Posted: 2/28/2016 11:24:30 AM EDT
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is there any reason I couldn't shoot round balls in my kentucky pistol without a patch?
I have 200 .454 balls I bought for my 1858, but I can't stand cleaning it so now I use a .45 LC cylinder exclusively these fit tightly down my kentucky pistol barrel with no room for a patch if you can do it in a revolver, is there any reason not to in a muzzleloader? |
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Patches are used because using a ball large enough to engage the rifling requires forcing the projectile all the way down the barrel, not that easy.
A patch is softer than lead and allows easier loading, on a revolver that is not the issue although I would be concerned with excessive pressure. |