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Offline buckslayer

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whats your muzzle velocity and load?
« on: November 01, 2008, 03:52:43 PM »
id appreciate it if you would post your muzzle velocity and the powder charge you use to get it. thanks!
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Re: whats your muzzle velocity and load?
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2008, 04:35:06 PM »
I have only chronoed a few loads from 60-75 grains of fffg.  I am guessing that you were looking for loads in the 100-150 range.  I will look it up just in case.

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Re: whats your muzzle velocity and load?
« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2008, 04:55:36 PM »
Well, since you're posting this in the modern forum, I'm guessing you could care less what I'm getting, but out of my .54 flintlock I get a 224 grain roundball zinging along at 1820 fps.  Powder charge is 110 grains of FFFg Goex.

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Re: whats your muzzle velocity and load?
« Reply #3 on: November 02, 2008, 02:12:10 AM »
Well, since you're posting this in the modern forum, I'm guessing you could care less what I'm getting, but out of my .54 flintlock I get a 224 grain roundball zinging along at 1820 fps.  Powder charge is 110 grains of FFFg Goex.
never assume.  i was planning on getting a flintlock this summer, but money suddenly becames scarce...lol  i like to hear about all guns, modern or traditional.  thanks for the posts so far!
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Re: whats your muzzle velocity and load?
« Reply #4 on: November 02, 2008, 03:41:19 AM »
Excellent.  When you do get one, don't go for one of the CVA's with the short barrels.  Longer barrel = more velocity.  The Lyman Great Plains Rifle is great from what I hear, I modified a TC to get my ideal deer gun, put a flint lock and barrel on it then stripped the finish and re-did it.