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g.willikers · March 23, 2014, 08:25 AM

I once had a Zouave .58 replica.
Never got it to shoot any where nearly as accurately as a round ball rifle.
Appropriately sized, the bullets seemed easier to load than round ball and patch, though.
The bullets are supposed to be soft enough to expand and engage the rifling.
Not sure if they are 100% lead, as I used store bought ones.

March 23, 2014, 08:25 AM	#2
g.willikers Senior Member Join Date: September 28, 2008 Posts: 10,442	I once had a Zouave .58 replica. Never got it to shoot any where nearly as accurately as a round ball rifle. Appropriately sized, the bullets seemed easier to load than round ball and patch, though. The bullets are supposed to be soft enough to expand and engage the rifling. Not sure if they are 100% lead, as I used store bought ones. __________________ Walt Kelly, alias Pogo, sez: “Don't take life so serious, son, it ain't nohow permanent.”