Hi all,
First post to the forum.
With working from home and not going out much, I finally have taken the plunge into getting more involved in my shooting- reloading, casting, and minor gunsmithing.
Got in a project gun recently. A Chinese copy of the German 1888 Commission rifle.
Now I've long heard of this phenomenon, but in all my years of collecting milsurps, this is the first time I've seen a bore that has been shot out. I slugged the bore and it comes out a just a hair under .33cal.
The way I see it I have a very small bore musket on my hands, and as such, just going with it and shooting .33 round ball in it was the first thing to come to mind.
But it does bring up a bigger issue, without the spin imparted by rifling, would the ideal shape of the projectile be different?
I'd love to hear your thoughts on that, or thoughts on my situation in particular.
Cheers,
Flophound