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DUGABOY1
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Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?
12/05/04 02:54 AM

I just noticed RLI was in Aussie land,and I will edit my post to the attention of US citizens, only! My post does not apply to him, or anyone outside the USA! However, for those who are in the USA, do not think because this can be done legally in Australia, it will not be frowned on here! The mere suggesting doing it here may get you a visit! The Patriot act leaves some real holes in your rights today! My advice to the US citizens is, tread lightly! The key words like Patriot act,ATF, Sawed off, short barrel, in this, and my other post may throw up a flag on big brother's computer chatter watchers, looking for terrorest action.

In OZ, if it is legal, the Pedersoli would work fine, by simply lopping off the barrels just in front of the fore end, and re-doing the tangs to a better pistol grip angle! The 45-70 would be a perfect round for this, if the barrels are left at around 12" to 14", and a fast powder like IMR3031, or one of the Aussie powders with the same generel burning rate, is used . The cartridges used in howdah pistols were large diameter, and had very short cases. The cartridge mentioned by Marrakai is perfect, the 577 Snider carbine,(SHORT), or the 58 Berdan Carbine, were both chambered in original H Ps. Both are British, in that they were designed by Americans, but were not accepted for military rounds in the USA, but both picked up by the Britts. The standard NE rounds for Double rifles are much too long to do well in a pistol. The barrels are not long enough to burn the amount of powder used in those long cases.

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Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	RLI	10/05/04 08:55 AM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	NitroX	13/05/04 11:04 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	RLI	13/05/04 11:45 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	BigEyeBob	04/07/20 08:21 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	tinker	05/07/20 12:27 AM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	DarylS	05/07/20 01:22 AM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	congomike	12/05/04 01:39 AM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	NitroX	10/05/04 10:25 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	RLI	11/05/04 10:35 AM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	DUGABOY1	11/05/04 10:53 AM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	NitroX	11/05/04 02:21 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	DUGABOY1	12/05/04 02:54 AM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	mehulkamdar	24/05/04 08:50 AM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	Hobie	14/06/04 06:21 AM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	mehulkamdar	21/06/04 02:38 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	mehulkamdar	17/06/04 12:28 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	Gibbs505	13/06/04 03:04 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	mehulkamdar	17/06/04 12:21 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	Gibbs505	18/06/04 10:14 AM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	docEE	20/06/04 11:42 AM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	Marrakai	20/06/04 11:15 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	NitroX	21/06/04 02:52 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	RLI	10/08/05 07:08 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	Marrakai	10/08/05 07:34 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	RLI	10/08/05 07:37 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	DarylS	18/08/05 04:25 AM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	RLI	18/08/05 02:30 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	rgp	18/08/05 04:09 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	NitroX	24/06/20 11:52 AM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	NitroX	24/06/20 08:34 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	NitroX	24/06/20 09:50 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	NitroX	24/06/20 10:04 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	NitroX	24/06/20 10:18 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	NitroX	24/06/20 10:29 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	NitroX	24/06/20 10:53 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	tinker	25/06/20 12:21 AM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	NitroX	25/06/20 12:11 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	tinker	25/06/20 12:18 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	NitroX	25/06/20 02:37 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	tinker	25/06/20 03:04 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	ducmarc	01/07/20 11:55 AM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	tinker	01/07/20 12:21 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	Poacher	18/08/05 03:58 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	Marrakai	10/08/05 07:45 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	lar45	21/06/04 02:42 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	RLI	11/05/04 03:08 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	NitroX	11/05/04 03:17 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	Marrakai	12/05/04 11:17 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	Poacher	18/08/05 01:01 AM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	RLI	15/05/04 06:01 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	RLI	13/05/04 08:41 AM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	470Rigby	13/05/04 10:33 AM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	RLI	13/05/04 11:14 AM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	470Rigby	13/05/04 02:33 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	Marrakai	14/05/04 09:33 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	RLI	17/05/04 05:13 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	Marrakai	17/05/04 10:54 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	lar45	19/05/04 01:35 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	NitroX	19/05/04 10:49 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	lar45	20/05/04 04:36 AM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	lar45	22/05/04 01:07 AM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	RLI	22/05/04 07:53 AM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	lar45	22/05/04 08:56 AM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	RLI	22/05/04 09:07 AM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	RLI	19/05/04 02:40 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	lar45	20/05/04 04:12 AM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	mickey	19/05/04 01:50 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	RLI	15/05/04 09:40 AM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	NitroX	13/05/04 11:02 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	RLI	11/05/04 03:33 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	mickey	11/05/04 04:19 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	RLI	11/05/04 09:52 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	NitroX	11/05/04 11:03 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	Marrakai	11/05/04 11:26 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	RLI	11/05/04 11:20 AM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	470Rigby	10/05/04 11:40 PM
Re: Howdah Pistol in modern calibres?	Gibbs505	10/05/04 10:25 AM

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