Slug Guns and Muzzleloaders

[Joe Gussenhoven]

Hi Joe

The diameter of my barrel is 1 3/8 across the flats (the biggest Rice can make) and the barrel is 32 inches long (without false muzzle). It has a 1:16 twist 0.400 in the bore 0.408 in the groove. Although we can only use aperture sites in our domestic competition for loaddevelopment I use a 25 x Lyman Super Targetspot scope.

We do have some very good art supply shops here, I'll give them a try for cotton tracing paper.

Is there an ideal patch bullet diameter combination?

I also shoot black powder cartrige rifles, percussion and flint muzzle loaders.

Cheers Sluggun pilgrim

If we get some sunny weather in the next day or so i'll take a pic of it and post it on the web

An ideal fit,,,Hmm, dont know.

What combination are you using?

When you push the bullet down the barrel, what does it feel like?
Feel looser at the bottom? The same all the way down? Tighter at the bottom?

Have you pulled a loaded bullet out to see the condition of the patch?

In my .56 slug gun, bullet length has the most to do with accuracy.

I dont think the VF wad is necessary.

Joe.