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Yesterday I fired a patched round ball pushed by 80gr. of Pyrodex P 3f. Then I gave the bore a good swabbing with Windex-soaked and dry patches. Then for my next shot, I put a felt wad over the powder charge and seated the PRB over that.
Wow! A noticeable increase in recoil and noise, plus the second ball hit about six inches higher than the first! Nothing had changed except the wad. A third shot confirmed that the wad was making a big difference.
But why the difference?
I bought those wads to back up my 350gr. Buffalo Bullets, but since I happened to be shooting PRB's at that moment, I figured I'd experiment a little.
Was all that noise, recoil, and higher POI just the result of a tighter gas seal, or what?
Do you guys use felt wads and patched round balls together?
Wow! A noticeable increase in recoil and noise, plus the second ball hit about six inches higher than the first! Nothing had changed except the wad. A third shot confirmed that the wad was making a big difference.
But why the difference?
I bought those wads to back up my 350gr. Buffalo Bullets, but since I happened to be shooting PRB's at that moment, I figured I'd experiment a little.
Was all that noise, recoil, and higher POI just the result of a tighter gas seal, or what?
Do you guys use felt wads and patched round balls together?