Black Powder Photo Gallery

[on_one_wheel]

I know there's a few BP shooters here so I thought it might be fun to start a black powder photo gallery.

[Noisydad]

That's enough to generate a certain...turged tumescence! I'll add pics to this thread after Sunday.

[bigpete]

Here's my 2

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[duncan61]

now i need one of them,because I do

[bigpete]

Work mate shooting my hawken

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[bigpete]

Smoke clears as I pull the empty

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[Supaduke]

I'm thinking the same thing. I think I need one of these in my life.

[on_one_wheel]

Removing the fake antiquing, before & after.

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[Swarm]

Not me here, just a cool one I had saved from the net

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[Supaduke]

Cool pic, gives proper meaning to 'fire'arm

[Noisydad]

My .58 cal Remington 1863 (Zouave) and paper cartridges in the making for it complete with its whopping 580 grain bullet.

[bigpete]

Noisy are you on the black powder shooters of Australia page by chance ?

[on_one_wheel]

Not me here, just a cool one I had saved from the net

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That's an awesome photo !

[on_one_wheel]

My .58 cal Remington 1863 (Zouave) and paper cartridges in the making for it complete with its whopping 580 grain bullet.

Propper rollies ! I like the look of that.
I might do some homework on these paper cartridges.

[Noisydad]

Noisy are you on the black powder shooters of Australia page by chance ?

yep

[Noisydad]

My .58 cal Remington 1863 (Zouave) and paper cartridges in the making for it complete with its whopping 580 grain bullet.

Propper rollies ! I like the look of that.
I might do some homework on these paper cartridges.

Took third place with this rifle and its cartridge on the weekend with a score of 84, shot off hand at 60 yards. The bullet is up sized from .575 to .579/.580 for a better fit in my barrel.

[bigpete]

Noisy are you on the black powder shooters of Australia page by chance ?

yep

Thought I recognised the photo

[duncan61]

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

[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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