A Few Words On Smoothbores.

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A Few Words On Smoothbores.

Post by Keith » 17 Nov 2018, 10:01 am

There does not appear to be a muzzle-loading forum here (?!!!), so I will post this here & hope that is okay!

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In the 18th century smoothbores did NOT use a patched ball, the ball was loaded in the same way as using shot, with wads or wadding.
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An Essay On Shooting 1789.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by,
and that has made all the difference.
Robert Frost.
http://woodsrunnersdiary.blogspot.com/
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Re: A Few Words On Smoothbores.

Post by Noisydad » 18 Nov 2018, 6:33 am

Nice pics Keith. Haven’t got into smooth bores yet - I can only fit just so many shootin irons in the ute!. There’s a couple of Seymour BP Club members that are red hot with smotothies and will be hard to beat.
There's still a few of Wile. E Coyote's ideas that I haven't tried yet.
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Re: A Few Words On Smoothbores.

Post by Keith » 18 Nov 2018, 7:39 am

Noisydad wrote:Nice pics Keith. Haven’t got into smooth bores yet - I can only fit just so many shootin irons in the ute!. There’s a couple of Seymour BP Club members that are red hot with smotothies and will be hard to beat.

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Re: A Few Words On Smoothbores.

Post by Stix » 18 Nov 2018, 8:11 am

That book/essay looks interesting...

Is it very long keith...?

And nice pics too...! :drinks:
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Re: A Few Words On Smoothbores.

Post by Keith » 18 Nov 2018, 8:58 am

Stix wrote:That book/essay looks interesting...

Is it very long keith...?

And nice pics too...! :drinks:


306 pages Stix plus introduction & a couple of extra pages at the back on period game laws.
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