I am an old school muzzle loader of patched round balls. This new thing of the fast twist (1:28) inlines with sabots in .50cal is relatively new to me.
I also see that the shallow groove 1:28 inlines will stabilize a .50 conical in a .50 barrel without a patch nor sabot, the bullet will 'bump up' into the grooves.
My question is about twist rate and the amount of 'bump up' or obturation that can be done with a muzzleloader. We all know that round balls work with slow twist and elongated bullets work with fast twist. My thinking is that the smaller the bore the faster the twist.
Can I take a 32-40 barrel blank bore/groove 314/321 with twist 1:14; and muzzle load it with a soft cast .308 bullet?
Possible use a paper patch or thin cloth patch to make up the difference of a .308 bullet and the 314 bore?
Will it bump up?
Will it stabilize?
Will the twist be too fast?
The original 32-40 cartridge was black powder and ran about 1500fps. Why couldnt I duplicate that with a front loader?