| rigbymauser |
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| 16/09/11 05:45 AM |
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Re: Lancaster Colindian ball and shotgun bullet diamter?
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Daryl,
The question, as I believe you are bringing up, is - Does RM have a oval bore "bore rifle" or an oval bore "Ball & Shot gun". RM indicated a weight of 8.5 lbs, too heavy for a normal Paradox type and maybe a little light for a bore rifle. I am interested in the maker and date of completion. This may shed more light on how to approach the loading process.
Hi Guys.
Back from Africa...catching up here again:LOL.
MY B&S gun is made by Rigby. It has an oval bore that doesn`t spin BEFORE 2.5" the muzzle.
I have shot H&H new factory loads in the gun, but it throws them all over.
When I take a shell from H&H to cut out the ball in order to see how well the ball fit the barrels, the ball just barely touch barrelwalls, leaving two cresent gaps on each side until it reaches the muzzle, where the oval choke takes over.
The breech measures 59,4mm(2,34") across. The chamberwalls are 5.5mm or .22".
The gun was sold from London in 1903 from Rigbys, but were actually made by Osbourns according to the journals.
Its a heavy gun indeed which I can give a testimony of, as I have been using it for ducks and guneafowls in SA. Its almost like carrying a rifle.
I have also tried traditional Brenneke slugs in Africa testing at a target at 30 paces. The slugs didn`t group well to be of any use at all.
I have shot down on a lake to see how much the shot were spreading. This gun makes very wide patterns compaired to a normal shotgun.
Maybe oversized Fosberry balls are the way to make it work?.
What does a standard H&H paradox measures in width at the breech??.