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Offline camo

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1853 Enfield with ball and patch
« on: February 11, 2022, 03:31:47 PM »
Bought a used 1853 from a reenactor, some time back and had to take it down and clean the heck out of it and since I couldn't find any conicals I started shooting it with round balls and patch. Can't beleive how accurate it is, but it does foul up quick so have to run cleanning patch every 5 or 6 rounds but it is a fun shooter.
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Re: 1853 Enfield with ball and patch
« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2022, 03:57:20 PM »
Get some .577 minies and some pine boards and see the awesome destructiveness it causes.
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Re: 1853 Enfield with ball and patch
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2022, 08:39:32 AM »
Hi camo, as Hawg suggests, minies are the way to go. You will get a lot more shooting before the need to remove fouling using the minies compared to patched balls. The minies are very accurate. Get a Lee minie mold and cast your own minies.

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