really large balls

[frank505]

I am thinking of a building a large diameter pistol for hunting. Something at least 10 gauge or larger. Round ball and must have rifling, it's just my religion, no smoothbores for me. Got to shoot a Howdah in 577 Snider, kicked less than my 475 or 500.
Any ideas??????????

[Ricochet]

Yeah. I've got a .725" Dixie ball mould I'd like to make a pistol for. Thought about a Tower style, but percussion, since BP for flints is harder to come by nowadays. Then I got to thinking that an Allen style pepperbox would be really cool. Then I got to thinking about an inline action to fire the bottom barrel instead of the top one, to keep the recoil in line with the hand, using #209 primers centered behind each bore. (Way cheaper than #11 caps.) I sure wish I had the machining skills and equipment to build stuff like this!

[carpetman]

Read the thread title and thought someone was talking about me.

[versifier]

Yeah, it caught my eye, too. :mrgreen:

[MT Gianni]

Glad to see ya carpetman, Have you been hiding anywhere fun? Gianni

[waksupi]

Where ya been, Ray! We missed you!

[dromia]

Jeff Tanner in the UK does excellent brass round ball moulds to any diameter you want for around £20, no sprue plate so you've got to trim the sprue after casting.

I just got an 8 bore mould for a replical Springfield percussion longarm, it grazes like a cannon ball.


http://www.jt-bullet-moulds.co.uk/

[carpetman]

haven't really been anywhere--just playing more pinochle lately.

[Ricochet]

I see you've kept your girlish figure.
:-D