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Jim Watson · May 3, 2024, 04:15 PM

And Scheutzen shooters usually breech seat which about insures a gap between the over powder wad and the bullet.

The Swiss .41 Federal uses the Wild System ramrod with a stop to place the ball about
.10" over the the standard powder charge.

Yet there is a guy mentioned on the Shiloh board who says he can ring a chamber on demand.

A friend loaned out his TC Hawken and got it back with a bulge in the barrel. Seems the user had failed to get a ball all the way down a fouled bore and had elected to shoot it out.

I have gotten best accuracy in BPCR with the bullet down on a card wad with the Swiss powder only compressed about the thickness of the wad.

May 3, 2024, 04:15 PM	#6
Jim Watson Senior Member Join Date: October 25, 2001 Location: Alabama Posts: 19,155	And Scheutzen shooters usually breech seat which about insures a gap between the over powder wad and the bullet. The Swiss .41 Federal uses the Wild System ramrod with a stop to place the ball about .10" over the the standard powder charge. Yet there is a guy mentioned on the Shiloh board who says he can ring a chamber on demand. A friend loaned out his TC Hawken and got it back with a bulge in the barrel. Seems the user had failed to get a ball all the way down a fouled bore and had elected to shoot it out. I have gotten best accuracy in BPCR with the bullet down on a card wad with the Swiss powder only compressed about the thickness of the wad.