will use applehda patcher to accomplish the patching. Theres so many sizes i dont know what exact one i need for round ball. I havent had good results with any conical including mini balls. Github insanelydeepakpatchedapplehdaformacossierra10.
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