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Re: Holland & Holland 16-Bore 9-Dram Double Rifle
      13/03/17 08:31 AM

I never fooled around with anything except the original Forsyth compound. I tried 8-bore and 12-bore Forsyth shells and I don't think that they would be as powerful as what Daryl describes. The Forsyth shells are pretty hard to set off and I don't think that one would ever go off inside the barrel. For an example, I fired an 8-bore shell into a soft, wet bank once and it didn't go off. The shell was fairly crushed up but I guess that shock wasn't enough to set it off. That shell does have a rather thick nose though.

A failure that really surprised me was when I shot a 12-bore shell into a Paw Paw tree (about like balsa wood) at a downward angle. The shell went through about 7" of wood and then embedded in the ground, unexploded. Again, the shell was fairly crushed up. If you make the nose thin enough or hollow with wax plugging the hole, they will go off reliably in a ¾” thick stack of hanging wet newspaper. I haven’t seen the effect on game but I have a friend that has shot large game with them and he said that they are very effective if you choose the right alloy to match the application.

I may just have to work up a shell design for the 16-bore…

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* Holland & Holland 16-Bore 9-Dram Double Rifle Watson577 16/05/16 04:39 AM
. * * Re: Holland & Holland 16-Bore 9-Dram Double Rifle DarylS   16/05/16 05:28 AM
. * * Re: Holland & Holland 16-Bore 9-Dram Double Rifle Watson577   16/05/16 06:57 AM
. * * Re: Holland & Holland 16-Bore 9-Dram Double Rifle TH44   16/05/16 08:36 AM
. * * Re: Holland & Holland 16-Bore 9-Dram Double Rifle DarylS   16/05/16 09:19 AM
. * * Re: Holland & Holland 16-Bore 9-Dram Double Rifle Watson577   16/05/16 09:52 AM
. * * Re: Holland & Holland 16-Bore 9-Dram Double Rifle Rockdoc   16/05/16 10:29 AM
. * * Re: Holland & Holland 16-Bore 9-Dram Double Rifle Iowa_303s   16/05/16 12:47 PM
. * * Re: Holland & Holland 16-Bore 9-Dram Double Rifle Shackleton   21/01/17 02:26 AM
. * * Re: Holland & Holland 16-Bore 9-Dram Double Rifle sharps4590   26/01/17 11:53 PM
. * * Re: Holland & Holland 16-Bore 9-Dram Double Rifle 500Boswell   21/01/17 07:47 AM
. * * Re: Holland & Holland 16-Bore 9-Dram Double Rifle Watson577   23/01/17 07:55 AM
. * * Re: Holland & Holland 16-Bore 9-Dram Double Rifle MikeRowe   23/01/17 11:06 AM
. * * Re: Holland & Holland 16-Bore 9-Dram Double Rifle HeymSR20   25/01/17 04:17 AM
. * * Re: Holland & Holland 16-Bore 9-Dram Double Rifle NitroXAdministrator   26/01/17 06:23 PM
. * * Re: Holland & Holland 16-Bore 9-Dram Double Rifle DarylS   21/02/17 06:37 AM
. * * Re: Holland & Holland 16-Bore 9-Dram Double Rifle NitroXAdministrator   21/02/17 11:51 PM
. * * Re: Holland & Holland 16-Bore 9-Dram Double Rifle Watson577   27/01/17 09:16 AM
. * * Re: Holland & Holland 16-Bore 9-Dram Double Rifle MikeRowe   27/01/17 10:38 AM
. * * Re: Holland & Holland 16-Bore 9-Dram Double Rifle CptCurlAdministrator   28/01/17 09:09 AM
. * * Re: Holland & Holland 16-Bore 9-Dram Double Rifle Watson577   28/01/17 12:53 PM
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. * * Re: Holland & Holland 16-Bore 9-Dram Double Rifle NitroXAdministrator   28/01/17 04:39 PM
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. * * Re: Holland & Holland 16-Bore 9-Dram Double Rifle lonewulf   27/02/17 05:26 AM
. * * Re: Holland & Holland 16-Bore 9-Dram Double Rifle Watson577   27/02/17 10:12 AM
. * * Re: Holland & Holland 16-Bore 9-Dram Double Rifle DarylS   27/02/17 10:37 AM
. * * Re: Holland & Holland 16-Bore 9-Dram Double Rifle Watson577   28/02/17 11:29 AM
. * * Re: Holland & Holland 16-Bore 9-Dram Double Rifle NitroXAdministrator   28/02/17 12:01 PM
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. * * Re: Holland & Holland 16-Bore 9-Dram Double Rifle CptCurlAdministrator   27/01/17 02:55 AM
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. * * Re: Holland & Holland 16-Bore 9-Dram Double Rifle CptCurlAdministrator   12/01/17 12:02 AM
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. * * Re: Holland & Holland 16-Bore 9-Dram Double Rifle NitroXAdministrator   18/05/16 03:37 AM
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