Muzzleloading cal. 69 with 1785 grain bullet and paper punching machinery

[Saltner]

:shock:[smilie=w: 350 grains Fg blackpowder


http://www.blackpowdermag.com/blackpowder-slug-guns-precision-paper-punching-machinery/ (http://www.blackpowdermag.com/blackpowder-slug-guns-precision-paper-punching-machinery/)
http://www.blackpowdermag.com/blackpowder-slug-guns-the-mitchell-gun/

[Plastikosmd]

Ya good article, inspired me years ago to find a similar setup. Thx for posting



http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j5/plastikosmd/breisen%2069/eb3fc9ad.jpg

From left to right.22, .358, .45 then the slugs, .485 (650 grain for a different slug gun) and 2 profiles for the .69 at 1700gr ++
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j5/plastikosmd/breisen%2069/933f79d9.jpg

[Saltner]

I'm sorry very much that in Italy they do not build weapons of this type :sad:

[Ballistics in Scotland]

It is a fascinating technology, and I can fully believe that it produced long-range accuracy breech-loaders were a long time in equaling. But rifles of similar type were built in the nineteenth century, even to the caliber. I just don't see that a heavy-bullet .450 would be any worse at... well, anything really.

Such a rifle features in a fictional story beginning on page 91 of the following download, of which I include both text and online versions. (I've got mine, on real paper like they used to be.)

https://archive.org/stream/firearmsinameric00sawyrich/firearmsinameric00sawyrich_djvu.txt

https://archive.org/stream/firearmsinameric00sawyrich#page/n121/mode/2up

The rifle is probably from Charles Winthrop Sawyer's own collection, and is a 37lb. one illustrated on p89 of the online version. Like some of this type it had a cheekpiece on both sides, so that you could use which ever eye remained in best condition. Unlike Sawyer (easily, at any rate) we could probably track down the George Lainhart who owned the rifle before the war:

http://records.ancestry.com/george_lainhart_records.ashx?pid=22054220

[blackpowder man]

Ever since the 1st time I saw one at Friendship back int the '80's I've wanted a slug gun. If anybody has any links on building one or who makes the actions and barrels please let me know.

[Plastikosmd]

Try here

http://wyomingschuetzenunion.com

or here

http://targetx.boardhost.com/index.php