wad size

[tacfoley]

i want to use them as a lube to keep the fouling loose. was even thinking of just using a lubed patch ..


ken at kranks measured the barrel and gave/sold me the 451 ball mold,

Well, I have total faith in Ken - a man who really does know what BP is about and has been v. helpful to me and many others over the years. As you can read in the grease thread - ANY kind of NON-petroleum-based grease can be used. I use E45 skin cream, and have done for over thirty years, most shooters over in Germany, where I was intruduced to it in the late 70's, do the same.

BP rifles of the older type - percussion and flintlock, use a lubed patch, but revolvers do not. Single-shot target pistols - LePage, Kuchenreuter and so on, use a lubed patch, too. However, life is just too short to use such a thing in a six-shot pistol - the Indians have been and gone long before you've reloaded......

tac

[gtpkeeper]

then found that I couldn't source suitable felt......

felts http://www.hardy-hanson.co.uk/contact.htm


was going to get crisco ,hard to find ,so which e45 ?? tac

[Turnup]

was going to get crisco ,hard to find ,so which e45 ?? tac

it's a generic skin cream - available in large tubs from your pharmacy and really cheap.

[gtpkeeper]

some is more watery then others e45 ???

[Turnup]

Possibly - it probably doesn't matter very much, but if you prefer a thicker mix just let it dry a little and mix it back in.

[gtpkeeper]

one 350g tub now have,so now ill leave the wads,
bp ,filler, ball, then e45

[tacfoley]

Boots E45 is the stuff.

Crisco is not on most shelves here in UK. We have it on the base in the PX, but it's not kosher, so we don't use it at all, even for shooting.

tac