Is my guns and loads acceptable topics here?
01-18-2016, 06:21 PM
#71
Banned
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Boncarbo,Colorado
Posts: 9,186
a .45cal with 1:48 twist is normally a patched ball shooter. The smaller the cal, normally the faster twist they will have. Large bores having the slower 1:60 twist and slower is much more common than a .45cal with 1:66 twist.
01-18-2016, 06:42 PM
#73
Nontypical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 1,181
You do realize that there were sidelocks that shot 1000 yards in the mid 1860's right?
They were fast twist with peep sights and "new fangled bullets" And since they could shoot 1000 yards I don't see that they would have many limitations. There were gun cranks back then. Joseph Whitworth made "Hot Rods" for back in the day. They are still Hot Rods in my Book.
01-18-2016, 07:19 PM
#74
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Colorado
Posts: 9,557
Yes, I do, but they weren't Hawken/plains rifles.
What we're shooting are copy's of what a production gun was back then. Some are better copies than others.
It doesn't matter. This forum allows anything as long as it's a sidelock.
What we're shooting are copy's of what a production gun was back then. Some are better copies than others.
It doesn't matter. This forum allows anything as long as it's a sidelock.
01-18-2016, 07:28 PM
#75
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: River Ridge, LA (Suburb of New Orleans)
Posts: 10,917
I can get one of Ed Mehlig's 350 grain .451 conicals in the bore with very firm thumb pressure. So those will get a try also. Come to think of it, I have some .45 sabots for .357 bullets, and some 158 grain .357's. Man, the first range session with this gun is going to be really fun.
01-19-2016, 06:36 AM
#77
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: River Ridge, LA (Suburb of New Orleans)
Posts: 10,917
It's not about there being anything wrong with round balls. And not about killing deer.
It's about having fun and playing around with loads just to see what happens. If my interest in muzzleloaders was just about killing deer I would own only one gun, would find the most effective load for it, and shoot nothing but that load. How boring would that be?
It's about having fun and playing around with loads just to see what happens. If my interest in muzzleloaders was just about killing deer I would own only one gun, would find the most effective load for it, and shoot nothing but that load. How boring would that be?
01-19-2016, 10:03 AM
#79
Banned
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Boncarbo,Colorado
Posts: 9,186
conicals were made long before the 1860s. Jager rifle comes to find and one reason why german gunsmiths when they came to America, came up with the kentucky rifle as huge slugs were not needed in the eastern forests.