Mar 29, 2013 · I'm wanting to cast conical bullets for this gun. looking for mold suggestions and what diameter am I looking for .490 .501 .512 ? I bought a lee 50 cal muzzleloader bullet mold …

Jun 5, 2014 · I currently have a Hawken style muzzle loader in .45 cal however I am now going to go with a 50 Cal Kentucky rifle. The choice of size of the round ball are .490 and .495. My …

May 24, 2020 · I am pretty new to bullet casting, having only cast .38 wadcutters so far, although I am waiting to order a .41 mold soon. A friend gave me quite a bit of pure lead and it got me to …

Dec 20, 2017 · On a 50 caliber bullet center is .250 from edge so add .187 to measured height of patch Chances are good you will need to do a little fitting to the template to make it "just right" …

Jul 2, 2014 · I want to play with a 460 grain 50 cal bullet to fire in a 50 cal Hawken... but I want to paperpatch... I believe that I need to size down to .492, but that is a big step, so I'm thinking of …

Aug 2, 2010 · I've been trying the LEE Real Bullet in 320 gr with fairly poor accuracy using 65 gr of Pyrodex and homemade lube of 50/50 beeswax and high speed lithium based wheel …

Oct 21, 2006 · I shoot flinters in New England competition. I have a 50 cal Youngstown rifle (38 inch barrel), with 15/16" across the flats Green Mountain slow twist (round ball) barrel. I shoot …

Jun 7, 2017 · IN MY OPINION The Key to shooting this bullet well, and any other bullet is a good Over powder wad, .060 thou Vegetable fibre, or .060 Poly. Another good option is Oxyoke …

Nov 21, 2009 · The bullet I looked at from the very start was the Lee C-501-440-RF. The mould casts a pure lead bullet at 460 gr. I paper patch this bullet with 9# onion skin paper. I wrap …

Feb 22, 2010 · The Max Ball is a longer bullet than the Maxi Hunter in 50 caliber, and this makes a difference. If accuracy is marginal with the Maxi Ball, up the powder charges to maximum for …