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Good reply, Fyrstyk. By using a slug, you greatly increase the surface are of the projectile against the rifling, and thus it is far less likely to "strip" the rifling in passing down the bore, especially if it is microgroove rifling as in this thread's original post. Plus, your mink oil in the hollow base (itself a plus for the slug taking the rifling well) helps the BP fouling considerably and hence you can shoot 4-5 rounds without cleaning.
The microgroove rifling may need a lesser charge both to decrease velocity and to decrease fouling. But a flintlock loses some of its velocity, and pressure, due to gas escape at the touchhole tho, and thus the same charge may work.
Aloha, Ka'imiloa
The microgroove rifling may need a lesser charge both to decrease velocity and to decrease fouling. But a flintlock loses some of its velocity, and pressure, due to gas escape at the touchhole tho, and thus the same charge may work.
Aloha, Ka'imiloa