Paper Patch Pig Gun Project
The subsonic Pig Gun project has begun!
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/o...y/MVC-532F.jpg Mock-up.
The bore turns out to actually have 'square' rifling under the rust! I had to straighten the barrel before cutting it as the bend was right where the cut was to be. After fire-lapping it looks like I got it straight. More fire-lapping is needed but already a patched boolit shoots without cutting into the lead core.
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/o...MVC-535F-1.jpg The cartridge and some boolits.
The boolits in the pic are a 230gr hollow nose and a loaded 245gr flat nose from the same mold. That boolit is going to hurt a pig or any other critter real bad!
The scope mounts and suppressor are still to be built.
Ready for field testing with open sights
Ready for field testing with open sights and no suppressor.
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/o...y/MVC-544F.jpg
This is early days and I don't want to go to too much trouble until I know it will shoot! So far all I know it shoots a PPCBoo without cutting through the patch i.e. no boolit core to bore contact. Now to see if it will actually group! And whether I can still shoot open sights.:roll: