Slug Guns and Muzzleloaders

[sluggun pilgrim]

Hi Joe and KW
We have a time limit of 45 minutes in our slug gun matches in our National competition in Australia, so we don't have a lot of time.

I shoot the freezer paper dry, no lube as the plastic surface provides a good slippery surface. If i pass the bullet with patch through the false muzzle i get an imprint of rifling for about 1/2 an inch on the bullet. The chase patches do not show any signs of cutting where they are folded around the base of the bullet when picked up after firing.

Most of the guys here shoot grease groove bullets in barrels without false muzzles, a few have false muzzled barrels made by Bill Large in the 70's and early 80's or the false muzzle has been made by cutting the end of the barrel, some of these rifles shoot extremely well.

Cheers Vlad