Those look awesome. I purchased some Parker conicals and they just slide down the barrel of my .54. I have switched to the saboted route if not shooting round balls- started using red .54 mmp sabots with a Hornady 300gr XTP Mag. They seem to work well. I would still like to find some conical bullets I could grease and set over a wad. Not sure how to figure out my exact bore diameter (completely hand made custom given to me by my dad; was built about 40 years ago). The only time I ever needed to figure a precise bore diameter was with a Mosin Nagant I purchased and I just pushed a lead fishing sinker down and out the barrel, but obviously I can't do that with a closed breech rifle. I just started shooting the gun this year- he had never fired it in the 40 years he owned it.
I would be very interested. I have a custom .54 (see post above). I shoot between 80-90grns of triple seven, depending on the bullet weight. I have been looking for conicals that will fit my bore- not much out there that I can find (but I need to know the exact diameter of my barrel and I don't know how to determine that with a closed breech). Can you tell me how to determine the diameter of the bore?
Are those custom, one off molds? Or can they be bought from somewhere like Accurate? Looks like youve got .50 and .54?
Those in the photo are my 45, 50 & 52.
Is it possible to drill the base of the bullet to lighten it then plug it before shooting. Once you figure how much material to drill out a jig could be made to duplicate the process. Those bullets look awesome. Not sure I want to get into the casting bullet game.
Problem with drilling is being repeatable.
