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#2185385 - 12/15/24 12:14 AM
"Super Shorty" Muzzleloading "long gun"
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buckeye_guy
Gun fool
Registered: 02/26/15
Posts: 847
Loc: Tidewater
City or County: Newport News
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Considering a project. I posted in the "Want to buy Primitive" section.
Concept. Cut down a muzzle loading (MZ) "long gun" to about 12-14" barrel. Picture a side lock cut down an inch or two in front of the stock ending. Why? - SUPER "handy" gun in the woods or inside a blind, and because I like different.
NFA rules do not apply as MZ are not firearms. Realize I will be surrendering velocity (probably under 20" is where drag loss/velocity increase intercept in a MZ). Most of my shots are well inside 100 yards - most inside of 50.
Larger bore will give more volume to burn all the powder in a shorter barrel. So .54 and .58 better than .50. Twist rate will play a role and I probably want a faster twist to get more effective "length-of-rifling". I may be wrong here. Fast twist drives me to heavier projectiles - In my opinion a good thing. Energy is mass time velocity squared - so with less velocity all I have to play with is mass. Same thing as going Sub-sonic with a suppressor.
What am I forgetting?
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#2190042 - Today at 11:55 AM
Re: "Super Shorty" Muzzleloading "long gun"
[Re: buckeye_guy]
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buckeye_guy
Gun fool
Registered: 02/26/15
Posts: 847
Loc: Tidewater
City or County: Newport News
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Thanks for the response and input.
Seems like my first go at this concept will be with an older in-line.
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