Patched round ball for elkhart

Tight patched round ball over the heavy powder charge is still the best shooter at 100 yards in my tc hawken. But in the little 45 the maxi at 220 grains is no heavier than the larger round balls. Sight height the distance from the top of the front sight to the bore center. Mayor cant wait to dunk a ball but stays home the elkhart truth. Precision shooting patches for round ball track of the wolf.

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. Swaging of the ball would take place all the way into the rifling. Blackpowder muzzleloading muzzleloading round ball ballistics. Tombob nontoxic roundballs in many hunting zones, the use of lead projectiles has been outlawed due to environmental concerns. Crosswind cross wind speed in mph assumes wind at right angle. Precision made from special tightly woven cotton, to insure uniformity. These have been desgined for the thompsoncenter hooked breech tang, and can be swapped out in just seconds.

Id think that if the patched round ball in those calibers was ineffective they would have gone to guns with larger bores. I tried the maxi hunters and they fit the barrel as good as the lee real bullets. A good patch is made of good quality, dense natural material. Too deep and there is a lot of surplus patching material to catch on your short starter or ramrod. The patching material is the key to be accurate with a round ball load. Black powder round ball trajectory with that load of 80 grains of fffg and a.

You can buy good quality patches in your local blackpowder shop, but you can also make your own. If i had a larger bore mz rifle id not hesitate to use a round ball for deer. Nearly anything else in the world can be taken with a. 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. Elkhart mayor rod roberson on wednesday held his first virtual town hall and addressed the citys response to the covid19 pandemic. Patch and lube, two of the most important components to improve.

Serious target competitors commonly load with a ball thats just. Click the button below to add the cast round balls. Muzzleloader shooting patches, pillow ticking, and bulk strips. Although i would normally shoot minis in it, i find some of the gun stores around my area dont stock my size, but they do have. Ff powder, pillow ticking patchbore butter, from a deer.

The future of traditional muzzleloader hunting by toby bridges. 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. Only cloth patched round balls may be used no miniball or sabot loads. I shoot mainly patched round balls for deer, but for bear i like the added energy of the maxi ball. Poking a long hole in any animal smaller than a fullgrown holstein will put it on the ground. Of course you need to have a proper ballset that seats the ball flush with the muzzle and does not deform it at the same time. We load one of our precision long rifles with a patched round ball. Patched round ball gun and game the friendliest gun. Round ball ballistics web application for muzzleloaders. This means itx can perform like lead without harming the environment, or your treasured muzzleloader. Elkhart brass xd shutoff with integral smooth bore, 2. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. The patch round ball challenge long range hunting forum. The wolverine then unexpectedly discharged, causing both the ramrod and the round ball to pass through both of hartmans hands and his right forearm.

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. A hunter can take feral hogs or deer at moderate range very effectively with a patched round ball and a modest powder charge. Full round ball shutoff with brian brush brass tacks. You pick the caliber size and the thickness that suit your needs. This patch material helps to grab the rifling and spin the ball more reliably for better. The athenian ballroom is a reception venue in elkhart, in. If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above. I make quite a few paper patched round balls pprbs for use in muzzleloaders. 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. Only open sights may be used no scopes, reddot or other modern technology sights. My thinking is that the more important role of the patch is to keep the ball seated on the powder.

Loading blocks for patched round balls ball, 50 caliber. Constant thickness, weave, diameter, weight and thread count help eliminate these variables from your shooting. Also, traditional muzzleloader only shooting orgnizations generally require the use of patched round ball only during official muzzleloading target competition. Specially formulated for use on brass and aluminium moulds. For your round ball needs these 100% lead casted round balls come in. 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. Itx is nontoxic and has similar characteristics to lead. Jul 6, 2012 this pin was discovered by debbie drephal. Apparatus valves elkhart brass fire fighting equipment. It was by far the most accurate load in that gun, and while labeled light by a lot of guys, it killed with alacrity. Loading blocks for patched round balls these miniature bread board shaped accoutrements are made from hard wood, drilled to hold lubricated patched. With these loading blocks the shooter can carry six patched round balls ready to load. For primitive, open sight, black powder hunting, ill chose a.

It was sponsored by and used as a fundraising event for the dapper dan charities in pittsburgh. What type of shutoff balls are in your nozzle, and what does that mean in regards to your fire stream. Loading blocks for patched round balls ball, 50 caliber, blocks. In many hunting zones, the use of lead projectiles has been outlawed due to environmental concerns. 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. Hartman attempted to seat the patched round ball in the barrel of the gun with a ramrod. Caliber the ball caliber in inches not the bore caliber. The local walmart and the local gun shop both carry.

Offered as dry, oiled, wonderlubed, or premium lubed on select sizes. I think that for the majority of us, there are a lot more high value variables than precut vs. On november 24, 2010, hartman filed suit against several defendants in the elkhart circuit court. This way, patches are always centered and exactly the right size. Use very sparingly, one drop under the sprue plate is sufficient. Hodgdon warns against using patched round balls with pyrodex pellets, because using round balls instead of bullets when firing pyrodex pellets carries an increased risk of unexpected discharge. A round ball doesnt touch the rifling itself, the patch does. Way more information than you ever wanted on how to fell a tree. Only black powder or black powder substitute such as pyrodex may be used. Itx roundballs can return you to your favorite hunting spots using traditional roundball projectiles.

Sighting distance what distance are you sighted in for. 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 to fill without scraping off as much patch lube. And thats exactly the load i set out to use for taking the fallow buck shown in. Whether you prefer traditional valves, or a more versatile option like our popular unibody apparatus valve, exceptional design and engineering are your assurance youll find the right elkhart apparatus valve for the right application. The round ball, without these extra motions, is, in fact, a perfect projectile. Killing power of patched round ball prb the high road. Loading the plr or muzzleloader with a patched round ball. I am not new to the tc or maxisminies, just patched round ball prb. 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. 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. The athenian ballroom reception venues elkhart, in.

Loading blocks for patched round balls track of the wolf. Precision shooting patches for round ball precision shooting patches. Of course ive never tried the reduced powder charge 440 round. The wolverine then unexpectedly discharged, causing both the ramrod and the round ball to pass through both of hartman s hands and his right forearm. Oh, ok, then you can sweep the driveway and clean out the fridge. Paper patching a round ball how would someone paper patch a round ball for a bolt action rifle. Any type of primer system may be used, as well as flintlocks. I am going to do some experimenting, varying my round ballpatch combination from.