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szihn
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Re: Zihn/Rigby rifle
      07/08/08 02:06 AM

You are correct Dan. Harder balls make these guns work extremely well on elk and moose. On deer it doesn't seem to make much difference. Ordinary wheel weights work fine for elk, and if you want ever better penetration, (for moose or any game over 1000 pounds) just water drop them and roll them on files to texture the surface. The texture keeps them from slipping in the patch, and they shoot just as well as soft lead.

I shot through both shoulders of a moose a few years ago with a hard .62 cal ball. It was the only moose I have ever shot that dropped at the shot. I have killed 2 with a 375H&H and one with a 348 Winchester, and all died within a minute or less, but none dropped at the shot. My flintlock dropped the moose. A 66 would be better still.

I am going to start a 12 bore in the not-to-distant future. I bet it's REALLY going to be a meat maker.


Edited by szihn (07/09/08 02:31 AM)

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* Zihn/Rigby rifle Tatume 05/08/08 12:16 AM
. * * Re: Zihn/Rigby rifle Dphariss   07/08/08 01:53 AM
. * * Re: Zihn/Rigby rifle szihn   07/08/08 02:06 AM
. * * Re: Zihn/Rigby rifle Tatume   06/09/08 10:18 PM
. * * Re: Zihn/Rigby rifle szihn   07/09/08 02:12 AM
. * * Re: Zihn/Rigby rifle Tatume   26/10/08 06:04 AM
. * * Re: Zihn/Rigby rifle DarylSModerator   15/11/08 06:58 AM
. * * Re: Zihn/Rigby rifle szihn   26/10/08 07:07 AM
. * * Re: Zihn/Rigby rifle mehulkamdar   26/10/08 11:55 AM
. * * Re: Zihn/Rigby rifle richla   26/10/08 12:07 PM
. * * Re: Zihn/Rigby rifle tinker   07/09/08 02:49 AM
. * * Re: Zihn/Rigby rifle szihn   07/09/08 03:51 AM
. * * Re: Zihn/Rigby rifle richla   26/10/08 03:13 AM
. * * Re: Zihn/Rigby rifle tinker   26/10/08 04:46 AM
. * * Re: Zihn/Rigby rifle AzGuy   05/08/08 05:37 AM
. * * Re: Zihn/Rigby rifle Tatume   05/08/08 06:08 AM
. * * Re: Zihn/Rigby rifle szihn   05/08/08 11:08 AM
. * * Re: Zihn/Rigby rifle Marrakai   05/08/08 12:43 AM
. * * Re: Zihn/Rigby rifle szihn   05/08/08 02:44 AM
. * * Re: Zihn/Rigby rifle Tatume   05/08/08 03:04 AM
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