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Kaimiloa
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Reged: 12/03/09
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Loc: Arizona, USA

Re: 1840's Harkom
31/03/09 07:44 PM

Hi Mike,
If you are going to shoot that beauty, try 79 gr. by volume of Goex or Scheutzen 2F B.P, and 1 1/16 oz of nickel-plated shot from Ballistic Products, using a good wad column. My old pitted barrels (most are) don't care for the cheap fiber wads and prefer something with a better seal such as a .125 thick "nitro" card plus two Wonder Wads - at least one of them lubed. Or simply two WWs. I don't use plastic wads in old barrels, both to keep pressure low and to avoid plastic fouling in the pits.

I have done a LOT of patterning with old pitted barrels and find the nickel plated shot well worth the cost: 8-9% better patterns and far better penetration on game - especially the feathered type. NP 6s will penetrate as well as lead 4s or 5s. For ducks, No. 4 Bismuth is fine in old barrels.

Aloha, Ka'imiloa

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Subject	Posted by	Posted on
1840's Harkom	Mike_Bailey	30/03/09 08:24 PM
Re: 1840's Harkom	Dphariss	31/03/09 02:53 AM
Re: 1840's Harkom	DarylS	31/03/09 07:54 AM
Re: 1840's Harkom	Kaimiloa	31/03/09 07:44 PM
Re: 1840's Harkom	Mike_Bailey	31/03/09 11:25 PM
Re: 1840's Harkom	Kaimiloa	01/04/09 06:02 PM
Re: 1840's Harkom	Dphariss	02/04/09 05:33 PM
Re: 1840's Harkom	Mike_Bailey	02/04/09 06:09 PM
Re: 1840's Harkom	Kaimiloa	03/04/09 04:52 PM
Re: 1840's Harkom	Kaimiloa	06/04/09 05:42 PM
Re: 1840's Harkom	Mike_Bailey	06/04/09 09:53 PM
Re: 1840's Harkom	Kaimiloa	07/04/09 05:27 PM
Re: 1840's Harkom	Mike_Bailey	01/04/09 06:23 PM
Re: 1840's Harkom	DarylS	02/04/09 12:59 AM
Re: 1840's Harkom	Kaimiloa	03/04/09 05:16 PM
Re: 1840's Harkom	DarylS	04/04/09 03:10 AM
Re: 1840's Harkom	Kaimiloa	06/04/09 05:31 PM
Re: 1840's Harkom	DarylS	07/04/09 01:08 AM
Re: 1840's Harkom	Kaimiloa	07/04/09 05:41 PM
Re: 1840's Harkom	Mike_Bailey	08/04/09 12:35 AM
Re: 1840's Harkom	DarylS	01/04/09 02:14 AM
Re: 1840's Harkom	Mike_Bailey	30/03/09 08:32 PM
Re: 1840's Harkom	peter	30/03/09 10:53 PM
Re: 1840's Harkom	Mike_Bailey	31/03/09 12:11 AM
Re: 1840's Harkom	Mike_Bailey	31/03/09 12:22 AM

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