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DarylS
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Re: Black Powder PRB for Buff
26/07/11 08:30 AM

Oh yeah - that's nice - for a change of pace. I think one should keep the lines quite English for the comb and heel so it mounts like a shotgun - sights all lined up. Go slow and try for fit often while shaping the butt stock. Will be nice.

To me, it appears the comb is perhaps 1/4" too high, and the heel 3/4" too low. The beauti of the design I note,is that is points like a shotgun, sights lined up. Of course, different physiques demand slightly different measurements. Have you handled the gun in the picture?

What wood?

The hammers are especially nicely carved - the dophin head(or whatever it is) was quite popular - on English guns too. They are nice indeed.

It shouldn't be too difficult to shape the fences as in the picture as there is usually a lot more metal than required.

Keep in mind, although these guns kick a bit, the actual pressures generated are quite low compared to a little .40, .45 ro .50 cal. RB rifle. I am certain that is why many larger bored guns have much thinner barrel steels in comparrison, than smaller bored guns. To get the pressure up over 10,000PSI in a 14 or 12 bore takes a LOT of powder - more than any normal man will shoot, yet most normal 50 and 100 yard loads breech that pressure by 50% in the small bore RB rifles & by up to 300% when shooting slugs.

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Daryl

"a gun without hammers is like a Spaniel without ears" King George V

Edited by Daryl_S (26/07/11 08:55 AM)

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Black Powder PRB for Buff	Supercracker	20/05/11 05:36 AM
Re: Black Powder PRB for Buff	Dphariss	07/01/12 09:02 AM
Re: Black Powder PRB for Buff	Supercracker	07/01/12 11:15 AM
Re: Black Powder PRB for Buff	DarylS	07/01/12 11:42 AM
Re: Black Powder PRB for Buff	Tatume	20/05/11 05:57 AM
Re: Black Powder PRB for Buff	NitroX	20/05/11 07:27 AM
Re: Black Powder PRB for Buff	AFRO408	20/05/11 07:45 AM
Re: Black Powder PRB for Buff	500Nitro	20/05/11 07:41 AM
Re: Black Powder PRB for Buff	Supercracker	20/05/11 07:37 AM
Re: Black Powder PRB for Buff	NitroX	20/05/11 07:59 AM
Re: Black Powder PRB for Buff	tinker	20/05/11 01:32 PM
Re: Black Powder PRB for Buff	Supercracker	21/05/11 02:33 AM
Re: Black Powder PRB for Buff	DarylS	24/05/11 09:49 AM
Re: Black Powder PRB for Buff	Supercracker	26/07/11 12:12 AM
Re: Black Powder PRB for Buff	DarylS	26/07/11 01:11 AM
Re: Black Powder PRB for Buff	Supercracker	26/07/11 01:30 AM
Re: Black Powder PRB for Buff	DarylS	26/07/11 02:15 AM
Re: Black Powder PRB for Buff	Supercracker	26/07/11 03:15 AM
Re: Black Powder PRB for Buff	DarylS	26/07/11 08:30 AM
Re: Black Powder PRB for Buff	Supercracker	27/07/11 11:33 PM

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