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Wow! I'd need to be 20 years younger to try that monster.

Very interesting find. It would be a real blast on a hog hunt. Try Dixie Gun Works for the mold.

There's been a PILE of interesting originals landing here, and more on the way, I reckon.

If Digital Dan don't mind, I'll post some pics of a 25 lb George O. Leonard target rifle I chased to ground for him.......it's just a flat GORGEOUS piece, too.

GTC

'nother view of this mossy old World traveler 8 bore.

Oh Hell Yeah Cross, that'll work man.

I have a mold and a set of handles I'd loan ya, but mine are only .825

Gunner

Might check with Colin Stolzer up in Kansas, or Steve Zihn out in Wyoming.

Gunner

Hey,....THANKS for the offer !

This old pelter's got a whopping .883 Bore , and I'm gonna' sneak up on what it'll toss well, before buying ANYTHING......certainly lotsa' room for a patch, eh ?

That accomplished, I may just make a cherry, and enlarge an existing off the shelf Slug Mold.

GTC

Your Welcome, and that beast may swallow a triple pillow ticked patched ball of .835 dia. as is WOW

Gunner


And you talk about a 4 ounce charge of copper plated 00 Buckshot, PURE HELLFIRE AND BRIMSTONE, up close and personal like.

Use a thick leather patch.

Wowzers brother Greg!
I cant wait to see that monster knock over some pig iron

Steel Plate's sculpted,....fixin' to mill in the trigger plate recess,.....than start carving / forging / welding the trigger plate / guard .

Sunday 'hobbying', as it were, Tomas'.

It's hard to get a sense of the SIZE of this big [bleep], from the pics.

You're welcome to shoot it , any time.

GTC

You KNOW I will too.



Hell I am unashamed... I officially call dibs in the will before that pig f-er KRP does.



Looking forward to more pics as she goes.

200-250 gr powder charge?

My 8-Bore runs between 300 and 400 grains, it is of more recent manufacture and completely safe in my rifle, but ease into it, and really not necessary to even go there.

Gunner

Somewhere there's the ghost of a craftsman, smiling that his creation is still usable, many years later.

I've shot a few original blackpowder cartridge rifles, but never have tried an original muzzleloader. How does one go about judging them safe to shoot?

Inspection, inspection, and inspection,......."proofing", well yeah, and in the case Of this one I loaded it to the NUTS, and lanyard fired it off a scatter blanketed cradle. All proofing REALLY does, is tell you it did not blow up THIS time.

This old thing's got good iron, and is worth getting back up and running,.....nothing fancy, ....just RUNNING Safely, to start out with. If the notion takes me, I MIGHT spool up a new stock,.......at some point.

I'd say that 100-150 grains is all I'm ever going to want or need, I'd as soon watch the ball flying as opposed to getting my wits rattled.

Oh,....the proof load for this one ? I used 800 grains of "mixed cannon" ( That's Fg, FFg, and FFFg left over powder),......and filled the bore the rest of the way with compressed cat litter.....it was an IMPRESSIVE shot

GTC

Greg, go on ahead with Big George when it suits.

Back in the day they used canister loads for perimeter defense in the 105's and 155 mm Howitzers. Guessin' about 3 ounces of #1 buck would serve you well. 4 if you're really feeling cranky.