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degoins
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Re: Hardened round ball or bullet?
      26/03/08 09:50 PM

Ok, I'm very new to muzzle loading and casting so take this for what it's worth......I killed a pig a couple of weeks ago(the one that I posted the link to the picture of) with my 8 bore built by Steve and used a round ball cast of pure lead. The ball wizzed right through the pig, scraped the side of a gum tree about 20 yards beyond the pig and slammed into a cypress tree about 20 yards beyond that. As soon as I can get back there to dig it out I will post a picture of the ball. I killed a smaller pig that same day, but hit it in the face with grotesque results. During the deer season I killed a big doe and a small buck with this same combo.......both complete pass throughs. All that to say, I dont think you will have any penetration issues with the round ball on pigs and they are much easier to load.

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* Hardened round ball or bullet? beleg2 26/03/08 12:26 PM
. * * Re: Hardened round ball or bullet? DarylSModerator   27/03/08 03:32 AM
. * * Re: Hardened round ball or bullet? beleg2   27/03/08 04:26 AM
. * * Re: Hardened round ball or bullet? 88MauSporter   27/03/08 09:48 AM
. * * Re: Hardened round ball or bullet? szihn   27/03/08 11:08 AM
. * * Re: Hardened round ball or bullet? degoins   27/03/08 10:00 PM
. * * Re: Hardened round ball or bullet? degoins   27/03/08 10:00 PM
. * * Re: Hardened round ball or bullet? DarylSModerator   28/03/08 12:11 AM
. * * Re: Hardened round ball or bullet? szihn   28/03/08 01:11 AM
. * * Re: Hardened round ball or bullet? DarylSModerator   29/03/08 02:02 AM
. * * Re: Hardened round ball or bullet? degoins   29/03/08 03:12 AM
. * * Re: Hardened round ball or bullet? DarylSModerator   29/03/08 07:31 AM
. * * Re: Hardened round ball or bullet? degoins   29/03/08 09:20 AM
. * * Re: Hardened round ball or bullet? beleg2   28/03/08 06:10 AM
. * * Re: Hardened round ball or bullet? degoins   28/03/08 09:51 PM
. * * Re: Hardened round ball or bullet? degoins   27/03/08 04:24 AM
. * * Re: Hardened round ball or bullet? Dphariss   27/03/08 03:29 AM
. * * Re: Hardened round ball or bullet? szihn   26/03/08 03:21 PM
. * * Re: Hardened round ball or bullet? degoins   26/03/08 09:50 PM
. * * Re: Hardened round ball or bullet? beleg2   27/03/08 03:13 AM

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