call turner
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Can someone explain to me the proper way to patch a 50 cal round ball. Thank you, Im new to it and want to get it right. Any special size or type of patch?
I think he forgot how light his trigger was on that first shot, he didnt spend any time sighting his shot. After that first one he spent a little more time.
I shoot a .490 round ball in my T.C. Hawkin also.I have a 50 cal Thompson Hawkins, I also just received a .490 round ball mould.
Colts first revolver, the Paterson did not have a loading lever. Many of Colt's pocket frames did not have loading levers because of size and weight requirements. Colt revolvers without a loading lever use the end of the arbor to seat the RB. Colt offered a small tool called the "mushroom" to seat RB's in chambers, a short brass rod with a mushroomed end to fit the palm of the hand.Bower, the reason a revolver doesn't use a patch is because someone, maybe Colt, came up with the idea of the mechanical advantaged loading lever that could press,grave and pre-size the soft lead bullet into a size that would be further sized by the guns forcing cone to the proper size that would finally be molded fully into the rifling.
Previous to the loading lever loading without a patch was just not practical.
You experiment. If the ball seats down onto the powder without too much effort, and if the used patch is not cut or burned through, and if accuracy is acceptable...So how do you know the thickness of your patch material? (.013 - .018) Is there a certain material that works best - cotton - linen?