Re: shooting shot in a .50 BP rifle
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Yeah its rifled. Surprised me too. Got bored wanted to see what would happen. Tried bb's first but when I found the patch wasn't much left of it so I know they were in contact with the barrel. Didn't think steel bbs would do it any good. Then I remembered that half full coffee can of #4 lead. Didn't find the patchs I used for the lead shot but I don't see how they could damage anything being lead even if the patch isn't holding up.
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Re: shooting shot in a .50 BP rifle
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Re: shooting shot in a .50 BP rifle
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Yepper. Rifled barrel. Surprised me. I weighed the amount of shot I used and it was close to 1 1/8 ounce. I had to load up a patch twice for one shot. Heres how I did the patch. after I put some shot in I folded the rest of the patch over on itself. I used a small dowel rod to gently push shot in the patch without actually pushing it further into the barrel. I greased the bottom of the patch with Thompson center bore butter and held the shot nicely. I was afraid it would all come lose but it didn't even when I tipped the gun over barrel down.
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Re: shooting shot in a .50 BP rifle
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Anybody else ever do this? Thinking my old muzzle loader just got a lot more versatile.
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Re: shooting shot in a .50 BP rifle
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Havn't got that far. Started raining waggler. It really kicked though. Thinking I need to go down to the same amount by volume of powder as the shot. 82 grain measure. What would be a good penetration test?
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Re: shooting shot in a .50 BP rifle
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They have over powder wads for every caliber of rifle at track of the Wolf that might help some . My buddy puts shot in a paper homemade tube almost like a paper cartridge but with shot and has good results .
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Re: shooting shot in a .50 BP rifle
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My Dad got on a BP revolver kick, and had 2 .45 calibers. He reamed the rifling out of one of them and kept it loaded with 7 1/2 shot. It would kill a stripped gopher. He shot those pistols a lot.
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Re: shooting shot in a .50 BP rifle
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Powder...then shot card...then shot....then another shot card
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Re: shooting shot in a .50 BP rifle
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Powder...then shot card...then shot....then another shot card That was how my Dad loaded his. He had a punch that he cut his own cards with. Seems like he used two between the powder and shot.
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Re: shooting shot in a .50 BP rifle
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M.Magis If I do use shot to hunt with will be squirrels or rabbits. I THINK the game warden would believe me I had that rifle loaded with shot. If not I could shoot it for him. Just rather not fool with it. May not be legal either. I don't think 50 caliber is quite 20 gauge which is the minimum shotgun size. See where pedersoli has a new shotgun though. 12 gauge double with exposed hammers and one trigger. My great Uncle had a side by side 12 cartridge gun with two hammers and one trigger. Only one I ever saw. Calling this new gun a plains shotgun.
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Re: shooting shot in a .50 BP rifle
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That patch must be working to protect the shot. Guessing the patch rides the rifling without transferring the spin. Would not have thought it would work out so well.
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