.577cal Pritchett rifle comes home with me today!

[TA6319]

sounds nice, any pictures?

[tacfoley]

Yup, lots, but I can't post 'em.

Email me and I'll send you some.

[loiner1965]

tac have you seen those wooden plugs on the auction site , they are tapered and squared ended so might be able to fit in your bullets with enough sticking out to expand
e@ay number 353367895949
i got some here somewhere so i try and find them

[tacfoley]

tac have you seen those wooden plugs on the auction site , they are tapered and squared ended so might be able to fit in your bullets with enough sticking out to expand
e@ay number 353367895949
i got some here somewhere so i try and find them

I'll take a look right now!!!

Thanks for that!

Edit - they are not conical to fit the conical indentation - good idea though!! When making them from Isopon or similar you first grease the inside of the hollow base and THEN splodge the gloop in, levelling off with a straight-edged knife. I used to do it with my first Snider back in the mid-80's, and it worked to some degree, but not as well as it did in the Musketoon.

[loiner1965]

got 2 bags here tac they are slightly conical .
they dont need to go fully in as they need to sit slightly proud so when pushed by blast they expand the sides etc.....was going to use on my .577 but never put on ticket and when it arrived some one smooth bored it lol.......was bought at an online auction.
email address i will post them down to you

[tacfoley]

tac have you seen those wooden plugs on the auction site , they are tapered and squared ended so might be able to fit in your bullets with enough sticking out to expand
e@ay number 353367895949
i got some here somewhere so i try and find them

Mornin', Sir!!! Just received a couple of hundred tapered base-plugs in the morning mail!!!! Many thanks indeed! What a great-hearted fellow you are, to be sure! I must find a way to repay your kindhoodship somehow.

[loiner1965]

Mornin', Sir!!! Just received a couple of hundred tapered base-plugs in the morning mail!!!! Many thanks indeed! What a great-hearted fellow you are, to be sure! I must find a way to repay your kindhoodship somehow.

my pleasure....they might fit in the base of your bullets.....protruding enough to expand the skirt on firing.

[TALL]

HI TAC,
I have been following this with great interest and green eyes,
i have a .54 hollow base minie mould, my .54 Hawken is smooth bore, so i do not use this,
would it work paper patched to get yours shooting or is it to small,
you may even be able to drill it out to make your flat sided bullet,
just an idea, let me know,
yours if you want it,
regards,
T

[tacfoley]

HI TAC, I have been following this with great interest and green eyes, i have a .54 hollow base minie mould, my .54 Hawken is smooth bore, so i do not use this, would it work paper patched to get yours shooting or is it to small, you may even be able to drill it out to make your flat sided bullet, just an idea, let me know, yours if you want it, regards,T

That's a very kind offer, Tall, but it is sadly waaaay too small - no amount of paper patching would make that up. Thanks again for the kind offer, yet another example of why belonging to a great group like this can demonstrate such offers of help when required.