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06-03-2005, 11:23 AM
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running ball.........
Casted up a bunch of round balls for my trade musket (.62 cal) this past weekend....man, are those things BIG!!!! Hopefully, I will get a chance to get out and shoot them in a week or two...haven't shot a single projectile out of the gun yet; hopefully I can get used to the flash and smoke from the pan to get some accuracy out of the thing.............
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06-03-2005, 03:10 PM
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Mr. 16 gauge,
Is your .62 caliber arm a smoothbore? I have a smoothbore .50 flinter and have good accuracy out to about 75 yards with patched roundball. I like that old gun because I also shoot shot loads out of her for small game. Adam
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06-03-2005, 11:31 PM
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Hi Adam;
It's a smoothbore...it's and Indian Trade musket from Cabela's. I have fired shot from it last winter, but the smoke and flame from the flintlock has caused me to flinch a bit.  I planned on using it primarily as a small game arm, firing shot. I have found that a 28 gauge cardboard wad with an index card wrapped around and glued makes a handy shot container....I can write on the side of the tube what the shot size and load are. Post-it papers wrapped around work well, also, and can be color coded as well. I plan on using the gun for rabbits and maybe a few early season duck hunts, but hope to take a deer with it some day.
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