Odriin patched round ball

This evening i skinned and quartered the carcass of the. All pens take the caran dache goliath refill, one of the largest capacity ball pen refills available. Related categories ball classic speedrun gravity puzzle puzzleskill description. Please note that what patch thickness you use will also play a part in what ball size to use. It is a work of great learning, of great scope, it is an important work, something which contributes to the knowledge of humanity. I have been fortunate enough to have taken a deer with a rifle, compound bow, longbow, shotgun, single action pistol and now a traditi. About 85 grains of ffg, or 75 grains of tripple seven, is a good load for these guns with a patched round ball. Shooters learned long ago that the same properties which existed in pillow ticking were conducive to making excellent round ball patches.

Patched round ball can very accurate, just as accurate as conicals, sabots and more accurate, at least in my experience than minie balls. I am not new to the tc or maxisminies, just patched round ball prb. However 25 yard accuracy is good with light charges and patched round balls. 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. You can buy good quality patches in your local blackpowder shop, but you can also make your own. Set of 12 candles bring ambience and light to everyday. Mine will leave big gaping holes in deer with just a patched round ball. Midsouth carries everything from the muzzleloader, rifle, or pistol you want, to the black powder, sabots, lead balls, and bullets that go in it, in stock and for sale, from great brand like lyman. Loading blocks for patched round balls track of the wolf. Blackpowder muzzleloading muzzleloading round ball ballistics. Roundball empire is an unmatched basketball simulation offering a full hoops experience.

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. Paper patching a round ball how would someone paper patch a round ball for a bolt action rifle. This ballistics calculator is a computer simulation which analyzes the behavior of a round ball in its flight from the muzzle to the target. 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. There are a number of different patch and ball combinations but in my experience, mostly with mu. 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. Loading the plr or muzzleloader with a patched round ball. Click the button below to add the cast round balls.

Itx roundballs can return you to your favorite hunting spots using traditional roundball projectiles. Offered as dry, oiled, wonderlubed, or premium lubed on select sizes. 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. Pyrodex powder, i forget what i bought last time but it. It was by far the most accurate load in that gun, and while labeled light by a lot of guys, it killed with alacrity. Round balls do not retain energy well over long distances and are not flexible options for a wide variety of game and shooting conditions. Tombob nontoxic roundballs in many hunting zones, the use of lead projectiles has been outlawed due to environmental concerns. The patch round ball challenge long range hunting forum. Use very sparingly, one drop under the sprue plate is sufficient.

Thompson center lubricated round ball shooting patches. Patched ball has a lapping effect, and as you shoot the sharp edges will wear with time. A new short video is posted about living history wekends, trapper shooting by the capandball guys. So after a couple of boxes of those small ball thick patch combinations, give the larger sized ball and thinner patch another try. 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. We load one of our precision long rifles with a patched round ball. A round ball doesnt touch the rifling itself, the patch does. 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. These nonlubricated shooting patches are 100% cotton, come in uniform thickness of. I once highly coveted a rotating blade patch cutter that an old friend got from dixie gun works ages ago even though he had to meticulously sharpen the blades. My particular rifle is sensitive to the patch lube used, but not to the extent you are talking about. Navigate the ball to the goal, by tapping the up key to keep it suspended, left and right keys to move, well, left and right. Any faster than that and accuracy goes out the window unless you use mouse fart loads. A good patch is made of good quality, dense natural material.

The patching material is the key to be accurate with a round ball load. Both of the rifling twists rates you mention are for conical bullets. When north american muzzleloader hunting contacted the good folks at bpi about checking out the application of their. 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. Patched round ball gun and game the friendliest gun. Apr 28, 2016 after a thorough cleaning and a new breach plug we went to the range.

My thinking is that the more important role of the patch is to keep the ball seated on the powder. Loading block, for caliber patched round ball, 5 by maple, sanded, unfinished. Patched ball barrels wear out faster than naked lead barrles. 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. Hawkins loaded with 83 grains fff goex and a patched round ball. Jan 08, 2008 i think it was a carry over from the muzzleloader days when ammo was in the shape of a ball. The problem you are going to have is that the rate of twist in your rifle is too fast for patched rb accuracy at hunting velocities. The shot i took was no more than 20 yards and did not pass through. When it comes to killing deer and hogs at short to moderate ranges, a well placed round ball kills just as well as any conical bullet ive ever tried. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Jake and i discuss ball diameter, patch thickness and patch lube. A round ball is unique among projectiles in that its ballistic characteristics are solely dependant upon its diameter unless its made of something other than lead.

Muzzleloader wads, rifle wads, cap and ball pistol wads. Have a hawken style rifle that i want to use a patched round ball in. Bumping a round ball to the proper diameter is the only way to get any accuracy from them. Correct style of guns from a certain period is hard to judge.

