Patched round balls at 40 yards

[Alexander101]

Today I did a little bit of shooting with the rifle that I cleaned up a bit and I was surprised to get some accuracy at 40 yards with patched round balls because the barrel is 1:28 twist, but I guess it’s not as big of a problem as I thought. It’s not a great group and I think I flinched a lot on the low shot but it seems more accurate than the 12 gauge slugs I’ve shot for hunting. I’m using peep sights which also helps a lot over the open sights on the shotgun.

 

[edmehlig]

I’d say you did great for the first time.

 

[Alexander101]

I’d say you did great for the first time.

Thanks. This was offhand but I stabilized the gun with a sling. I haven’t used peep sights before but they’re great.

 

[snapbang]

Alexander, if you have never done it a patched round ball will kill a deer just fine.

 

[Ron Huff]

Faster Twist barrels in my limited experience shoot better groups with a bit lighter charge than slow twist. I shoot my 32 Seneca which is 1 in 30 down to 10 grains with great accuracy. Above about 36-37 grains it shoots well but not quite as tight of a group. I keep my hunting loads for squirrel at 15 Grains and within 35 yards. How many grains are you shootng?

 

[Alexander101]

Alexander, if you have never done it a patched round ball will kill a deer just fine.

I never have but I’ll probably take it for the muzzleloader season coming up

 

[Alexander101]

Faster Twist barrels in my limited experience shoot better groups with a bit lighter charge than slow twist. I shoot my 32 Seneca which is 1 in 30 down to 10 grains with great accuracy. Above about 36-37 grains it shoots well but not quite as tight of a group. I keep my hunting loads for squirrel at 15 Grains and within 35 yards. How many grains are you shootng?

I used 60 grains for those shots