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Old 09-29-2004 | 03:44 PM
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Charley
 
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Default RE: Lyman Great Plains Flintlock Rifle

A .45 conical, in any reasonable weight, is going to have a huge ballistic advantage (ballistic co-efecient) over a reasonable weight .54 conical. Terminal ballistics would tend to favor the .45 in terms of sectional density as well. You COULD simply scale up a .45 to a .54 and give it a similar BC and SD, but it would be one heavy, hard kicking SOB!
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