Forums.NitroExpress.com

Home | Ezine | Forums | Links | Contact NitroExpress.com: Bore-Gun Weights and Charges

View recent messages : 24 hours | 48 hours | 7 days | 14 days | 30 days | 60 days | More Smilies

*** Enjoy NitroExpress.com? Participate and join in. ***

You are not logged in. [Login]

Main Index · Search · Active Topics
New user · Who's Online · FAQ · Calendar

Double Rifles, Single Shots & Combinations >> Paradox and Bore Guns

Marrakai
.416 member

Reged: 09/01/03
Posts: 3652
Loc: Darwin, Top End of Australia

Re: Bore-Gun Weights and Charges
06/07/07 12:28 AM

Here's WW Greener's views on the subject at the time, from 'The Gun and Its Development':

The Double 4-bore with 20-inch barrels weighs 14 to 18 lbs; charge weight 12 to 14 drams; spherical ball 1510 grains.
Most were smooth-bore for use up to 60 yds max.

Double 8-bore:
Paper-Case Rifle: spherical ball 1092 grains.
Brass-Case Rifle: conical ball 1310 gr.
Gun weight: 20-inch barrels 11 1/2 lbs; 24-inch barrels 15 lbs.
Charge weight 10 drams, up to 12 drams with spherical ball.

A Greener 8-bore shot at the 1883 Field Rifle Trials with 10-dram load and spherical ball weighed 'only' 13 lbs.

This table of recommended bore-gun weights is presented:

It appears that Greener varied the gun-weight according to barrel-length, rather than charge weight. It is not clear whether the gun-weight dictated the barrel-length, ie if a customer specified an 11-pound 10-bore, then he got 26-inch barrels whether he liked it or not!

More to follow.....

--------------------
Marrakai
When the bull drops, the bullshit stops!
--------------------------------
www.marrakai-adventure.com.au

Post Extras

Print Post

Remind Me!

Notify Moderator

Entire topic
Subject	Posted by	Posted on
Bore-Gun Weights and Charges	Marrakai	05/07/07 10:49 PM
Re: Bore-Gun Weights and Charges	Marrakai	06/07/07 12:28 AM
Re: Bore-Gun Weights and Charges	peter	06/07/07 02:21 AM
Re: Bore-Gun Weights and Charges	Marrakai	06/07/07 11:19 PM
Re: Bore-Gun Weights and Charges	gatsby	07/07/07 05:13 PM
Re: Bore-Gun Weights and Charges	Marrakai	09/07/07 01:18 PM
Re: Bore-Gun Weights and Charges	gatsby	09/07/07 05:27 PM
Re: Bore-Gun Weights and Charges	DarylS	20/07/07 05:11 AM
Re: Bore-Gun Weights and Charges	empirevr	26/07/07 10:12 AM
Re: Bore-Gun Weights and Charges	empirevr	14/10/07 10:09 AM
Re: Bore-Gun Weights and Charges	gatsby	15/10/07 02:32 AM
Re: Bore-Gun Weights and Charges	empirevr	15/10/07 03:15 AM
Re: Bore-Gun Weights and Charges	DarylS	15/10/07 09:29 AM
Re: Bore-Gun Weights and Charges	empirevr	15/10/07 08:07 PM
Re: Bore-Gun Weights and Charges	DarylS	15/10/07 11:18 PM
Re: Bore-Gun Weights and Charges	rigbymauser	16/10/07 03:23 AM
Re: Bore-Gun Weights and Charges	gatsby	16/10/07 03:27 PM
Re: Bore-Gun Weights and Charges	rigbymauser	05/03/08 07:29 AM
Re: Bore-Gun Weights and Charges	DarylS	05/03/08 02:00 PM
Re: Bore-Gun Weights and Charges	ellenbr	05/03/08 03:53 AM

Extra information

1 registered and 105 anonymous users are browsing this forum.

Moderator: tinker

Forum Permissions
      You cannot start new topics
      You cannot reply to topics
      HTML is disabled
      UBBCode is enabled

Rating:
Thread views: 9901

Jump to

NitroExpress.com

Powered by UBB.threads™ 6.5.5

Home | Ezine | Forums | Links | Contact

Copyright 2003 to 2011 - all rights reserved