Ok, I should have know better, been there before, made the same mistatake again. Fact is conicals in my 58 Remington or my Old Army are just not that great! Here is why:
1. Harder to load. It is very difficult to load them with the built in ramrod. They are just too big and do not fit under the ramrod without much care.
2. Accuracy is just not as good. I am shooting around 28 gr of Pyrodex today and the groups are around 3 inches at 20 yards out of my Remington 58.
3. They are more expensive.
Now that I got your attention, what is your experience? Conicals or Round Ball? The only reason I see for concicals is for hog hunting or other big game.
Nevertheless, today was a great shooting day. It has been a while since I took my Pietta Remington 58 out to play. Almost out of the concicals. Thank God!
Happy shooting!
1. Harder to load. It is very difficult to load them with the built in ramrod. They are just too big and do not fit under the ramrod without much care.
2. Accuracy is just not as good. I am shooting around 28 gr of Pyrodex today and the groups are around 3 inches at 20 yards out of my Remington 58.
3. They are more expensive.
Now that I got your attention, what is your experience? Conicals or Round Ball? The only reason I see for concicals is for hog hunting or other big game.
Nevertheless, today was a great shooting day. It has been a while since I took my Pietta Remington 58 out to play. Almost out of the concicals. Thank God!
Happy shooting!