JeffinNZ
01-11-2009, 05:19 AM
Team.
Recently our forum member "Glen" was good enough to 're home' a .40cal hollow base mould (Lyman 39538) to NZ for me to use in my .40cal muzzler loaders. The wee 124gr Minie casts at .396 in 40-1 alloy and is a shade undersized for the .400 bore on my percussion rifle. Two wraps of 9lb onion skin paper brings the girth up to .403 and a nice snug sliding fit in the barrel.
Today I shot the rifle at 50m/55y sighting in the new sight ladder I made for the buckhorn rear sight. Shoot 2, file a bit, shoot 2, file a bit and so on. Burning 30gr of Swiss 3Fg under the PP 40-1 alloy patched and lubed with neatsfoot oil this was the better of the groups.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v505/JeffinNZ/Shooting%20stuff/DSCN0591.jpg
Most of the groups were more in the inch which is still pretty dang good. Very happy with my first attempt at PPing.
Recently our forum member "Glen" was good enough to 're home' a .40cal hollow base mould (Lyman 39538) to NZ for me to use in my .40cal muzzler loaders. The wee 124gr Minie casts at .396 in 40-1 alloy and is a shade undersized for the .400 bore on my percussion rifle. Two wraps of 9lb onion skin paper brings the girth up to .403 and a nice snug sliding fit in the barrel.
Today I shot the rifle at 50m/55y sighting in the new sight ladder I made for the buckhorn rear sight. Shoot 2, file a bit, shoot 2, file a bit and so on. Burning 30gr of Swiss 3Fg under the PP 40-1 alloy patched and lubed with neatsfoot oil this was the better of the groups.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v505/JeffinNZ/Shooting%20stuff/DSCN0591.jpg
Most of the groups were more in the inch which is still pretty dang good. Very happy with my first attempt at PPing.