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I just had a shooting weekend. Watson577 was here with his 8 bore A. Henry rifle. We spent all day Saturday working on loads for that beast. Here are a few videos of me shooting it (my first ever shots with an 8 bore rifle).

This rifle is just over 16 pounds.

The load was 9 drams (246 grains) of black powder with a 1250 grain paper patched conical bullet. This rifle uses the 3-3/4" case. It's a big cartridge!

Curl

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Good stuff mate.

What velocity does the 8-bore do? I am interested in calculating its recoil. Assuming black powder uses the same formula as nitro and I assume it does.

Edited: The case length is 3-3/4". Original post said 3-1/2".

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John aka NitroX

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Edited by CptCurl (26/08/14 07:42 PM)

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