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JohnTheGreek
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Re: 2 bore. Nope, it's not a joke. It's REAL !
06/09/08 08:32 PM

Wow, that is some serious inletting work there! Lots of QUALITY labor embodied in this piece! On a pedantic note, Baker's baby was not a two bore but a four bore firing 1/2 pound conicals which led to the confusion. He wrote of firing charges well beyond 16 drams. I hate to say this but I would worry about penetration on elephant with "only" 10-12 drams pushing a 3500 grain ball. Such charges were fine for 8 bores but were probably considered very light even for the four bores (as Baker's writings indicate)....much less something like this beast. A charge of 275 grains in my 16.5 pound 8 bore is VERY tolerable so, given the weight of this thing, I would start at 15 drams and work up to your tolerance.

Hope this helps.

John

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2 bore. Nope, it's not a joke. It's REAL !	szihn	05/09/08 11:42 AM
Re: 2 bore. Nope, it's not a joke. It's REAL !	NitroSteel	10/11/08 01:38 PM
Re: 2 bore. Nope, it's not a joke. It's REAL !	DarylS	11/11/08 04:45 AM
Re: 2 bore. Nope, it's not a joke. It's REAL !	bigdog	12/11/08 11:34 AM
Re: 2 bore. Nope, it's not a joke. It's REAL !	ChrisPer	12/11/08 09:20 PM
Re: 2 bore. Nope, it's not a joke. It's REAL !	DarylS	13/11/08 02:29 AM
Re: 2 bore. Nope, it's not a joke. It's REAL !	bigdog	13/11/08 05:58 PM
Re: 2 bore. Nope, it's not a joke. It's REAL !	ALAN_MCKENZIE	13/11/08 11:03 PM
Re: 2 bore. Nope, it's not a joke. It's REAL !	DarylS	14/11/08 02:11 AM
Re: 2 bore. Nope, it's not a joke. It's REAL !	MacNaughton360	06/09/08 02:30 AM
Re: 2 bore. Nope, it's not a joke. It's REAL !	CowboyCS	06/09/08 03:01 AM
Re: 2 bore. Nope, it's not a joke. It's REAL !	bigdog	06/09/08 06:58 AM
Re: 2 bore. Nope, it's not a joke. It's REAL !	szihn	06/09/08 03:06 PM
Re: 2 bore. Nope, it's not a joke. It's REAL !	JohnTheGreek	06/09/08 08:32 PM
Re: 2 bore. Nope, it's not a joke. It's REAL !	Glenn_Fewless	07/09/08 03:17 AM
Re: 2 bore. Nope, it's not a joke. It's REAL !	JohnTheGreek	07/09/08 04:08 PM
Re: 2 bore. Nope, it's not a joke. It's REAL !	szihn	14/10/08 05:40 AM
Re: 2 bore. Nope, it's not a joke. It's REAL !	bigdog	07/09/08 07:18 AM
Re: 2 bore. Nope, it's not a joke. It's REAL !	mehulkamdar	05/09/08 02:57 PM
Re: 2 bore. Nope, it's not a joke. It's REAL !	szihn	05/09/08 03:39 PM
Re: 2 bore. Nope, it's not a joke. It's REAL !	DarylS	06/09/08 12:28 AM
Re: 2 bore. Nope, it's not a joke. It's REAL !	Mike_Bailey	06/09/08 01:19 AM
Re: 2 bore. Nope, it's not a joke. It's REAL !	szihn	06/09/08 01:35 AM
Re: 2 bore. Nope, it's not a joke. It's REAL !	tinker	06/09/08 01:50 AM
Re: 2 bore. Nope, it's not a joke. It's REAL !	degoins	06/09/08 02:04 AM
Re: 2 bore. Nope, it's not a joke. It's REAL !	DarylS	05/09/08 11:49 AM

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