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Ron_Vella
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The .450 #2 passes the test with flying colours!
      15/01/07 02:25 AM

Last Sunday I finally had everything jigged up and ready to go. Fired up the torches and soldered everything together with Hi-Force. Spent each evening last week scraping and stoning all of the surplus solder away. Yesterday I set the gun up in my proofing cradle and put 3 "blue pills" down each barrel. No sign of any problems whatsoever. Then fired 3 rights and 3 lefts, off-hand, with the iron sights, at 25 yards. It was very cold and windy, not really conducive to careful shooting, but each barrel grouped into about 1 1/2", about 6" apart, and on exactly the same vertical plane. Should be a snap now to pull the wedge forward, allowing the muzzles to converge more, and bring the barrel groups together. Another grain of powder, and an additional 50 fps should help with convergence as well. After about 1000 hours of labour, and about $3000 invested in this project, I feel as if I won the lottery yesterday !!! Also, the gun is an absolute pussycat to shoot. 500 grain Hornadys, at 2100 fps, were as comfortable as can be to shoot.

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* The .450 #2 passes the test with flying colours! Ron_Vella 15/01/07 02:25 AM
. * * Re: The .450 #2 passes the test with flying colours! CptCurlAdministrator   15/01/07 11:50 PM
. * * Re: The .450 #2 passes the test with flying colours! 500grains   15/01/07 12:08 PM
. * * Re: The .450 #2 passes the test with flying colours! Ron_Vella   15/01/07 12:31 PM
. * * Re: The .450 #2 passes the test with flying colours! sakmyk   16/01/07 10:50 AM
. * * Re: The .450 #2 passes the test with flying colours! Ron_Vella   16/01/07 12:19 PM
. * * Re: The .450 #2 passes the test with flying colours! Marrakai   17/01/07 01:01 AM
. * * Re: The .450 #2 passes the test with flying colours! Ron_Vella   17/01/07 01:54 AM
. * * Re: The .450 #2 passes the test with flying colours! sakmyk   17/01/07 03:33 AM
. * * Re: The .450 #2 passes the test with flying colours! Ron_Vella   17/01/07 03:58 AM
. * * Re: The .450 #2 passes the test with flying colours! Ron_Vella   06/02/07 03:19 AM
. * * Re: The .450 #2 passes the test with flying colours! Double_Trouble   06/02/07 05:12 AM
. * * Re: The .450 #2 passes the test with flying colours! stoerte   06/02/07 04:51 AM
. * * Re: The .450 #2 passes the test with flying colours! mickey   06/02/07 05:15 AM
. * * Re: The .450 #2 passes the test with flying colours! Ron_Vella   06/02/07 05:22 AM
. * * Re: The .450 #2 passes the test with flying colours! banzaibird   10/02/07 12:07 AM
. * * Re: The .450 #2 passes the test with flying colours! CptCurlAdministrator   29/12/08 01:20 PM
. * * Re: The .450 #2 passes the test with flying colours! *DELETED* Ron_Vella   10/02/07 02:42 AM
. * * Re: The .450 #2 passes the test with flying colours! banzaibird   10/02/07 03:18 AM
. * * Re: The .450 #2 passes the test with flying colours! Ron_Vella   10/02/07 03:40 AM
. * * Re: The .450 #2 passes the test with flying colours! Chasseur   13/02/07 06:36 AM
. * * Re: The .450 #2 passes the test with flying colours! Robgunbuilder   30/12/08 05:00 AM
. * * Re: The .450 #2 passes the test with flying colours! CptCurlAdministrator   30/12/08 11:31 AM
. * * Re: The .450 #2 passes the test with flying colours! Ron_Vella   30/12/08 01:50 PM
. * * Re: The .450 #2 passes the test with flying colours! Sarg   09/01/09 10:05 PM
. * * Re: The .450 #2 passes the test with flying colours! Ron_Vella   10/01/09 06:44 AM
. * * Re: The .450 #2 passes the test with flying colours! Sarg   10/01/09 07:57 AM
. * * Re: The .450 #2 passes the test with flying colours! Birdhunter50   13/01/09 12:27 AM
. * * Re: The .450 #2 passes the test with flying colours! NitroXAdministrator   23/12/15 05:35 PM
. * * Re: The .450 #2 passes the test with flying colours! 4seventy   10/02/07 11:24 PM
. * * Re: The .450 #2 passes the test with flying colours! Ron_Vella   28/12/08 12:58 AM
. * * Re: The .450 #2 passes the test with flying colours! CptCurlAdministrator   28/12/08 01:42 AM
. * * Re: The .450 #2 passes the test with flying colours! Sarg   28/12/08 08:33 PM
. * * Re: The .450 #2 passes the test with flying colours! Ron_Vella   29/12/08 12:41 AM
. * * Re: The .450 #2 passes the test with flying colours! Sarg   29/12/08 08:56 AM
. * * Re: The .450 #2 passes the test with flying colours! Ron_Vella   11/02/07 08:37 AM
. * * Re: The .450 #2 passes the test with flying colours! Bramble   10/02/07 12:58 PM
. * * Re: The .450 #2 passes the test with flying colours! tinker   17/01/07 03:31 AM
. * * Re: The .450 #2 passes the test with flying colours! mickey   15/01/07 07:15 PM
. * * Re: The .450 #2 passes the test with flying colours! sakmyk   15/01/07 05:50 AM
. * * Re: The .450 #2 passes the test with flying colours! tinker   15/01/07 07:46 AM

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