| Rothhammer1 |
| (.400 member) |
| 05/09/19 07:00 PM |
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Re: New Muzzle loader
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...I have heard over the years a number of times, that the original, or might even have been the reproduction Whitworth Rifles shot just as well with round projectiles as with hexagonal ones...
From the description of a Julia auction listing for a Model 1862 Whitworth trials rifle; "has long range adjustable ladder sight, which is marked “C” on right and “H” on left showing two separate ranges for use of either “Conical” or “Hexagonal” ammunition."
Here's the listing. A beautiful artifact: Morphy
From an NRA article; "It didn’t take long to discover that conical bullets fired in Whitworths, because of setback, provided accuracy as good as hexagonal rounds, and subsequently the two types were used interchangeably."
The article: Am Rifleman
Paper patch:
Whitworth