Hmmm...interesting. I tried Minies' in mine, admittedly not more than about a dozen rounds, and mine wouldn't keep them in a 9 inch skillet at 50 yards, thus my statement I'm certain I wasn't overdriving them as I was only shooting 60 grs. of Ffg. Wasn't that the standard load back when? I was also using straight lead , not alloy and I've been familiar with the concept of the skirted Minie' for a few decades, that is, that the skirt expands to engage the rifling and knowing a blown skirt blows accuracy. From what you guys are saying I need to revisit the Minie' ball. Any recommendations for a Minie' mold? The one 340 posted looks good.
Long range shooting with the Zouave sounds like a whale of a lot of fun. I had looked at a Gibbs and Mortimer for such shooting but perhaps I own a suitable rifle already.
