I can already see a Pietta Smith Carbine in my stable. I think it would be an awesome Brush gun for getting that whitetail table fare. heck slinging that much lead it's probably THE brush gun!!
Hawg, Your post got me to wondering (since I've never fired a .58 Minie ball) so I went to Youtube and checked out a few videos on Minie balls. GOOD GRIEF!!! They should have named it THE WRECKING BALL! Sure changes ones way of thinking about the carnage that must have went down back then.If you shoot at inanimate objects you will be saying dayuum a lot when you see the destructive power of a .58 minie with 60 grains of powder.
Then again.... the Smith is still more than enough for what you intend.
...and would suggest full size.
the 2-band and musketoon sized rifles shoot more accurately compared to the full size ones, do to the shorter and subsequently stiffer barrels among other reasons.
I find that difficult to believe. My 3 band is accurate to minute of five gallon bucket at 300 yards.
I don't expect you guys to understand
I know exactly where you're coming from. You want originality and nothing less will do. I think it's kind of ironic tho that you want originality in your single shot pistols and long guns but you were endorsing brass frame revolvers awhile back that never existed. I haven't shot a paper target with my three band since 79 or 80. I like shooting inanimate objects with .58 minies to watch them fly or blow apart and I like seeing the damage they do. I have taken it hunting a few times but never saw anything to shoot with it. It is kind of unwieldy in a tree stand or shooting house and in thick brush forget about it.
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