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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Christian Springs Rifle
« Reply #90 on: December 21, 2019, 11:37:24 am »
A 625 grain chunk pushed hard is gonna be punchy on BOTH ends even with the weight of that straight barrel, cannot imagine what it would be like with a swamped barrel!

May she always miss clean when she does not give a clean kill.
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Offline Mike Yancey

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Re: Christian Springs Rifle
« Reply #91 on: December 24, 2019, 06:09:09 am »
4 shots at one setting are about all I want
 The first one or two aren't bad but after that it starts to punish.
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Offline Hawkdancer

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« Reply #92 on: December 24, 2019, 11:47:27 am »
How much powder are you using?  I have shot 120 gr 2F with a roundball, and it will wallop!
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Offline Mike Yancey

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Re: Christian Springs Rifle
« Reply #93 on: December 24, 2019, 07:41:05 pm »
Im using 100 grains of swiss and it cracks like a center fire rifle.
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Offline Hawkdancer

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« Reply #94 on: December 24, 2019, 11:56:37 pm »
That should knock down most anything!  Good hunting!
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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: Christian Springs Rifle
« Reply #95 on: December 25, 2019, 08:07:55 am »
My 12ga fowler loaded up with 100gr of 1F and a .690 ball weighing close 500 gr really jars me, enough to make me flinch after a few shots. I bought one of those PAST recoil pads (the thickest one) and don't even feel my guns recoil now.
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Offline mullet

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« Reply #96 on: December 25, 2019, 11:56:03 am »
The Brown Bess I now have shooting a .715 round ball with a 100 grains of 3F left a nice bruise.
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Offline Mike Yancey

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Re: Christian Springs Rifle
« Reply #97 on: December 28, 2019, 04:45:51 am »
I've been working up this load with a conical bullet because you can't use a round ball in Africa. It would have been way easier to get a round ball load worked up but I really wanted the energy of the bullet over the ball. This barrel is also able to shoot a bullet.
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