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[Noisydad]

Are the ballistics about the same as a shotgun solid.I see that you dont have gas checks.Would really not wish to step in front off that bigass slug

It shoots 12" high at 80 yards and dead at 120 with a 65 grain charge of 2F. More powder significantly increases recoil without flattening trajectory.

[riggee]

The bullet is up sized from .575 to .579/.580 for a better fit in my barrel.

You mean you actually size up and existing bullet or they're cast bigger than standard spec to start with?

[Noisydad]

The bullet is up sized from .575 to .579/.580 for a better fit in my barrel.

You mean you actually size up and existing bullet or they're cast bigger than standard spec to start with?

Yes I size them up! Minnie bullets are made from pure soft lead so I machined a simple die so I can squeeze them lengthways and make them swell to the required diameter. It doesn't take much pressure to move soft lead 4-5 thousands and it took away the random bullet strikes and shrank groups by inches.

[bigpete]

Nice ! I wonder if that would work with mine

[bigpete]

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[bigpete]

Wow this thread is going well

[Gamerancher]

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Here ya go BigPete. My two Blackpowder Cartridge Rifles.
Top one is a Shiloh Sharps. Caliber .40-70 Straight Sharps. I use this one for Silhouette.
Bottom is a C.P.A - Stevens in .45-90. I had this one built for long range Blackpowder target shooting ( out to 1100 + yards)
Both fire cartridges but loaded only with blackpowder and cast lead projectiles.
Note the height of the rear sight on the bottom one, that's the 1000yard setting.

[bigpete]

Very nice. Would love a sharps rifle one day

[Noisydad]

Its hard to be bothered picking up anything designed after 1900 once you're bitten. They're all just so...well...BORING!

[bigpete]

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[on_one_wheel]

Great photos !

Looking at that ball you could almost reload it as is.

[bigpete]

Ha ha maybe not

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[on_one_wheel]

I just received my capper. It's made from German Silver so it should stay reasonably shiny.

It will make capping the nipple quite a bit less fiddly and prevent me from spilling the tiny little container of caps.

German Silver is basicly brass with nickel added to give it a silvery luster and prevent tarnishing.
60% copper, 20% zinc and 20% nickel.

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[bigpete]

That's cool ! I got an inline capper for Xmas which has made life heaps easier but it only holds 15. Do you mind if I ask where and how much ?

[on_one_wheel]

That's cool ! I got an inline capper for Xmas which has made life heaps easier but it only holds 15. Do you mind if I ask where and how much ?

Ebay, $48 delivered

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[Noisydad]

You can get all those cappers and other necessary bits and pieces from Forbes Wholesale by phone order. Its all listed on his website.
http://www.forbesws.com.au/

[bigpete]

That's cool ! I got an inline capper for Xmas which has made life heaps easier but it only holds 15. Do you mind if I ask where and how much ?

Ebay, $48 delivered

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Does it work well ? I find mine sometimes let's 2 through and invariably the second one falls out as I put the first one on the nipple

[on_one_wheel]

Does it work well ? I find mine sometimes let's 2 through and invariably the second one falls out as I put the first one on the nipple

It works very well.

Because it has a gate that's controlled by the button / lever it only lets one cap get to the tip at a time.

Once the cap gets to the tip a small flat spring holds the cap just tight enough so it won't fall out.

The tip is just small enough that it's easy enough to line the cap up with the nipple.

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[Title_II]

So awesome. I still need to get me a smoke pole.