The future of traditional muzzleloader hunting by toby bridges. It was by far the most accurate load in that gun, and while labeled light by a lot of guys, it killed with alacrity. Elgin baylor, kareem abduljabbar, bob cousy, julius erving, john havlicek, dave cowens, pete maravich, bill russell, bill walton, wes unseld, bob mcadoo, nate archibald and more. Upon posting on the site several individuals responded with guidence for troubleshooting the patches and how it could affect accuracy. Roundball is a competitive basketball organization that facilitates mens and womens basketball leagues across british columbia. Click the button below to add the cast round balls. Loading blocks for patched round balls these miniature bread board shaped accoutrements are made from hard wood, drilled to hold lubricated patched. Patched round ball gun and game the friendliest gun. Itx roundballs can return you to your favorite hunting spots using traditional roundball projectiles.
Cotton or linen patches are used when firing with round balls and are unnecessary. Data reflect changes in velocities and energies depending n barrel. Offered as dry, oiled, wonderlubed, or premium lubed on select sizes. Good evening all, just sitting here musing about a weekend of shooting a new reproduction rifle. Loading blocks for patched round balls this is a primitive riflemans ball loading block, shaped like a miniature bread board. But, when i decided to hunt elk with a muzzeloader, i decided to switch to a 54 because i heard a lot of stories about hit and lost animals with the 50. I am going to do some experimenting, varying my round ballpatch combination from. Please note these are casted, not swaged they will have a sprue, place sprue at the top as you load ball price does not include shipping. New delta plane grounds detroit pistons roundball one. For primitive, open sight, black powder hunting, ill chose a. I understand that less powder or a single pellet should be used, but am looking for recommendations on patches, balls, etc.
A hunter can take feral hogs or deer at moderate range very effectively with a patched round ball and a modest powder charge. How in the world did some of our countrys patriots, in the late 1700s and early 1800s, make reliable head and chest shots on british officers at 200 to 300 yards using patched ball rifles, thus, cutting the snakes head off, as it were. Made of hard maple, it is drilled with six holes, to snugly hold your lubricated patched round balls. Killing power of patched round ball prb the high road. Ultrarare vhs featuring red auerbach and an incredible list of basketball legends including. Id think that if the patched round ball in those calibers was ineffective they would have gone to guns with larger bores. Stated again, the best performing projectile for a muzzleloaded rifle is a properly patched, soft lead round ball, fired in a rifled barrel with appropriate grooves and twist, fueled by a balanced charge of black powder. Both of the rifling twists rates you mention are for conical bullets. Using readly available patches and balls the only combo that would work was. Click on the free post option at checkout refunds will not be available if incorrect postage is selected. With these loading blocks the shooter can carry six patched round balls ready to load.
Early on, i never had much luck with plasticpatched round ball which my kentucky shooting friends were using, so i went exclusively to maxis since 81. Mr premiere sir are the vlad laws working or is this you and the press yet again murking the waters to the public, patched will show how a look can be seen as guilt or innocence, so does my biker gear make me guilty or my police uniform make me innocent. New delta plane grounds detroit pistons roundball one vince ellis, detroit free press published 7. Looks like i may be turning to lyman next time around or may have a rifle custom built instead. If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above. It was sponsored by and used as a fundraising event for the dapper dan. Bullets are not an option, since the rifling is slow twist and very deep old sharon barrel. Constant thickness, weave, diameter, weight and thread count help eliminate these variables from your shooting.
The patch is lubricated and then wrapped around the ball during loading. This means itx can perform like lead without harming the environment, or your treasured muzzleloader. I had put the rifle together specifically for taking my second buffalo. The patch round ball challenge long range hunting forum. I know several hunters that do it, but theyre good hunters with great stalking skills and are. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. For your round ball needs these 100% lead casted round balls come in. The round ball, without these extra motions, is, in fact, a perfect projectile.
