50/120

REX6666

February 23, 2007 08:31

i have put this question before the black poeder people, no one has touched it.
what is the diff. in pouring 120gr black powder down the barrel and
seating a 50 gr bullet on it, and shooting 120gr black powder with same bullet in a cart.
i keep hearing that the muzzle loader is good for 200-250 yds.
all my life i have heard about the long shots made with the big fifties (50/120) i am not tring to be smart, this is something i have thought about some and can only assume that it has to do with pressure
in the cart.

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  SP45

  February 23, 2007 08:47

  When you seat a muzzle loader you are forcing the projectile over the lands which will slightly distort the bullet as the lnad diameter is smaller than the bore diameter. This is why the hollow based bullets were designed to travel over the lands easily and then expand to have a good seal and impart spin. The cartridge rounds are loaded from the breach and sized to the bore which is smaller than the lands. When fired the bullet contacts the lands and starts to spin while maintaining a seal with the bore. Also black powder is very dirty and it is hard to seat a muzzle loader with a dirty bore as any black powder shooter can tell you. By the way, some of the most outstanding feats of marksmenship and accuracy were made with muzzle loaders. Just a little harder to accomplish.

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  Permanently deleted user

  February 23, 2007 08:49

  My guess is that the rifling would allow gas to escape upon ignition better than it being contained within a cartridge...so you don't have the pressure issues.
  
  Just a guess though.

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  REX6666

  February 23, 2007 08:58

  it just always made this ole country boy wonder why they could take those old BP cart. rifle and shoot for ever and kill bufalos, but these modern day muzzle loaders are only good for 200-250 yds.
  maybe it has a little to do with who is pulling the trigger, not many
  people depend on their rifle to eat now days.

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