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vanfunk · December 27, 2005, 03:11 PM

Well, my Brown Bess is .750 and I use a patched .715 round ball in front of 90 grains of FFg. I haven't shot any living creatures with it, but I do use it occasionally to split logs for firewood!

. If your bore is a true .729, I'd say a .690 round ball with a lubed patch of pillow ticking in front of 80-or-so grains of FFg ought to be decisive.

HTH,
vanfunk

December 27, 2005, 03:11 PM	#3
vanfunk Senior Member Join Date: June 19, 1999 Posts: 472	Well, my Brown Bess is .750 and I use a patched .715 round ball in front of 90 grains of FFg. I haven't shot any living creatures with it, but I do use it occasionally to split logs for firewood! . If your bore is a true .729, I'd say a .690 round ball with a lubed patch of pillow ticking in front of 80-or-so grains of FFg ought to be decisive. HTH, vanfunk __________________ 'tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door. But 'tis enough. 'Twill serve...