Daryl s

Man, to be able to smack a moose or bear with a couple of these balls would certainly get the excitement flowing.

If I get mine going properly, I will be heading of after pigs. If I get a chance to head up North, I might try a scub Bull or a Camel.

It would be interesting to see the difference in performance in the rifled barrel as against the smooth bore. My cast balls (oops) are .735 and the bore of my gun is .729. and weight 570 grains and rolled crimped. I cronographed a smokeless test load which came in at 1250 FPS, this may be able to be improved on. I did not find the recoil of the 150 grns of BP to bad, more of a great shove.

I hope to be testing paradox projectiles by the end of next week. Half the fun is working up loads to get them to shoot. I will let you know how they work out.

Once this is working, I will start on the loads for a my Rugar #1 that is being rechambered to 450 nitro 3 1/4. That will be another thread.

Let me know how the rifled barrels go.

Thanks for your help.

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