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Hardcase · April 21, 2011, 12:44 PM

For what it's worth, the .58 Minies that I buy from Dixie for my original 1862 Springfield fit a little tight - they require a bit of pressure most of the way down. Now, that could be because LG&Y made the barrel a little small or just that, after 150 years, it's just not in perfect condition anymore

I suspect that, other than my great great grandfather and me, nobody really cleaned it the way that it was supposed to be cleaned after shooting it. Fortunately, other than a few years during the 1860s, it did not get shot much.

I shoot it so rarely that I honestly don't know what the diameter of the bullets is - I bought 50 of them a few years back and probably have 30 left. But I think that they're .575s.

April 21, 2011, 12:44 PM	#6
Hardcase Senior Member Join Date: April 14, 2009 Location: Sunny Southern Idaho Posts: 1,909	For what it's worth, the .58 Minies that I buy from Dixie for my original 1862 Springfield fit a little tight - they require a bit of pressure most of the way down. Now, that could be because LG&Y made the barrel a little small or just that, after 150 years, it's just not in perfect condition anymore I suspect that, other than my great great grandfather and me, nobody really cleaned it the way that it was supposed to be cleaned after shooting it. Fortunately, other than a few years during the 1860s, it did not get shot much. I shoot it so rarely that I honestly don't know what the diameter of the bullets is - I bought 50 of them a few years back and probably have 30 left. But I think that they're .575s. __________________ Well we don't rent pigs and I figure it's better to say it right out front because a man that does like to rent pigs is... he's hard to stop - Gus McCrae