Quote Originally Posted by g3lcs View Post
HI Y'all
I have a smoothbore Musketoon by Parker Hale. The current production is built in Italy and the one I bought was .56 NOT .58 as marked.
I use a pistol range of 25 metres and 40 grains is enough and accurate (for a smoothbore) any more and you are wasting powder.
I fire .565 dia.spherical ball -- I had to get a mould made. I use patches of .007" thick cotton. so it fits well in .58cal
Gogs
Sir - you have a Euroarms Musketoon, not a Parker-Hale. There were no musketoon barrels transferred in the original take-over deal back in 1995, only long barrels. It's good to read that you are getting some good shooting out of it - they are a heck of a load of fun, that's for sure. Yesterday was a guest day in our club, and six or seven folks who had never fired a big old boomer had a couple of shots each.. The smiles said it all.

tac