Thought that it is time to build myself something a little more substantial...
Bought an old percussion lock that came off an Italian wall-gun. And had a barrel made with an inside diameter of 35mm.
That will shoot a 0.5 pound patched roundball...
Approx 17,500ft/lbs energy at the muzzle, and in excess of 5,500ft/lbs 300m from the muzzle. Bullet drop as from 150m goes absolutely crazy, expect about 88 inches of drop at 300m.
The lock lying above a ruler, and the barrel to scale.
Below see the size of the hole in that barrel. I've put a .50 caliber Maxi inside to show the size.
Bought an old percussion lock that came off an Italian wall-gun. And had a barrel made with an inside diameter of 35mm.
That will shoot a 0.5 pound patched roundball...
Approx 17,500ft/lbs energy at the muzzle, and in excess of 5,500ft/lbs 300m from the muzzle. Bullet drop as from 150m goes absolutely crazy, expect about 88 inches of drop at 300m.
The lock lying above a ruler, and the barrel to scale.
Below see the size of the hole in that barrel. I've put a .50 caliber Maxi inside to show the size.