who made her?

 

It is a Ranson of Italy , were in business from 1945 to 1979 was one of the top 1863 Remy Zouave makers . I had one in the early 70's and it was a shooter and I was always sorry I sold it ...

 

so that's around 1 1/2 pounds of lead each? Nice fine.

 

That's pretty cool, TN. Nice score.

 

That’s a good looking smoke pole, I like it.

 

Super nice smokepole!!!

 

...looks like fun...if kicking your own ass is fun...might dampen the recoil by drilling the stock under the buttplate and filling it with lead shot....

 

The book says 170 gr of 2F/ 1400 for a 505 gr mini-ball and 180 gr of 2f / 1700 for a 260 gr round ball . If my memory is correct , 50 gr of 2F was a magic load for both bullets and was very accurate and super easy on the shooter for target work and keep the hard hitters for hunting ..

 

...did any of the old loads used when BP was all there was approach 1000fps???

 

Many BP rifle loads exceeded 1,000 fps. Some revolver loads approached it. The .44-40 and the .45 Colt loaded with 40 grains would run about 900fps from a 7 1/2" barrel I think. These were potent loads.

I think the Walker Colt cap and ball revolver with round balls hit 1,000 fps but the ball was light. I think the .36 Navy with round ball was around 800 fps. This was not much on paper but the round ball is actually good at transferring energy to a target so I think they would be about like a .380 with a hollow point bullet. The elongated bullet was better for penetration but the round ball was probably the better man stopper as long as it had enough penetration.

Barrel length had a big effect on velocity with black powder.

 

This load is 2000 fps if I remember correctly ... and 160 of 2F is over 2300 fps .

 

The book says 170 gr of 2F/ 1400 for a 505 gr mini-ball and 180 gr of 2f / 1700 for a 260 gr round ball .

so we have a peterbilt in road gear heading for a deer.......... :lol:

 

Gunrunner, I have a nice BB gun I'll give you for it.

 

I got 300 of these on there way , 505 gr sized to .575 . These are very hard to cast and this guy is the master on mini-balls .

 

Cool Charcoal Burner TN!