Acorn Mush
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This is interesting. How did you apply the grit? Did you just dust a dry patch with it, or lube a patch and then dust on the grit?
BP Barrel Break In
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woodnbow
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Lubed the patches and dusted with the grit. I used cast bullets (lubed and rolled in the grit) in a similar fashion in cartridge firing arms also. Using small loads of Bulseye for those. Youre going to need to clean the bore to bare metal between shots, a pain in the neck with bullseye, a royal, double dipped moose knuckle pain in the neck with 20-30 shots of black powder. I much prefer Shavers method and I think the results are similar.
I've been thinking about it and if I needed the rifle in competition shape ASAP, then it would totally make sense to use Lee's method. However, ~ 200 bullets achieve the same result. I need to figure out best bullet diameter and general powder charge, so I will do this. Luckily, I have a very good competitive shooter I can connect with and he supports shooting the 200 but not getting into any serious load development until after the first couple hundred. He said you still determine and figure things during the break in session. Thanks everyone.
doubleh
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I have owned a rolling block replicas for around 50 years. I have just shot it and cleaned it. Cleaning it consista of sticking the barrel down in a bucket of hot water and pumping it just like a muzzle loader. Hot water alone is adequate for cleaning BP residue but I usually add a few drops of dawn soap just o make sure.
If I was going to do anything to try to improve a barrel it would be done with a bore mop rolled in a fine abrasive on a cleaning rod. If it showed to be rough I would start with fine Clover valve grinding compound and follow up with SemiChrome. Just a polish job would use SemiChrome.
If I was going to do anything to try to improve a barrel it would be done with a bore mop rolled in a fine abrasive on a cleaning rod. If it showed to be rough I would start with fine Clover valve grinding compound and follow up with SemiChrome. Just a polish job would use SemiChrome.
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Lefty38-55
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BP Barrel Break In - Never broke one in, rifle or smoothir of long-distance Rigby rifle! Centerfires? I do unless the barrel maker already did ...
Load Development - Did you see this? Another guy - who questioned/doubted the method I use - just tried it and got 1-ragged-hole groups in only 12 shots!
Load Development - Did you see this? Another guy - who questioned/doubted the method I use - just tried it and got 1-ragged-hole groups in only 12 shots!
Importance of ‘BP load development’ to find the BEST group!
Here’s how I do it! GIVEN - Every barrel on any type of firearm or firelock - using ANY type of propellant or powdah - vibrates like a tuning fork when shot and the barrel whips in a sine wave manner, typically vibrating up & down like a looooong sideways 'S'. A node is where the barrel is at...
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