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Thread: The 54 Patched Round Ball Hunt

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    Boolit Man
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    Jan 2009
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    Southern Illinois
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    My muzzleloading rack of around 20 ranges from a .25 caliber rifle to a 12 gauge fowler and are primarily flintlocks. Regardless of the caliber, most of my rifles increased their accuracy when I put a lightly lubed wool/felt wad between the powder and the patched round ball. My experience with a round ball is that a blood trail is often lacking and it's necessary to search for the downed deer in the direction of its travel, often not that far away.

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    Boolit Grand Master


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    Last trip to Arequipa... till April.
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    We shot a pile of east ILL-nois corn crunchers with .570 RB cast of 40-1 and always had exit holes and plenty of red trail. Larger calibers made larger exits cast of 40-1. We hunt river bottoms so 33 yards was our longest shot.
    "Come unto Me, all you who labor and are heavy burdened, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28
    Male Guanaco out in dry lakebed at 10,800 feet south of Arequipa.

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    Boolit Master
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    ChristopherO what county were you hunting in. I grew in Scioto and brother lives in Clark.

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Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check