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10-bore Flintlock Rifle
« on: October 26, 2015, 09:43:02 pm »


660-grain slug at over 1,500 feet per second.  That's gonna put a hurtin' on something.
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    Re: 10-bore Flintlock Rifle
    « Reply #1 on: October 26, 2015, 09:52:53 pm »
    So if this is a ten bore, remind me to never shoot a four bore or  two bore.

    I'm still working up the courage to shoot a Marlin guide gun :hide .
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    Re: 10-bore Flintlock Rifle
    « Reply #2 on: October 26, 2015, 10:43:56 pm »
    I'm still working up the courage to shoot a Marlin guide gun :hide .
    Stick to regular loads, and they are not bad at all.



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    Re: 10-bore Flintlock Rifle
    « Reply #3 on: October 26, 2015, 11:05:10 pm »
      Won't be too bad.   That's a freakin' cool gun.

    So heavy I don't think it'd kick bad, my .69 flintlock shoots a 450? roughly grain ball with 100 grains of powder.      It's less than a .22 almost.


      Goldang though......10 bore....nice.

      Samuel Baker of the Victorian era of British empire had a 2-bore muzzleloader....a HALF POUND ball....he named it "Baby" and admitted that it was too severe for even him to some degree. lol.
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    Re: 10-bore Flintlock Rifle
    « Reply #4 on: October 27, 2015, 01:07:29 pm »

    So if this is a ten bore, remind me to never shoot a four bore or  two bore.

    I'm still working up the courage to shoot a Marlin guide gun :hide .

    Shoot some Remington Express 405 grain SP rounds. Nice rounds that aren't thumpers.


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    Re: 10-bore Flintlock Rifle
    « Reply #5 on: October 28, 2015, 12:43:20 am »
    Nice.   :cool    That's an Uncle Musket rifle if I ever saw one.    :clap
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    Re: 10-bore Flintlock Rifle
    « Reply #6 on: October 31, 2015, 06:10:44 pm »
    I'd love to shoot that thing.  If someone brings around a heavy recoiling weapon I'm usually the first one to want to try it.  I'm weird like that.

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    Re: 10-bore Flintlock Rifle
    « Reply #7 on: November 20, 2015, 08:10:19 pm »
    I'd love to shoot that thing.  If someone brings around a heavy recoiling weapon I'm usually the first one to want to try it.  I'm weird like that.

    I stumbled across Forgotten Weapons on you tube a while back and I think I've watched every one now.  Excellent channel worth subscribing to.
    i'm the same way. the bigger the bore the better the gun
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