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58 CAL BULLET QUESTIONS | THE MUZZLELOADING FORUM

Web Jun 25, 2009 The soft felt wad is then driven into the grooves to help seal gases to protect the patch or the base of a conical bullet from gas blow-by. ( Gas escaping through the grooves around the ball or bullet.) If you are shooting a .58 caliber rifle, use the 62 caliber felt wads between the powder and ball/bullet, for example.
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DESTRUCTIVENESS OF THE .58 MINIE BALL | SMALL ARMS & AMMUNITION

Web Oct 30, 2014 The .36 and .58 were hand cast. The 9mm was a jacketed bullet. Notice the clean holes made by the 9mm all the way through the box. The .36 were round balls. The .58 entered the 3/4" plywood and then made splinters and sawdust out of each of the 3/4" pine boards. Notice the removed bullets.
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HOW TO LUBE 58 CAL MINNIE BALLS - CAST BOOLITS

Web Jan 3, 2014 45 2.1 Banned Join Date Mar 2005 Location Little Egypt, Part of the political fifedom of Chicago Posts 7,099 Lyman used to make a lube die for their lubrisizer, lube only NO sizing. Those are hard to find. On this site, Buckshot can make you a lube die or you can dip lube the minis or you can pan lube them.
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LUBRICATED MINIé BALLS, 20RDS (CHOOSE CALIBER) | WEBSITE

Web Home Hot cast from pure lead, these Minié balls are gauged appropriately to fit down the barrel of your .54, .58, or.69 caliber rifle musket ( choose caliber below ). The hollow base of the bullet is designed to expand upon ignition …
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THE MINI BALL & 58 CAL RIFLED MUSKET BEST RIFLE OF THAT ERA

Web Mar 5, 2021 At the very end of the muzzle loading era an advanced weapons system.if you would like to support my channel use one of the links belowhttps://paypal.me/pool...
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MINIE BALLS - OCTOBER COUNTRY

Web $17.81 Rating: ( 13 product reviews ) Shipping: Calculated at checkout * Size: .54 cal 425 grain .58 cal 460 grain Quantity: Add to Wish List Click the button below to add the Minie Balls to your wish list. Product Description This is an excellent .54 and .58 caliber pure lead Minie Ball. A nice bullet suitable for Civil War Muskets.
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HELP WITH MAKING .58 CAL MINNIE BALLS | SMALL ARMS & AMMUNITION

Web Mar 12, 2016 I melt it over low heat, and take a pair of pliers, gently grab the nose of the bullet and dip the base of the bullet into the melted wax, up to the top lube groove, and place it base down onto wax paper till it cools for handling/sizing.
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MINIé BALL - WIKIPEDIA

Web Various types of Minié balls. The four on the right are provided with Tamisier ball grooves for aerodynamic stability. James H. Burton's 1855 Minié ball design (.58 caliber, 500 grains) from the Harpers Ferry Armory. The Minié ball or Minie ball, is a type of hollow-based bullet designed by Claude-Étienne Minié, inventor of the French Minié rifle, for muzzle-loading …
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TRY THESE PROVEN BLACK POWDER DEER LOADS - ALLOUTDOOR.COM

Web Oct 14, 2015 A .58 caliber “Hawken” caplock replica (rifled one turn in 60 inches, for round ball use, 1 1/8-inch diameter barrel across the flats), 120 grains of FFg blackpowder with a .570 swaged round ball projectile (278 grains), and a pillow ticking cotton patch. These “recipes” are touted as deadly, but surely many good ones are not included.
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.58 AND MINIE BALLS - AMERICAN LONGRIFLES

Web Dec 15, 2010 Re: .58 and minie balls. « Reply #1 on: December 15, 2010, 06:23:52 PM ». 36" to 48" - just a guess. Even the 72" and 78" twists worked - after a fashion - more accurate past 300 yards than a patched round ball from the same gun, but probably not by much. If I was to make a rifle specifically for shootng minnies, I'd probably try something …
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CASTING .58 MINIE BALLS - YOUTUBE

Web Nov 26, 2011 0:00 / 2:07 Casting .58 Minie Balls ColdSmoke 661 subscribers Subscribe 16K views 11 years ago ***Disregard the hammer, I've since switched to thick leather gloves and I open the spru cutter...
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MINNIE BULLETS IN .58 CALIBER | THE MUZZLELOADING FORUM

