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Re: Alexander Henry 8 bore Double Rifle.
      29/08/14 08:53 AM

TH44,

This rifle has a twist rate of 1:53". That has a lot to do with the amount of recoil that you see and this along with the 1250 grain bullet I think, explains the difference. With 9-drams of Goex Olde Eynesford FFg powder, the barrels are still crossing by about 5-1/2" at 50 yards so more powder will be required--probably 10 or 11 drams. I did a poor job of shooting this rifle but Curl shot it four times and produced two useable right/lefts. I don't get punished nearly as much as Curl and my shoulder wasn't even sore after shooting eight 8-dram cartridges, ten 9-dram cartridges and two 10-dram cartridges. I must be flinching or doing something else wrong though. I'm going to tame this beast eventually! If you shoot anything that kicks hard, invest in a Shooter's Friend slip-on recoil pad from Cabelas--those work very well.

- Jim

PS: I shot some grease grooved 1400 grain hollow-point bullets with 9-drams of Swiss 1-1/2 and that was positively brutal! It felt like the butt was being driven 2" deep into my shoulder and I could only stand to shoot four of those from a standing position. What you see in those videos is positively mild compared to those things!

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* Alexander Henry 8 bore Double Rifle. CptCurlAdministrator 25/08/14 10:35 PM
. * * Re: Alexander Henry 8 bore Double Rifle. NitroXAdministrator   26/08/14 07:08 PM
. * * Re: Alexander Henry 8 bore Double Rifle. Watson577   29/08/14 08:58 AM
. * * Re: Alexander Henry 8 bore Double Rifle. rigbymauser   26/08/14 09:40 PM
. * * Re: Alexander Henry 8 bore Double Rifle. Watson577   29/08/14 09:04 AM
. * * Re: Alexander Henry 8 bore Double Rifle. CptCurlAdministrator   29/08/14 10:13 PM
. * * Re: Alexander Henry 8 bore Double Rifle. Igorrock   30/08/14 12:59 AM
. * * Re: Alexander Henry 8 bore Double Rifle. tinker   27/08/14 01:19 AM
. * * Re: Alexander Henry 8 bore Double Rifle. EDELWEISS   27/08/14 03:58 PM
. * * Re: Alexander Henry 8 bore Double Rifle. MikeRowe   26/08/14 03:33 AM
. * * Re: Alexander Henry 8 bore Double Rifle. Chasseur   26/08/14 04:19 AM
. * * Re: Alexander Henry 8 bore Double Rifle. TH44   26/08/14 08:23 AM
. * * Re: Alexander Henry 8 bore Double Rifle. Watson577   29/08/14 08:53 AM
. * * Re: Alexander Henry 8 bore Double Rifle. rigbymauser   30/08/14 01:15 AM
. * * Re: Alexander Henry 8 bore Double Rifle. 8X57   12/09/14 11:58 PM
. * * Re: Alexander Henry 8 bore Double Rifle. CptCurlAdministrator   13/09/14 11:10 AM
. * * Re: Alexander Henry 8 bore Double Rifle. tinker   26/08/14 09:37 AM
. * * Re: Alexander Henry 8 bore Double Rifle. CptCurlAdministrator   26/08/14 10:24 AM
. * * Re: Alexander Henry 8 bore Double Rifle. MikeRowe   26/08/14 12:10 PM
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