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Hi

Thanks gents

Im talking bp but nitro info is handy too..........isnt it the same thing anyway? i.e. differences are the same just in different levels???

Thanks

Ben

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I hope I'm reading your question right. There is a huge difference in the BP and the Nitro.
Enough so, that it's extremely dangerous if you have a BP cartridge gun and fire a nitro load in it. We're talking visits to the hospital here.
So, in other words, make sure, if you have one, what it is originally chambered for.
The .577 nitro versions are on average TWICE as powerful. If you have a BP .577 that with full loads produces 3500ft.pds., and mistakenly load it with a .577nitro that produces 7010ft.pds., then it will not only ruin a fine gun, but may also harm yourself or a bystander in the process.
Loads are usually stamped on the gun, but if not, take it to an expert and find out.
Again, you may already know this, and I hope so. But, I was hoping I was reading your question in the format you meant it to be in. With due respect to you, I simply had to add this imformation for safety's sake. After all, a bad thing only has to happen once.
As for the cartridges, like the brass itself, they are mostly the same thing, except for the coiled-brass versions, which if you've ever held one, is the weird-est thing you'll ever see in a cartridge. The bullets differ. As in lead bullets for the BP versions. Then the NFB versions, which could have jacketed bullets.
The NFB-nitro-for-black versions are smokeless, but work at the same pressure as the BP versions.
I know, it's confusing, but don't fear, because if you have a gun in any of these chamberings, it should not be too hard to find out what it is meant to actually shoot. In a double, it should have the regulation load stamped on it somewhere. Remember some letters for the stampings: as in "C" for cordite, etc. The blackpowder versions will usually just list grain weight, because smokeless was not yet invented and therefore there was no need to distinguish. Blackpowder bullet weights were lighter. That is a key. If you have a bullet weight stamped of 750, then it is possibly cordite, and also, the overall cofiguration of the gun itself,-not definative, but will give you hints. Still, after all of this, go ahead and have it inspected by an expert in the field.

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Edited by walksfar (21/05/07 06:16 AM)

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