Who says smoothbores are inaccurate?

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Who says smoothbores are inaccurate?

#1 Post by Tower75 »

If you ignore the two .44 Magnum holes my brother made I think that's quite good going.

50 yards with my Pedosoli "Brown Bess". Standing off hand. .710-ish ball, rough-cut calico patch lubed with hand moisturiser ;)
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There she is. Bit of a rubbish picture, though.
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Wait, so I can own a .55 calibre Boys anti-tank rifle, but not a .22 pistol?
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Off hand at 50 yards? I would say that was very impressive
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You didnt happen to shoot that at Andrewsfield today by any chance did you ? :goodjob:
Its a small world on the internet , when you know people from just down the road .

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ps . if you want a handfull of .308 FMJ from Roding let me know and I will leave them at the club for you .

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#5 Post by Tower75 »

Hahahahaha.

Yes, the internet is a small place. Hi, Dave :wave:

Thanks for the offer. I'll let you know if ok, but it'll be .311s or .323s

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ovenpaa wrote:Off hand at 50 yards? I would say that was very impressive
Cheers, I was happy with it.

Though, now I've got a nicely bruised cheek from the horrible comb of the Brown Bess stock. It is designed specifically to lie right under your cheekbone.
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#7 Post by Ovenpaa »

I had a friend years ago that used to spend more time head down looking for flints than looking where he was walking, he would spend hours building his own flints.
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