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Marrakai
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Re: Did Paradox guns exist before cartridge guns
27/06/20 06:40 PM

John:
Dunno about #8, but #6 usually throws a good cylinder-bore pattern from a nitro paradox.
The 1910-12 Holland & Holland catalogue used to be available through a resource page somewhere on these forums.
There are diagrams of the patterns shot during the trials included there.

Nah.... just looked. Only for the 16-bore, and that looks contrived.
Maybe its in Greener's tome?

Hmm. Found a table of right & left barrel pattern data in the "Col. Fosbery and the Paradox Gun" article that accompanied the 1973 reprint of the H&H catalogue.
That will have to do!

Number of #6 pellets in 30-inch circle at 40 yds
right: 206 left: 194
right: 179 left: 209
right: 220 left: 170
This was with the BP loads, not nitro.
Patterns were described as very even, and better than cylinder.

The article further describes the following at 50 yards:
right: 130 left: 126
as being equal to a first-rate cylinder at 40 yds.

...and at 60 yards:
right: 113 left: 117
to equal a moderate cylinder pattern at 40 yds.

Seems fine to me!

Ha! Yet another edit.
Just found the Paradox shot patterns in the 1900 H&H Catalogue, page 26.
They look contrived too, though...

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Edited by Marrakai (27/06/20 07:04 PM)

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Did Paradox guns exist before cartridge guns	EDELWEISS	09/06/20 10:50 PM
Re: Did Paradox guns exist before cartridge guns	DarylS	10/06/20 02:37 AM
Re: Did Paradox guns exist before cartridge guns	tinker	10/06/20 06:43 AM
Re: Did Paradox guns exist before cartridge guns	EDELWEISS	10/06/20 09:45 AM
Re: Did Paradox guns exist before cartridge guns	tinker	10/06/20 01:06 PM
Re: Did Paradox guns exist before cartridge guns	NitroX	10/06/20 05:53 PM
Re: Did Paradox guns exist before cartridge guns	NitroX	10/06/20 06:09 PM
Re: Did Paradox guns exist before cartridge guns	EDELWEISS	10/06/20 10:45 PM
Re: Did Paradox guns exist before cartridge guns	NitroX	11/06/20 05:39 AM
Re: Did Paradox guns exist before cartridge guns	EDELWEISS	11/06/20 09:19 AM
Re: Did Paradox guns exist before cartridge guns	NitroX	11/06/20 08:27 PM
Re: Did Paradox guns exist before cartridge guns	EDELWEISS	11/06/20 10:17 PM
Re: Did Paradox guns exist before cartridge guns	NitroX	11/06/20 11:58 PM
Re: Did Paradox guns exist before cartridge guns	TH44	12/06/20 10:17 AM
Re: Did Paradox guns exist before cartridge guns	Huvius	12/06/20 12:49 PM
Re: Did Paradox guns exist before cartridge guns	DarylS	13/06/20 01:57 AM
Re: Did Paradox guns exist before cartridge guns	Heelerau	27/06/20 07:52 AM
Re: Did Paradox guns exist before cartridge guns	NitroX	27/06/20 04:36 PM
Re: Did Paradox guns exist before cartridge guns	Marrakai	27/06/20 06:40 PM
Re: Did Paradox guns exist before cartridge guns	tinker	11/06/20 12:28 AM
Re: Did Paradox guns exist before cartridge guns	DarylS	11/06/20 01:44 AM
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