Will the old patch and ball in the 50 work for moose. Precision made from special tightly woven cotton, to insure uniformity. The roundball classic, originally known as the dapper dan roundball classic also known as magic johnsons roundball, sonny vaccaros roundball classic, ea sports roundball classic, asics roundball classic is well known in the sports world as the first national high school all star basketball game. I am not new to the tc or maxisminies, just patched round ball prb. Nearly anything else in the world can be taken with a. Now im not sure if the patch gets spun off the ball or if patch and ball just skims the rifling but either way a round ball wont shoot for squat out of a fast twist barrel unless you cut the powder down to an absolute minimum which makes it impractical for most purposes. Loading of the ball is accomplished by placing the loading block over the bore and simply pushing the ball down through the block into the bore. Poking a long hole in any animal smaller than a fullgrown holstein will put it. Both types of projectiles can be quite accurate if.
I have been reading that some people have success in shooting a patched round ball out of a faster twist barrel and am just looking for any insights that the arfcom community might be able to provide. Itx is nontoxic and has similar characteristics to lead. Patched ball has a lapping effect, and as you shoot the. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Ball games, other than specified informal us basketball. Tombob nontoxic roundballs in many hunting zones, the use of lead projectiles has been outlawed due to environmental concerns. Round ball categories lee precision reloading equipment dillon precision products mec shotshell reloaders redding reloading equipment hornady reloading products lyman reloading products mark 7 reloading mr. Oh, ok, then you can sweep the driveway and clean out the fridge. I am a 75100 max range shooter that is the speed limit i believe a blackpowder muzzleloader puts on the hunter. My problem was being able to seat the patch ball combo down the barrel. I have been cutting roughly square pillow ticking patches, and got to thinking.
Patch thickness, lube, ball size, powder type, powder charge, etc. Find 4 listings related to rush creek roundball in kenton on. And thats exactly the load i set out to use for taking the fallow buck shown in. The local walmart and the local gun shop both carry. Before hunting, grease your patch, center it over a hole, press the ball into the patch, and seat it into the hole using a short starter. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. A round ball doesnt touch the rifling itself, the patch does. Out of a quality bore, a properly loaded patched round ball can prove deadly accurate at the ranges it was truly intended for and that is 25 to 50 yards. A history of the cincinnati enquirer glory days series the next generation trenz still tries to mix it up in roundball, even with some of the neighborhood fathers. Precision shooting patches for round ball precision shooting patches.
Any experience with shooting elk with a 50 caliber patched round ball. This leaves the slow twist shooter with only the task of finding proper ball size and patch thickness without having to worry a whole lot about exact powder charge. Is there any consensus on a round ball mold for 12 gauge. My first true big bore patched round ball muzzleloading rifle was the 38inch barreled. I use pillow ticking and cut at the muzzle on my rifles. Round balls in fast twist rifles white muzzle loading. Normally a rate of twist for a patched round ball if memory serves which, it hardly ever does any more would be something like a 1 in 70.
If either is a bit tight, dont enlarge the hole all around but instead take a small rattail file and enlarge in a cloverleaf pattern to give room for the patch. Roundball definition of roundball by the free dictionary. My thinking is that the more important role of the patch is to keep the ball. Loading blocks for patched round balls track of the wolf. Roundball definition of roundball by merriamwebster. Scott springer, munoz family athletic legacy comes full circle with ohsaa circle of champions, 27 mar. A good patch is made of good quality, dense natural material. The load i settled on consisted of 140grains of goex ffg black powder, behind a patched 344grain. While thats not exactly 100percent correct, the number of shooters and hunters who still do has been in a serious downward spiral for most of the past 20 years. Im trying to determine the midrange and point black distances for my. Patched round balls prb registered users do not see the above ad.
Loading blocks for patched round balls ball, 50 caliber. The patching material is the key to be accurate with a round ball load. Serious target competitors commonly load with a ball thats just. The 5 calibers to claim the most powerful handgun in the world title reupload duration. You can buy good quality patches in your local blackpowder shop, but you can also make your own. We facilitate leagues that bring forth the all around basketball experience for athletes in our community. Loading block, for caliber patched round ball, 5 by maple, sanded, unfinished. Due to supplier cost increases and the falling australian dollar, unfortunately, cbe has had to increase the price of some products on 1 january 2019. Precision shooting patches for round ball track of the wolf. Last year i had some problems with various bp rifles i use when shooting prbs. I have killed with 425grn lead conicals but nothing with a round ball. In trying to imagine what the changes mean, i wondered if it might be possible to do away with the patch altogether and shoot just a.
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