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85lc
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Re: A modern howdah cartridge
30/04/24 07:30 AM

Jim C.

You make a great point about smoke from a BP gun obscuring the target. The first time I shot a BP double rifle, I was surprised how little I could see of the target - I was glad I wasn't shooting something that could hurt me.

However, if one were in a howdah (or other small enclosure), I would expect that the firing range of the 1st barrel would be a few feet and the 2nd barrel, the range would be inches if not contact. Smoke likely would not impact the outcome.

However, I don't want to have 1st hand experience to test my theory.

On effectiveness, a 480 gr harden, solid lead bullet at 920 fps should penetrate well and thus could be effective against most game.

However, no pistols (including 500 S&W) are anywhere as effective as a heavy caliber rifle or 12 ga shotgun. That said, in lieu of a pistol, I would rather have a Winchester 97 with slugs. I think that even I, in the face of a dangerous game attack, could operate the slide very quickly.

However, all that said, my thought of a howdah type pictol is is just fun, action shooting -- blowing up rocks, etc.

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RB

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A modern howdah cartridge	NitroX	03/05/22 10:59 PM
Re: A modern howdah cartridge	DarylS	04/05/22 01:51 AM
Re: A modern howdah cartridge	NitroX	30/09/23 03:15 PM
Re: A modern howdah cartridge	DarylS	01/10/23 03:07 AM
Re: A modern howdah cartridge	9.3x57	01/10/23 10:33 AM
Re: A modern howdah cartridge	NitroX	29/04/24 10:46 PM
Re: A modern howdah cartridge	Jim_C	30/04/24 12:37 AM
Re: A modern howdah cartridge	DarylS	30/04/24 12:59 AM
Re: A modern howdah cartridge	lancaster	01/10/23 03:26 PM
Re: A modern howdah cartridge	9.3x57	02/10/23 10:52 AM
Re: A modern howdah cartridge	EDELWEISS	28/04/24 11:43 PM
Re: A modern howdah cartridge	85lc	29/04/24 03:54 AM
Re: A modern howdah cartridge	EDELWEISS	30/04/24 03:07 AM
Re: A modern howdah cartridge	85lc	30/04/24 07:30 AM
Re: A modern howdah cartridge	Hunter4752001	02/10/23 10:21 AM
Re: A modern howdah cartridge	DarylS	02/10/23 10:30 AM
Re: A modern howdah cartridge	degoins	30/09/23 10:42 PM
Re: A modern howdah cartridge	degoins	30/09/23 10:43 PM
Re: A modern howdah cartridge	NitroX	30/09/23 03:10 PM

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