Parker Hale bullets

[Jim]

Please let us know who is making swaged musket balls. The Enfield and Parker Hale muskets shoot best with 65 grains of ffg. Under loads will not seat the skirt in the barrel. Those under loads may be all right for 25-50 yards, but a hunting and target shooting load requires 65 gains. As a point of information, original Britishicon bullets had no grease grooves. The bullets were just dipped in bees wax/grease.

There are more than a majority of experience target shooters and holders of world records that will tell you that you are wrong with that opinion. But, don't take my word for it, check with the N-SSA, the Muzzle Loaders Association of Great Britain as well as the NMLRA to get real information.

As for the accuracy of his opinion, you might reconsider the all inclusive nature of yours.
Oh, I agree great accuracy has been obtained by lesser loads and that frequently. But I must say that neither is it correct in all instances. You have to take into consideration the bullet designs, mold manufactures and quality of lead used in making such bullets. I can imagine many cases were skirt expansion could fail to consistently occur with reduced (from originally specified, ie 60-65gr) loads.