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DarylS
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Re: Big bore big Game penetration
22/12/05 05:57 AM

I seem to recall Selous 4 bore was a shortened Dutch fowler. The barrel was shortened to something like 24" or 26".
: I-too would hope for more weight than a 'fowler' might have. Perhaps it will have enough weight. The double barreled 4 bores weighed some 20 lbs. to 24 lbs. yet kicked horrendously - well over 200lb. recoil as tested by W.W. Greener. A .460 WTBY has some 86 pounds recoil for expample, and a .458 Winchester some 56 pounds recoil.
: .955" sounds a bit small, but then, a smoothbore requires a smaller ball than a rifle does. .955" is just over 6 bore which is around .92", I believe. Is a 4 bore not 1.1"? If so, I would think a ball 1.05" would allow a .030" thick patch which is very heavy denim, with .005" compression each side. This would be very easy to load and shoot. I would think a .955 ball too small (for a 1.1" bore), requiring a .073" thick patch just to reach each side.
: Is it possible, they are making a smaller, 5 bore instead? For all intents and purposes, it is much the same.
: Too many questions without having the gun in your hands- sorry, but, food for thought, just the same.

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Daryl

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Big bore big Game penetration	BlainSmipy	01/12/05 07:12 AM
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Re: Big bore big Game penetration	BlainSmipy	03/12/05 05:23 AM
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Re: Big bore big Game penetration	Plains99	13/12/05 07:47 AM
Re: Big bore big Game penetration	BlainSmipy	15/12/05 07:04 AM
Re: Big bore big Game penetration	Plains99	17/12/05 07:33 AM
Re: Big bore big Game penetration	BlainSmipy	17/12/05 10:47 AM
Re: Big bore big Game penetration	Plains99	19/12/05 04:47 AM
Re: Big bore big Game penetration	BlainSmipy	19/12/05 11:29 AM
Re: Big bore big Game penetration	BlainSmipy	04/12/05 03:56 AM
Re: Big bore big Game penetration	DarylS	08/12/05 07:18 AM
Re: Big bore big Game penetration	BlainSmipy	08/12/05 11:12 AM
Re: Big bore big Game penetration	DarylS	02/12/05 05:28 AM
Re: Big bore big Game penetration	BlainSmipy	19/12/05 12:15 PM
Re: Big bore big Game penetration	DarylS	21/12/05 05:52 AM
Re: Big bore big Game penetration	bonanza	20/12/05 02:35 AM
Re: Big bore big Game penetration	Plains99	20/12/05 04:42 AM
Re: Big bore big Game penetration	BlainSmipy	20/12/05 03:03 PM
Re: Big bore big Game penetration	Plains99	21/12/05 03:11 AM
Re: Big bore big Game penetration	BillfromOregon	21/12/05 03:27 AM
Re: Big bore big Game penetration	Plains99	22/12/05 03:59 AM
Re: Big bore big Game penetration	DarylS	22/12/05 05:57 AM
Re: Big bore big Game penetration	Plains99	22/12/05 10:45 AM
Re: Big bore big Game penetration	BlainSmipy	22/12/05 12:50 PM
Re: Big bore big Game penetration	DarylS	23/12/05 04:14 PM
Re: Big bore big Game penetration	BlainSmipy	09/01/06 05:22 PM
Re: Big bore big Game penetration	DarylS	10/01/06 03:50 AM
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Re: Big bore big Game penetration	DarylS	10/01/06 08:44 AM
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Re: Big bore big Game penetration	DarylS	20/01/06 07:14 AM
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