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<blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 3687677" data-attributes="member: 15054"><p>I shot a lot of round balls from my muzzleloaders and I even made my own mold to cast bullets that had the same shape as a powerbelt but without the belt.</p><p>I even sized them to slick down the barrel nicely.</p><p></p><p>Now I like accuracy and was cutting my own patches and trying different thicknesses of old pillow cases.</p><p>That is what I used.</p><p>Now I ended up making a punch from some old stripped out 12 point sockets.</p><p>I took a grinding stone on a die grinder and stuck it into the socket and whittled away at the 12 points until I had a nice cutting edge .</p><p>I then could place a few layers of pillow case on a stump and place the sharpened socket on top of them and wack it with a hammer.</p><p></p><p>Cut patches.</p><p></p><p>Now for best accuracy with round balls i took some thick scrap leather..Think old belts or old saddle leather.</p><p>I cut wads from the leather and I would soak the leather in a mix of beeswax or candle wax and some coconut oil.</p><p>I heated the wax/oil mix until it was warm liquid and dropped my pillow patches and wads into it.</p><p></p><p>Powder in first and then the leather wad which was a few thousandths over bore diameter to make an excellent seal and then the patched round ball.</p><p></p><p>Much tighter groups.</p><p>Friend in Colorado has a .56 cal muzzleloader that would not shoot any load well at all. 12" groups at 100 yards would be a good group.</p><p>I made him some thick leather wads to try out.</p><p></p><p>He had tried felt over powder wads and they did not help.</p><p>He told me the leather ones did the trick and groups tightened right up. He was about to give up on the rifle.</p><p></p><p>TC1000 bore butter we all quit using it because it created a crud ring in the barrel.</p><p>I do not know what lube in on your patches if any or what you season the barrel with but that bore butter for us was not working out.</p><p>My wax/coconut oil would not create any crud rings.</p><p></p><p>Food for thought.</p><p>I really love the look of that rifle you did good.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="swampratt, post: 3687677, member: 15054"] I shot a lot of round balls from my muzzleloaders and I even made my own mold to cast bullets that had the same shape as a powerbelt but without the belt. I even sized them to slick down the barrel nicely. Now I like accuracy and was cutting my own patches and trying different thicknesses of old pillow cases. That is what I used. Now I ended up making a punch from some old stripped out 12 point sockets. I took a grinding stone on a die grinder and stuck it into the socket and whittled away at the 12 points until I had a nice cutting edge . I then could place a few layers of pillow case on a stump and place the sharpened socket on top of them and wack it with a hammer. Cut patches. Now for best accuracy with round balls i took some thick scrap leather..Think old belts or old saddle leather. I cut wads from the leather and I would soak the leather in a mix of beeswax or candle wax and some coconut oil. I heated the wax/oil mix until it was warm liquid and dropped my pillow patches and wads into it. Powder in first and then the leather wad which was a few thousandths over bore diameter to make an excellent seal and then the patched round ball. Much tighter groups. Friend in Colorado has a .56 cal muzzleloader that would not shoot any load well at all. 12" groups at 100 yards would be a good group. I made him some thick leather wads to try out. He had tried felt over powder wads and they did not help. He told me the leather ones did the trick and groups tightened right up. He was about to give up on the rifle. TC1000 bore butter we all quit using it because it created a crud ring in the barrel. I do not know what lube in on your patches if any or what you season the barrel with but that bore butter for us was not working out. My wax/coconut oil would not create any crud rings. Food for thought. I really love the look of that rifle you did good. [/QUOTE]
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