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Originally posted by Bill/Oregon:
I'd hate to try to get a second controlled shot off with that load if it were a double ...

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Originally posted by BiggestGun:
That shot took me by surprise. 100 grains gives almost no recoil, 200 is not bad either. 300 grs is a nice plinking load. 400 grs is getting stiff but you can hang on to the gun. At the 500-gr shot everything went numb and if there had been a buffalo then I would have lost interest in him after that. My shoulder was badly bruised as well as my ego. I won’t fire that load again and would not let anyone else do it. I don’t think it would hurt the gun however.
The project started when I noticed that Krieger built barrel blanks for the 4 bore. We threaded it for a breach and tang. I used an old Springfield percussion lock I had laying around. The gun came out way too light and have since added 5 mercury tubes, four to the butt and one in the forend, to add weight. Now I am working on mercury filed collapsible ramrod to add some more.
The bullet mould was built from a piece of barrel, a trick I learned from the cannon shooters. The bullet fits the rifling closely so it must be lightly cleaned between shots.
There is a gentleman in town who has a 4 bore and now a 2 bore. I’m getting jealous and always promised myself a 1 lb’er if and when I could find a barrel. Now an outfit in Oregon is making them but I haven’t ordered one yet. Maybe I’m chicken.
I will post some pictures of the beast when it is actually finished and looking pretty.
Wild California hogs will figure in it’s future.

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Originally posted by BiggestGun:
Hopefully this come out. It was taken a couple years ago but I have been unable(unsmart enough) to post it. Thanks to my friend KENNETH1 for help with posting.
The gun is supposed to look like the one in the picture of Fredrick Selous. It weighed only 12 lbs at the time of the video. The load was 500 grs of Pyrodex under the 2000 gr bullet. I knew it was an overload but just had to know.
http://media.putfile.com/4Bore

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Originally posted by BiggestGun:
That shot took me by surprise. 100 grains gives almost no recoil, 200 is not bad either. 300 grs is a nice plinking load. 400 grs is getting stiff but you can hang on to the gun. At the 500-gr shot everything went numb and if there had been a buffalo then I would have lost interest in him after that. My shoulder was badly bruised as well as my ego. I won’t fire that load again and would not let anyone else do it. I don’t think it would hurt the gun however.
The project started when I noticed that Krieger built barrel blanks for the 4 bore. We threaded it for a breach and tang. I used an old Springfield percussion lock I had laying around. The gun came out way too light and have since added 5 mercury tubes, four to the butt and one in the forend, to add weight. Now I am working on mercury filed collapsible ramrod to add some more.
The bullet mould was built from a piece of barrel, a trick I learned from the cannon shooters. The bullet fits the rifling closely so it must be lightly cleaned between shots.
There is a gentleman in town who has a 4 bore and now a 2 bore. I’m getting jealous and always promised myself a 1 lb’er if and when I could find a barrel. Now an outfit in Oregon is making them but I haven’t ordered one yet. Maybe I’m chicken.
I will post some pictures of the beast when it is actually finished and looking pretty.
Wild California hogs will figure in it’s future.

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http://outcast.homeunix.org/uploads/DSCN0023.MOV