.577 Parker Hale Musketoon.

[tim56]

Hi Steve, mine is numbered 575213AM. Bullet weighs in at 572grns, has a dia. of .576", a conical base cavity and on each
side of the mould its stamped LYMAN 585. Have tried this bullet in both my 2 band (now sold) and in my Musketoon. They
load effortlessly down the Musketoon barrel with only minor effort required but took more effort to load in the 2 band.
Both guns shoot well with patched round ball so not too bothered at the moment but certainly this mould seems heavy at 572
grns compared to the usual 530 grn. I tried upping the load in increments of 5 grns between 50 and 80 grns with the 2 band
and it made no difference other than felt recoil started rattling the teeth at 80. Tim
Morning tac. 2 to 3" at 50m. Id be glad to just hit the target at the moment.!!!

[steve medlock]

If you pm me your address Tim, I'll put a few in the post. If they don't work for you either, then the problem may not be the bullets.

Steve.

[tim56]

Hi Steve, pm sent. Tim

[tim56]

Many Thanks Steve, what lube are you using? Have been out this morning with a couple of mates to fetch one of thems new rifle from Chartris so called
in on another shop near Warboys to have a butchers and what do i spot but a brand new Lyman 577611 mold. Half the price iv seen on the web so sorted.
Have made some up this afternoon so good to go tomorrow. Iv only got wonderlube to hand but would be interested to know what you folks are using?? Tim

[tacfoley]

Many Thanks Steve, what lube are you using? Have been out this morning with a couple of mates to fetch one of thems new rifle from Chartris so called
in on another shop near Warboys to have a butchers and what do i spot but a brand new Lyman 577611 mold. Half the price iv seen on the web so sorted.
Have made some up this afternoon so good to go tomorrow. Iv only got wonderlube to hand but would be interested to know what you folks are using?? Tim

Since the late 1970's I've been using an emulsified hand/skin cream called E45 - I've mentioned it here about 300,000,000 times, but I guess that you somehow missed it.

Being water-based, it not only takes all the crud with it, but washes away easily at the end of the day. I use this when I run out of my more usual ALOX. I really can't be assed to make up my usual gunk, a 50/50 mix of beeswax and neetsfoot oil that sets semi-hard.

To be useable in the Musketoon, the bullet needs to be 1 or 2 thou undersized, so that it loads with thumb-pressure hence the instruction 'thumb a 535gr Minié bullet into the muzzle...'

However, I'm prepared to be corrected, even after shooting my Musketoon since 1976 or so.

tac

[tim56]

Not missed the E45 tip tac, just thought the 577 minnie would want something a bit thicker to fill the grooves. Tried E45 in the .45 Ruger old army
revolver as an over ball lube and it worked ok. The 577 with 60grns of powder under a 530 grn bullet with lube grooves ?? If your telling me you
use it in your musketoon too when you run out of Alox then I'm quite happy to give it a go. Never tried Alox in a muzzle loader but do use it for
all my hard cast bullets in the .357, .303, 44 and the .45/70s. Got loads of the stuff so do you just tumble lube and leave to dry as per hard cast.?
All the Best, Tim.

[tacfoley]

do you just tumble lube and leave to dry as per hard cast.?
All the Best, Tim.

Yup.

tac