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eastbank · June 22, 2008, 09:19 AM

i shoot 58 cal muskets and you will have to use pure lead for the mimi balls, put a little dab of crisco in the hollow base to keep the filing soft, if your mini,s seems to small lyman makes a 575213 over size mold. i tried ww,s when i first go into the big 58,s in the mid 60,s, groups were around 4-5 inches at 50 yds. with pure lead mimi,s 575312 out of my target repo 63 remington navy arms zuove with target peep sights and 60-70 grs of 3-f it will shoot 2-3 inch groups at 100yds. good luck. eastbank.

June 22, 2008, 09:19 AM	#2
eastbank Senior Member Join Date: February 7, 2008 Location: pa. Posts: 1,857	i shoot 58 cal muskets and you will have to use pure lead for the mimi balls, put a little dab of crisco in the hollow base to keep the filing soft, if your mini,s seems to small lyman makes a 575213 over size mold. i tried ww,s when i first go into the big 58,s in the mid 60,s, groups were around 4-5 inches at 50 yds. with pure lead mimi,s 575312 out of my target repo 63 remington navy arms zuove with target peep sights and 60-70 grs of 3-f it will shoot 2-3 inch groups at 100yds. good luck. eastbank.