Increase the powder charge and it will shoot lower.
Increase the powder charge and it will shoot lower.
Bob Anderson
Ordnance Sergeant
Company C, 1st Michigan Volunteer Infantry
Small Arms Committee
"I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a hand on.
I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them."
- John Wayne in "The Shootist", 1976
As I increased from 12 grains the groups opened up and went higher. I quit at 16 grains 3F.
Steve
Last edited by Maillemaker; 04-11-2018 at 10:28 AM.
So, it's a mortar?Originally Posted by Maillemaker
Sorry for the buggy ride, Steve.
Bob Anderson
Ordnance Sergeant
Company C, 1st Michigan Volunteer Infantry
Small Arms Committee
"I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a hand on.
I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them."
- John Wayne in "The Shootist", 1976
LOL I guess it could be a very tiny mortar!
Steve
Do the brass framed Remington pattern replicas suffer any from not having an iron frame?
Brass frames stretch and go out of time.
Gil Davis Tercenio
# 3020V
34th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry
Great, great grandson of Cpl Elijah S Davis, Co I, 6th Alabama Inf CSA
They probably don't stretch. What happens is the cylinder bashes the frame and dents it, which opens up the cylinder gap:
Steve
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Well Big Steve, this post is so good it ought to be included in the black powder manuals.They probably don't stretch. What happens is the cylinder bashes the frame and dents it, which opens up the cylinder gap:
Steve
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