For Smoothbore Shooters: Shout Out to Forth Armoury

[tjiann]

So, I've bought a number of paper cartridges formers from Steve at Forth Armoury in the past. Love his YT videos and products.

This past weekend I bought an 1842 Springfield smoothbore at the N-SSA Nationals so I can start shooting it in competition. In anticipation of that purchase I ordered the new Eras Gone .678 RB mold and a Vortex Ball Roller from Forth Armory for roughing up RB using my drill press (as opposed to using files).

This morning I cast a couple hundred balls. This afternoon I tried out the Vortex. Man does it work great and it's really easy to mount and use. Less that 10 seconds per ball. Result as shown in picture. For $55 shipped, this thing is well built and will work for a long time. Highly recommend.

 

[Melnic]

Interesting.
I have 2 Revolutionary war Replicas. A brown Bess and a Charleville. (flintlock of course)
How far out does N-SSA shoot these? Heck, I had a hard time at 25 yards.

 

[tjiann]

Interesting.
I have 2 Revolutionary war Replicas. A brown Bess and a Charleville. (flintlock of course)
How far out does N-SSA shoot these? Heck, I had a hard time at 25 yards.

25 and 50 yards. Civil War Era guns only. But I've got a Miroku Brown Bess replica and it shoots real well at 25, and pretty good at 50. Drops like a rock beyond that.