Thread: Black Powder Witchcraft. Regulating a BP Double Rifle

So after methodically working through the safety checks and deciding on loads and hard cards and wads and patches I started some live fire testing.

The procedure is clean the nipples with a cap each.
Powder charge
Hard card over powder
Felt or vege lubed wad
Double patched ball because it's way under size
Place a cap on the nipple
BANG

Too start with I did all my testing in one barrel at a time.
Several shots with the right barrel / front trigger
Then the same with the left barrel / rear trigger.

Things were looking pretty promising at this stage.
My expectations were pretty modest despite the bores both being in remarkably good condition.
The ball looks a fright compared to the beautiful but over sized Brunswick ball

25m from a basic rest