Prof Young
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So I got some lead BBs to try in my CVA Hawken made-from-a-kit pistol. I wasn't sure how many to put in so I weighed a fifty cal lead ball and made a "dipper" out of an old Mosin steal case that would dip up the number of BBs that weighed the same as the ball. Loaded in 40 grains of pyrodex. Put a wad on top of that. Poured in the BBs. Put a wad on top of that. At seven yards the spread was HUGE. Like 18 inches or more. At 4 yards it went down to about ten inches.
There is, of course, no practical purpose for this save FUN. And it was.
And, by the way, I've figured out how to get that thing to go bang every time. Not more percussion cap failure. The only down side to that gun, and its fun, is that it takes about as long to clean it as it does to shoot it. And if don't protect the inside of the barrel, it starts to rust, at least up near the crown.
Nonetheless a lot of fun.
Life is good.
Prof Young
There is, of course, no practical purpose for this save FUN. And it was.
And, by the way, I've figured out how to get that thing to go bang every time. Not more percussion cap failure. The only down side to that gun, and its fun, is that it takes about as long to clean it as it does to shoot it. And if don't protect the inside of the barrel, it starts to rust, at least up near the crown.
Nonetheless a lot of fun.
Life is good.
Prof Young