Moravian Arms Patriot Pistol

[capper]

Has anyone made any new loading blocks for the .32 Patriot muzzle loading pistol. The standard blocks are 5 shot, just wondered if anyone had made the blocks in 6 shot, the yanks seem to have mastered them but I haven’t seen them in the U.K. These need to be proofed & a correct variation for them in the U.K.

[Pete]

Why would anyone want to do this? Is there a competition that requires 6 shots in less time than it would take to swap blocks?

Pete

[1066]

I'm really surprised there's any enthusiasm for the Patriot in the USA, other that the novelty value, why would you? I enjoy shooting my Patriot but it's a poor substitute for the real thing. I have two bowl shot blocks and yes, I would like another couple of blocks but never seen any available.

[capper]

If you wanted to shoot a modified pp1 adjusting the times to allow the shots taken. These are in multiples of 6, 12@25mtr, 2x6@15mtrs & the final 6@10mtrs. While there are other offerings available, the accuracy of the patriot is excellent.

[1066]

I actually shot my Patriot this week for the first go of the turning targets I have made for our club.: Quite like old times. :)
https://youtu.be/jj9rOobuLCw

[capper]

That’s it I’m going to have to take mine to the range next time, are you using bullseye?

[1066]

Yes, my measure throws around 1.1 gns of bullseye but I have better accuracy with 1.3gn bullseye with my 98gn cast wadcutter bullets. The original dedicated Patriot bullet was gas checked, I don't think they are still available, I've never used them. I use an RCBS mould - size to 312 and Alox lube.

[capper]

I’ve used the .32 fwc from Shellhouse & they work ok, I’ve been using Vectan Ba10, it throws about .8gn but enough for 25mtrs, very clean in use as I found bullseye dirty but then it always was.

[bradaz11]

Isn't ba10 like one of the fastest powders? Wouldn't you want to use more of a slower powder to get more consistent throws? As I can imagine .9 making a difference??

[1066]

I must say, I don't find the Patriot quite so finnicky to load for as my .32 Pardini was. (In the good old days) With the Patriot you have no problems about developing a load for accuracy and 100% reliability . With the old Pardini 1.2 gns bullseye was an accurate 25m load but no good for competition, as about 1 in 5 failed to feed. I found that the available measures just were not accurate enough at these very low loads so resorted to weighing every charge. This was unbelievable time consuming when shooting several times a week - Hence the development of the Targetmaster