New Englander and Patched Round Balls
08-19-2012, 03:21 PM
#1
Boone & Crockett
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New Englander and Patched Round Balls
Today i shot the New Englander with prb. Had no pillow ticking so i improvised with cleaning patches.
Distance: 50 yards.
Gun: TC New Englander.50 caliber with Tupperware stock.
Wind: From right to left 10-15 mph gusting to 25 mph.
Powder: 90 grains of Goex 3F Pinnacle.
Bullet: Hornady round ball.
Cap: Winchester #11 magnum.
To my knowledge this is my first time loading and shooting prb since 1976. For all the boo boos it worked out pretty well. The sights on that gun are not the best so i put the bead at 6 o'clock. Had nothing to lube the patches so i loaded them dry. Fired five rounds and only one ball hit the target: The hole in the upper left corner. Swabbed the bore and got an idea; hand cleaner for patch lube. GoJo no less.
Fired five more rounds using patches lightly lubed with GoJo without swabbing. Two balls went through the hole in the 8 ring. The target backer is a plastic military target that self seals to some extent; there were two holes. Don't know what happened with the fourth shot that went low. Maybe i failed to trim the patch.
i lucked out today. Just maybe i'll hunt with patched round ball.
http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/2531/dsc01363ol.jpg
Distance: 50 yards.
Gun: TC New Englander.50 caliber with Tupperware stock.
Wind: From right to left 10-15 mph gusting to 25 mph.
Powder: 90 grains of Goex 3F Pinnacle.
Bullet: Hornady round ball.
Cap: Winchester #11 magnum.
To my knowledge this is my first time loading and shooting prb since 1976. For all the boo boos it worked out pretty well. The sights on that gun are not the best so i put the bead at 6 o'clock. Had nothing to lube the patches so i loaded them dry. Fired five rounds and only one ball hit the target: The hole in the upper left corner. Swabbed the bore and got an idea; hand cleaner for patch lube. GoJo no less.
Fired five more rounds using patches lightly lubed with GoJo without swabbing. Two balls went through the hole in the 8 ring. The target backer is a plastic military target that self seals to some extent; there were two holes. Don't know what happened with the fourth shot that went low. Maybe i failed to trim the patch.
i lucked out today. Just maybe i'll hunt with patched round ball.
http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/2531/dsc01363ol.jpg
Last edited by falcon; 08-19-2012 at 04:48 PM.
08-20-2012, 04:58 AM
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Typical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2008
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i shot one of mine last week 70gn pryrdex .490 and .018patch minkoil.....I hit 2 out of the first 4 targets in a woods walk mountian man event....one was a turkey head at 47 yards.....I never cleaned it 14 shots no hangfires just missed a bunch of targets...i like the new englanders
