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Originally Posted by vash
i say BS on the 200 yard shot. unless you are channeling davy crockett.
i hope the zombie invasion doesnt happen during a rainstorm..i'll leave myself one round to put into my own head to prevent my last days spent as an "undead".
cool collection tabby. i love em!
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Maybe not the eye of a gnat at 200 yards, but my flintlock Tennessee Mountain Rifle will stay on a standard clay bird all day long at that range. My standard load is 100 grains of Goex FFg under a .495" diameter round ball with a .015" thick pillow ticking patch lubed with T/C Natural Lube 1000+. That's one hell of a tight patch and ball combination, and requires swabbing the bore every shot, but it's as accurate as many modern center fire rifles. Going with a .490" diameter ball and a .012" patch eases loading considerably, and it's still an honest two minute of angle rifle.
Very cool rifles, tabby. You too, Henry.
Built from a kit when I was about 19 years old, this rifle has accounted for a number of deer since:
