And, ah yes, all that for $29.95... and like on TV But, Wait, order now and get an additional one free, just pay shipping and handling...
Ok enough for the attempted humor... What I am asking for here is experience from the group on using one mold for my muzzleloaders... they are in 50 and 45 caliber, inlines, flintlock, and caplock... twists of 1:48 to 1:28... My goals are to to have good accuracy and be very lethal on whitetails out to my self-imposed limit of 200 yards.. I currently paperpatch for them using 400-460 grain bullets... I would like to drop down to 330-350 grain and use something like the Gould 330 gr HP developed for hunting with the 45-70.
I was thinking that I should have this bullet sized to shoot in the 45 Knight Inlines and 45 TC Hawken with GM 1:28 as cast with a little over bore size to shoot as a lubed pure lead bullet or possible up to 1:30 alloy... then I would like to size down the same bullet to be able to paper patch it in the .45's(around .446)... then for the 50's I could use it in a sabot...
Some of the rationale for wanting to try a smaller bullet... less recoil, powder, and lead per shot... but need to keep both accuracy and lethality! I can't argue with accuracy or lethality of the bullets I now use... they are more than adequate for any whitetail within 200 yards... My male logic is saying that by adding to my mold inventory I can save enough $$ to pay for it if I shoot it enough...(I know this is faulty, but my wife is easy).
I had a Gould mold back when I had a Sharps 45-70, but had to sell the rifle and peddled the mold shortly after... not sure that would be a candidate for sizing down enough to paperpatch in my 45's.... I slugged two Knight .45's today and came up with .460-.461 with mic, but honestly can't figure out how to measure the depth of the grooves... tried calipers, but groove with was too narrow... anyone have experience with Knight's to have an idea?
I was thinking a custom mold the way to go, that way beside getting best size for bore, I could have it fit with both hollowpoint or flat pins for solid & hollowpoint from same mold... but struck out so far in finding someone who would make such a mold...
I know I have layed out a lot here... and please be patient with this old geezer... I have been shooting black powder and whitetails for a whole lot of years(forgot to mention reduced recoil, getting older big bullets hurt more!) and have shot them with everything from round balls to 500+gr postells... quit shooting pistol bullets in sabots the first year I killed a deer with em... went to plains style after that...
Thanks for your help.. Kindest regards,
TheMoose
Ok enough for the attempted humor... What I am asking for here is experience from the group on using one mold for my muzzleloaders... they are in 50 and 45 caliber, inlines, flintlock, and caplock... twists of 1:48 to 1:28... My goals are to to have good accuracy and be very lethal on whitetails out to my self-imposed limit of 200 yards.. I currently paperpatch for them using 400-460 grain bullets... I would like to drop down to 330-350 grain and use something like the Gould 330 gr HP developed for hunting with the 45-70.
I was thinking that I should have this bullet sized to shoot in the 45 Knight Inlines and 45 TC Hawken with GM 1:28 as cast with a little over bore size to shoot as a lubed pure lead bullet or possible up to 1:30 alloy... then I would like to size down the same bullet to be able to paper patch it in the .45's(around .446)... then for the 50's I could use it in a sabot...
Some of the rationale for wanting to try a smaller bullet... less recoil, powder, and lead per shot... but need to keep both accuracy and lethality! I can't argue with accuracy or lethality of the bullets I now use... they are more than adequate for any whitetail within 200 yards... My male logic is saying that by adding to my mold inventory I can save enough $$ to pay for it if I shoot it enough...(I know this is faulty, but my wife is easy).
I had a Gould mold back when I had a Sharps 45-70, but had to sell the rifle and peddled the mold shortly after... not sure that would be a candidate for sizing down enough to paperpatch in my 45's.... I slugged two Knight .45's today and came up with .460-.461 with mic, but honestly can't figure out how to measure the depth of the grooves... tried calipers, but groove with was too narrow... anyone have experience with Knight's to have an idea?
I was thinking a custom mold the way to go, that way beside getting best size for bore, I could have it fit with both hollowpoint or flat pins for solid & hollowpoint from same mold... but struck out so far in finding someone who would make such a mold...
I know I have layed out a lot here... and please be patient with this old geezer... I have been shooting black powder and whitetails for a whole lot of years(forgot to mention reduced recoil, getting older big bullets hurt more!) and have shot them with everything from round balls to 500+gr postells... quit shooting pistol bullets in sabots the first year I killed a deer with em... went to plains style after that...
Thanks for your help.. Kindest regards,
TheMoose