We give you 8 to 10 games per camp and you can usually schedule a few more if you desire. Subscribe to the hardware online store mailing list to receive updates on new arrivals, special offers and other discount information. This patch material helps to grab the rifling and spin the ball more reliably for better accuracy, especially when shooting higher velocity loads. If you want it to shoot like a centerfire, then trade it for an inline. 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. Many black powder shooters have once in their career shot a rifle or musket loaded with a patched roundball. Each candle is 212inch diameter with a flat bottom for stable placement on any candle tray, pedestal, or tabletop. Pure lead patched round balls will meet all of these standards within limited ranges. Serious target competitors commonly load with a ball thats just.

These inexpensive guns are lightweight and consequently, uncomfortable to shoot with heavy charges. Killing power of patched round ball prb the high road. Constant thickness, weave, diameter, weight and thread count help eliminate these variables from your shooting. Use a tight patch, however, as you dont want the recoil of the first shot to move the ball off the powder for the second one. Caran dache ballpoint pens this precisionmade range of ball point pens from caran dache all have the smooth and reliable action that you would expect from this premium swiss brand. Just add 6 or more of the same size to the cart and the price will be discounted. In addition, youll find no mouldparting lines, air pocket voids or sprue marks that could impede accuracy. Caran dache ballpoint pens, ball pens, ball point pens the. Ever since i started hunting with a muzzleloader about 15 years ago, ive been using patched round balls.

May 02, 2016 a round ball works best with a twist around 1. Adding up everything length contraction, elongation and distortion by light travel times a fast object can look distorted in many different ways, depending on its velocity and on our line of sight. Jun 05, 2006 the distortion in the ball pattern is produced in this way. Theyre cold swaged from pure lead which eliminates air pockets and voids common to cast balls. Jul 6, 2012 this pin was discovered by debbie drephal. The first deer i ever shot with a muzzle loader was with a. Attentiongrabbing round ball shaped candles are ideal for everything from elegant requiring dramatic illumination to casual evening picnics, family gettogethers, and more. I am going to do some experimenting, varying my round ball patch combination from. Roundball empire is the most complete basketball simulation ever. Pitted barrel on muzzle loader the firearms forum the. Precision shooting patches for round ball track of the wolf. Muzzleloader round balls lead round balls for sale. Lead bullets powder horn hunting bags wooden pegs leather craft horns flask pouch weapons guns. Loading blocks for patched round balls ball, 50 caliber.

Also, traditional muzzleloader only shooting orgnizations generally require the use of patched round ball only during official muzzleloading target competition. 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. The ball is round is the global history of football by david goldblatt. It is no secret and most books and manufacturers recommend the same loads. Specially formulated for use on brass and aluminium moulds. The local walmart and the local gun shop both carry. Fight gravity, in the third sequel part 1 of the ball revamped series. 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.

Id think that if the patched round ball in those calibers was ineffective they would have gone to guns with larger bores. My deer rifle is a hawken woodsman percussion rifle from traditions. Intensity, realism, competitiveness, rpg depth, and pure fun make roundball empire is the best on the net. Round ball round up 20 georgia independent school association. Loading blocks for patched round balls these miniature bread board shaped accoutrements are made from hard wood, drilled to hold lubricated patched. For your round ball needs these 100% lead casted round balls come in. The term today i believe is used to refer to the standard issue round by the military, as compared to specialized rounds like armor piercing, tracer, etc. I make quite a few paper patched round balls pprbs for use in muzzleloaders. What distance do you sight in and what grouping do you get with your chosen load. Round ball round up is the oldest and largest running team basketball camp in the gisa.

I load it with 40 gr of fffg and a patched ball for kids to shoot at our local jakes day. It is a breathtaking work, one of those instances where the words of praise on the cover do not do it justice. Because it is such a tight fit, i run a wet patch and a dry patch after every shot. 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. What inventive methods are you round ball shooters using other than a knife at the muzzle. Thompson center 100% cotton round ball shooting patches. These prelubricated shooting patches are 100% cotton, come in uniform thickness of. Both types of projectiles can be quite accurate if fired from the proper barrel. Id still like one, but they are collectors items now if they can be found at all.

Loading blocks for patched round balls ball, 50 caliber, blocks. Round balls exhibit excellent characteristics of shocking effect, expansion and accuracy. Thin patches and big balls usually are more accurate than the opposite combination, but patch burnthrough is a problem, so the patch on the powder protects the patch on the ball. It seems i am the only one who doesnt believe round balls to be the an efficient way to harvest deer. And the smoother, rounder surface assures better rotation and consistency. Itx is nontoxic and has similar characteristics to lead. 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. Very accurate and if youve ever seen a recovered roundball, you know how they expand. Made of hard maple, it is drilled with six holes, to snugly hold your lubricated patched round balls. As usual with round balls, a little experimenting may be necessary.

Precision shooting patches for round ball precision shooting patches. The round ball, without these extra motions, is, in fact, a perfect projectile. Loading blocks for patched round balls this is a primitive riflemans ball loading block, shaped like a miniature bread board. Will fit all cbe single, double and triple cavity bullet moulds except hp and hb moulds and 4 cavity moulds, the mounting holes will need to be drilled out to 5mm for hp and hb moulds. Precision made from special tightly woven cotton, to insure uniformity. Using readly available patches and balls the only combo that would work was. In detail it is specific to the actual bore size, which could be a true 0.