News:

Established July of 2008, and still going strong! 

Main Menu

it's a .36

Started by Spitunia, November 10, 2008, 12:03:01 AM

Previous topic - Next topic

Spitunia

Started trying to get a Traditions .36 percussion to settle down. The first three shots strung vertically in line an inch apart. At twenty five paces that stringing just didn't seem right. That was when I found out that I had been using .320 round ball by mistake. Starting over with .350 ball and a little thinner patch I repeated the same shots. Got a group about four inches and spread all over. Gahhh!!
So... has anybody else out there been working with a Traditions .36?
It's got a .360" bore and .375" groove diameter, nice slow twist.

tom-h

how much and what kind of powder you useing in it.most will shoot well with a charge of 30-35gr 3ff with a .015 pillow tick patch and a .350 r/b

halfstock

If your groove dia is really .375 then what you have is really a 38 cal, so use a .360 ball minimum and probably a .18 patch.

Halfstock

tom-h

#3
check here for your info www.traditionsfirearms.com/eshop/products/TRADITIONS SIDELOCK BOOK1.pdf