P1853 "Enfield" Rifled Musket

[dromia]

Apologies that my honest questioning appears to have riled you and you have taken it personally.

No insult intended so you can calm down and relax, thank you for taking the time to inform me about a new word.

I do think arguing with a dictionary is a tad absurd, good one. :lol:

Anyway what boolit length were you using?

[Tower75]

Anyway what boolit length were you using?

The mould casts them at .980 ish

[dromia]

Have you ever tried it with a shorter/lighter boolit also have you ever tried it with a FB - flat base - boolit?

[Tower75]

I haven't, no. I've only ever fired a .569 "Pritchett" straight-sided, paper-patched, bullet from it.

[dromia]

Its just that with the slow twist especially in the three groovers, 1 in 78", (as opposed to the 1 in 48" of the five groovers, I'm currently shooting an original two bander with a three groove 1 in 78" barrel by Bales of Ipswich) a shorter boolit stabilises better, the trade off being that accuracy at a distance can lessen because of the lower BC of the shorter/lighter boolits.

I've had very good success with Red River Ricks Paradox Collar Button (also my boolit of choice for the Snider) and the Coyote Lee special 577 Mini-Hunter boolit. Both have deep lube grooves holding plenty of lube for keeping powder fouling soft.

The Modern Pritchett is also a good mould being a shortened version of the original Pritchett which also works well being Paper Patched to bore or slightly above diameter.

The other trick for good accuracy with these rifles is to clean 'tween shots especially if you happen to be using the "nutty slack" variety of black powder.

[dromia]

BTW if you ever consider selling your Pritchett mould then I'd be interested in making you an offer, I'm a bit of a mould collector, sad I know.

[Tower75]

Hi.

Sorry, I somehow missed your post

The mould would be included in the rifle package.

Even though I never really said "For Sale", the rifle is now sold.