As others mentioned, patched round ball and bark em.
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As others mentioned, patched round ball and bark em.
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I was thinking that a .360 sized wadcutter worked for what you are wanting to do.................Curdog
I have a very light .38 Wadcutter mold somewhere, something like 60 grains. I doubt I still have any bullets cast from it, but it might make for a nice small game getter.
It's a bad time to be looking for store bought boolits, but, 38 hollow base wadcutters will amaze you. A friend with a background in 58 muskets bought a TC Seneca a long time ago. That gun with hbwc's was as good as it gets out to 50 yards.
Still have my Seneca! Love that rifle.
If you can find some buckshot online....mostly everything is scarce now.
wear your scars with pride, a scarless man hasn't felt the hardship of life......
If you have trouble finding 350 round balls, I use them for my Seneca and for my buckshot loads. Always plenty on hand. Let me know if you need some.
swamp
There is no problem so great, that it cannot be solved by the proper application of high explosives.
Cast .350" or buckshot will work just fine. While I've mostly used a .32 for squirrels my favorite is now a .36. The .36 should be used either for head shots or mid body shots; too much damage if the hindquarters or shoulder area is hit. My .32 did no more damage than the .22LR HPs I used to use. Start with light charges and go up until you get squirrel head groups at 35 yards. Began at 10 grains of 3F (or equivalent sub charges). My .36 really loves 30 grns but 20 grns is just as accurate at 35 yards and more in line for small game. And why in the world try to "bark" bushytails with that tiny ball when a head shot is easier and always results in either an instant kill or a clean miss. I spent one afternoon a few years ago shooting plastic coke bottles at 80 yards with my .36 squirrel load (20 grns). As long as I allowed for the 4" or so drop at that range I hit it every time.
Young guys should hang out with old guys; old guys know stuff.
i had all three calibers,32-36-45 in the small TC,s(all in ex condition), i was offered big buck for them and sold two the 32-36 and kept the 45 at,s legal here for deer.
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 |