Tomme boy
Well-Known Member
Was wondering if anyone has some insight into what size would you want for a muzzle loader bullet for a 50 cal. IdahoRon has a nice design that works very well in his 50 cal rifles. He has it spect at 0.508" I have no idea what is needed for a muzzle loader. I see the paper patch guys size for the top of the lands so the whole bullet is a bore rider. It must be getting bumped up on firing.
Most commercial designs are a tapered design with the base being the smallest. My rifle measures the best I can get anyway. is 0.4995"x 0.5095"
I already have the Lee 250gr and 320gr REAL molds. And a TC 370gr miniball mold. These all shoot ok at best. I feel they are a little small and the Lee bullets have almost no bearing surface. T/C guns have a lot more shallow bore and groove measurements. Some of the others out there have almost 2x the depth of rifling. The bullet mold I am looking at has almost 2x the bearing surface as the Lee molds. It is Accurate 50-415i.
Most commercial designs are a tapered design with the base being the smallest. My rifle measures the best I can get anyway. is 0.4995"x 0.5095"
I already have the Lee 250gr and 320gr REAL molds. And a TC 370gr miniball mold. These all shoot ok at best. I feel they are a little small and the Lee bullets have almost no bearing surface. T/C guns have a lot more shallow bore and groove measurements. Some of the others out there have almost 2x the depth of rifling. The bullet mold I am looking at has almost 2x the bearing surface as the Lee molds. It is Accurate 50-415i.