Warrigul wrote:40-80 birds in one shot apparently, depending on how many were sitting and how well it was aimed and loaded.
Geez you'd be pretty chuffed with yourself if you knocked over 80 birds in one shot
Warrigul wrote:40-80 birds in one shot apparently, depending on how many were sitting and how well it was aimed and loaded.
disko wrote:Geez you'd be pretty chuffed with yourself if you knocked over 80 birds in one shot
jeebo wrote:A months worth of hunting with one pull of the trigger
feedr wrote:stick all your food in a rubber ball and launch it...
Atter wrote:Last time I checked, rubber balls bounce... I'm seeing some logistics problems here
headspace wrote:Remember men, this thing would have been black powder. Can you imagine the cloud of smoke after the shot. It would have taken half the day just to find all the birds.
<<Genesis93>> wrote:The number represents the reciprocal of the fraction of a pound that a single lead ball (sphere) that is sized per the bore would weigh.
12g =1/12 pound lead ball = 0.73inch ball = 18.5mm lead ball
10g = 1/10 lb = 0.78inch = 19.7mm
8g = 1/8 lb = 0.84inch = 21.2mm
4g = 1/4 lb = 1.05inch = 26.7mm
2g = 1/2 lb = 1.33inch = 33.7mm
1g = 1 lb = 1.67inch = 42.4mm
brett1868 wrote:<<Genesis93>> wrote:The number represents the reciprocal of the fraction of a pound that a single lead ball (sphere) that is sized per the bore would weigh.
12g =1/12 pound lead ball = 0.73inch ball = 18.5mm lead ball
10g = 1/10 lb = 0.78inch = 19.7mm
8g = 1/8 lb = 0.84inch = 21.2mm
4g = 1/4 lb = 1.05inch = 26.7mm
2g = 1/2 lb = 1.33inch = 33.7mm
1g = 1 lb = 1.67inch = 42.4mm
Cool, once again I've learnt something from you
Shot size, I was told it was the number of pellets that would fit into the diameter of the bore. For example No.8 shot in 12ga would be 8 pellets to the diameter, is this true or make sense?