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I had sort of forgotten about this thread... not that I had tried two ball loads and the wads weren't great but Siarm not contacting me. They have some interesting ball carriers for two and...

I thought much the same about Tri-Ball. I am sure it would be a good load for a charging grizzley, tyrannosaurus or similar but a bit excessive for most things. A two ball 2 3/4" load seems more...

That is looking pretty good! A nice simple load too.

In past shooting I found that with good loads it seemed that 3" to 4" groups out to 50 yards or so was not too hard to achieve. Beyond 50 yards...

As far as I know Puff-Lon is much different than Dacron. Dacron is mostly air and used simply to hold powder near the primer for reduced loads. Puff-Lon is a fairly dense fiber filler (much denser...

Seems to me to be the same idea as a collar button for .45-70 which works just fine as a gallery/small game/plinking load. The collar button (Lyman 457130 is a 150 gr. bullet) originally intended for...

I thought I might have load data for the IXL-DGS slug but do not! I have the original drawing for the prototype IXL-DGS slug that James sent to me but no load data I can find. I do have load data for...

I have an old Lyman 0.690" ball mould I bought used in the 1970's so not sure of its age. It casts about 0.691" with ACWW. All my "12 ga." RB moulds 0.662", 0.678", 0.690", 0.715" and 0.735" all cast...

Now that is something I had not even thought of until you mentioned it! I have an 1881 W&C Scott & Son 10 ga. damascus barreled gun that isn't in very good shape but I will get it back into shooting...

Something that may change load data availability:

https://saami.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/12-Ga-1-75-Inch-Public-Introduction-Approved-.pdf

I expect to see the powder manufacturer's...

There is also free Lee slug load data here:

https://www.ballisticproducts.com/load14_04_25.htm

Longbow

There is a lot of info here:

https://1895gunner.com/loaddata/table%2045-70.html

Stick with Trapdoor data and the loads will be light. He lists boolit weights down to 250 gr. Oddly he doesn't...

Interesting results! Thanks for researching and posting. I think I'll give that a try.

Longbow

I spent most of my adult working life in and around the Cominco Lead/Zinc smelter in tTrail, B.C. Canada. I was surrounded by thousands of tons of lead but couldn't even buy any! Before lead was...

I am surprised it isn't mentioned here so I will... the Lyman Cast Bullet Handbook third edition lists cast boolit loads for the Lyman 45 gr. 225438 and the Lyman 50 gr. 225415 with 13 powder choices...

If you are reloading and using cast boolits you will likely need "fat" boolits! I have two No.5's and my son has one. I also have a No.4 MK1 and No. MK2. Four have typically fat bores and chambers....

Hahahaha! That describes me on virtually all of my projects!

I used ACWW 0.735" RB's with no lube in both smoothbore and rifled gun with no problems. I shot the most through my smoothbore but I put 15 rounds through a friend's rifled 870 with no leading.

I...

Yes, RB's are easy to cast, easy to load and are fun to shoot. They may not be the most efficient projectiles but when shotgun size they pretty potent! I like round balls!

If you want to slug your...

You might also consider a rifled choke tube. Some people report very good accuracy using rifled choke tubes. Some not so much but I suspect that slug fit is even more important with a rifled choke...

This is a question I am still trying to answer... To wad or not to wad?

The wad adds to the variables but for smoothbore I don't think it makes much if any difference.

I should start by saying...

There are a bunch of pics in this thread:

https://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?441108-RCBS-44-250-K-vs-44-250-KT

Longbow

I don't see it mentioned here but there is a sticky for a post by JeffinNZ on accuraizing Lee Enfields:

https://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?49003-303-Lee-Enfield-accuracy-article
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I don't know about TIG welding except that I don't have a TIG welder and I know I don't have the skill to put a thin layer on.

The gunsmith said he could use either bronze or steel. The bronze is...

As a comment regarding your loose 16 ga. gun, I have an 1881 made W&C Scott & Son 10 ga. side by that is very loose so took it to a gunsmith to see what he could do and he said with laser welding the...

I have not loaded 444 with BP but used to load up .45-70 for my 1895 Marlin with BP for fun shooting. In my experience I found that FFFg worked better than FFg for bullets of 385 to 405 grain.

I...