Web Feb 28, 2019 “ James Forsyth The Sporting Rifle and Its Projectiles (1867) Forsyth was an avid fan of the patched round ball, and the nilgai is a huge creature that can reach as much as 600 lbs. so for him to side with a .58 caliber round ball over a .58 Minnie ball, is pretty dramatic. He also liked even bigger round ball, such as .69 caliber rifles or ...
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58 CAL MINIE BALLS | MODERN MUZZLELOADER MUZZLELOADING FORUM

Web May 22, 2017 Jul 23, 2017. #3. I'm in the same boat about .58 ammo. I think the Lee mold idea a good one. Sure would make for cheaper shooting. I just happen to have 20 to 25 pounds of clean pure lead in ingots and a Lee casting. electric pot. The Lee pot is cheaper but I think the Lyman pot is better.
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HOW WELL DID MY .58 CAL MINIE BALLS SHOOT? - MARYLAND SHOOTERS

Web Apr 1, 2018 One of the 4 from your minie balls was off the paper or into the same hole, who knows. It may be that big hole on the left of the paper. Looking at the 3 shot groupings there really was not big difference between the 3 …
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ACCURIZING THE .58 CAL BLACK POWDER MINI-BALL - YOUTUBE

Web Jun 8, 2010 Accurizing the .58 cal black powder mini-ball. Accurizing the .58 cal black powder mini-ball.
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WEIGHT OF 58 CAL MINIE BALL? | THE MUZZLELOADING FORUM

Web Apr 25, 2005 The .58 Gardner is the heavy one due to the steel cup insert, machine pressed lead, acaverage about 560 g. The long pattern Williams Cleaner is also a heavy one. The average hand cast three ring mini is around 500-525 g, depending on the cone shape and depth. The .58 short ringless Enfield is the lighter side at 450 g..
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MINIé AND ROUNDBALLS | RIFLEMAGAZINE

Web A Minié ball for a .58-caliber rifle-musket will measure about .575 inch, depending on the exact bullet mould used. When the powder charge ignites, the blast of gas fills the Minié’s hollowbase and expands its rather thin, soft lead skirt to grip the rifling. Since lead will definitely touch steel, some sort of lubricant helps.
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BEST .58 MINIE BULLET MOLD? | THE MUZZLELOADING FORUM

Web 5,253. Dec 28, 2020. #5. Something that minie shooters may find of interest is that in days gone by Lyman made a number of nominally .58 caliber minie designs that had base plug pins of like diameters. The pins were of various lengths and different hollow base geometries but could be swapped from mold to mold.
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BULLETS AND BALL-ETS FOR MUZZLE LOADING GUNS - TRACK OF THE WOLF

Web 1 Track's traditional MINIE bullets, named after French Captain Minie, are Civil War era designs to meet NSSA rules. Use a modest load, a 60 grain Service load in .58 caliber. Excess pressure may flare the skirt on exit! Early editions of "Lyman's Black Powder Handbook" show such bullets in flight.
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SHOOTING .58 CAL MINIé BALL FROM 20GA SHOTGUN - YOUTUBE

Web 452gr Minié ball @ 1207fps. This .58 Cal slug creates 1462 FPE. Filmed at 1200 frames per second and played back at 30 fps.
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BEST MINIE' FOR THE 2-BAND ENFIELD - CAST BULLET FORUM

Web Jun 27, 2015 I used the “old style” Ideal Minie and either 45 grains of 3Fg, 55 of 2Fg or 65 grs. of Fg, depending on the range I wanted the battle sights to zero, with RWS caps, and lubricated with 50-50 lard and beeswax. I filled the skirt …
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M&P MUZZLELOADING MINIE BALL (20) | KITTERY TRADING POST

Web M&P Muzzleloading Minie Ball (20) 575213510 - 58 caliber SKU #: 14793152 Bullet style: Soft lead ball Weight: 510 grains. Soft lead ball: 510 grains: $20.99: Add to Cart 575213460 - 58 caliber More Info ATTENTION: The online sale of this item is prohibited to Guam, Puerto Rico, & Canada. Product Details. M&P ...
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LUBRICATING MINIE BALLS | THE FIREARMS FORUM

Web Aug 6, 2013 Lube them at home. Stand them in a shallow pan (like a cake pan). While your lube mix is still liquid, pour it in the pan and let it come up past the grooves and then harden. You can either flip thr whole bullet/lube cake out and push them out or use something to make a cookie cutter out of and cut them out.
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