Changing up the load in the Jeager, Brown Rosie, Rose of Alabama, and some paper cartridge testing.

[Ugly Sauce]

Okay, I know what you are thinking. "Dang it Ugly, another ugly group?" Well it's not so ugly if you consider I shot it with my paper cartridge quick loads. They were loaded with 100 grains 1fg, primed from the cartridge and noticed no real delay in ignition. This lock is so fast I don't think you could slow it down! Anyhow, for close in work, and time is of the essence, the paper cartridges rock. Sure glad I had them when I chased that wounded bear around in the brush...even though the brush deflected my shots, and I missed twice. !!! But hey, just a paper tube with a ball and powder in it, and dipped in hot bee's wax.

Anyhow, I was shooting her anyway, as I changed up my load. Almost out of Swiss, but I have a bit of 2fg Goex, so I upped my charge from 110 grains of 2fg Swiss, to 120 grains 2fg Goex. There was more recoil, so Goex really ain't no weak sister, or that weak of a sister.

Also used my bear grease for the first time, for patch lube. Bee's waxed felt wad over the powder, slightly bear-lubed felt wad over that, and a heavily bear-greased .017" patch around a .600" ball. Shot really nice, 3-4" at 100 yards, and same POI as the 110 grain load. Without the sun glaring off my front sight I'm sure she's a solid three-incher at 100.

I was also shooting .595" balls I got from TOW with a .023" patch previously, but discovered that they are out of round, quite a bit, so I went back to the .600"s. The thinner patch shows a tiny bit of tearing, but it's not affecting accuracy, so I'm calling it good.

Brown Rosie says: "thanks for listening"!

 

[Ugly Sauce]

Oh yeah, gave Rosie some muzzle-decoration. Don't look too close, it's not perfectly even. In real-life you can't tell, but the photo shows all. How would you like that big old hunking 20 gauge rifle muzzle staring at you? That would suck.

 

[hawg]

I bet you get some unusual flame patterns at night.

 

[Ugly Sauce]

You may be right. This is pre-muzzle treatment.

 

[Jackrabbit1957]

Did you set the motorcycle on fire?

 

[Ugly Sauce]

Naw...couldn't hurt that TT500 with a sledge hammer. If I had caught it on fire...probably would have started right up after it burned. I've always wondered how far that comet from the pan went. Could still be going.

 

[paul harm]

A little bigger touch hole and maybe two or three comets ?

 

[Ugly Sauce]

Or a Super-Nova. Not sure as to the size of the touch-hole, but it's a Jim Chambers "White Lightning" touch-hole liner. It's fairly "generous" in size. Anyhow, how and why that happened is a mystery. But I sure wouldn't be standing next to Rosie on the right side when she goes off. !!!

 

[4v50 Gary]

I bet that comet at 2 o'clock came from the muzzle.

 

[Ugly Sauce]

I bet that comet at 2 o'clock came from the muzzle.

I'm not sure, it looks like it's coming from the pan to me, but you could be right. Burning wad?

 

[hawg]

No way that's coming from the muzzle. After looking at it again it does look too big to be coming from the pan but the trajectory doesn't look right to come from the muzzle.

 

[Blackpowderwarrior]

Or a Super-Nova. Not sure as to the size of the touch-hole, but it's a Jim Chambers "White Lightning" touch-hole liner. It's fairly "generous" in size. Anyhow, how and why that happened is a mystery. But I sure wouldn't be standing next to Rosie on the right side when she goes off. !!!

Jims my neighbor. He's a good egg

 

[4v50 Gary]

I was thinking it was the patch. Stuff from the pan shouldn't go that far.

 

[hawg]

If you put a straight edge on it it leads to the pan.

 

[Ugly Sauce]

I was thinking it was the patch. Stuff from the pan shouldn't go that far.

"Shouldn't", that's for sure. But Rosie don't burn patches. Despite all the muzzle blast you see, they usually come out in good enough condition to be used again. But that never would have been seen without the photo. Probably all sorts of strange comets and flames happen that one never sees, just too fast. All things considered I'm sure it's from the pan. But it is a mystery, I had shot a deer earlier in the day, and that was unloading it later after I got it back to camp, so it was only the second shot from a clean gun. Really shouldn't have been a lot of crud or anything to put on a show like that. It was a wet day, possibly a little clump of damp powder? But it was not raining yet or damp when I reloaded after shooting the deer. It's "uphill" trajectory is what I really find puzzling.