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    Shooting my artillery carbine

    Update. Shot the rifle at 110 yards, off a bench and makeshift rest, and was a little disappointed. It was certainly 'minute of geezer' but the bullets were fairly widely dispersed, with only about half in the black, about 8" (from memory) and the rest distributed fairly evenly around about a...
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    Shooting my artillery carbine

    Oops! Should have said. A genuine Parker Hale 1861 pattern .577 artillery carbine:- Parker Hale Artillery Carbine I can't shoot for a few days due to club competitions taking over the range but the next trip out will be to shoot it at 185 yards.
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    Shooting my artillery carbine

    :) Did my first bit of shooting with the above rifle using Lee 'Modern Minie' bullets at 25yards. While I'm aware that this rifle is capable of better, at longer distance, and the targets below are not any great shakes, I'm pleased enough with them to share here. And don't it just make big...
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    Load tuning for Le Page .44

    Many thanks to all for the really informative advice on this thread. I feel much encouraged to continue trying to shoot this pistol. In particular the lighter loads, as my shooting hand was smashed up in a motorcycle collision many years ago and is much weakened and quite fragile.
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    Using conicals in Le Page .44

    I was going to leave this lay, but it just goes against the grain. What you propose is the acceptance of pig ignorant behaviour, of blaming the object of that behaviour for being affected by it. It is much the same as the vicious playground bully who, when challenged about his behaviour...
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    Load tuning for Le Page .44

    OK, all this talk about the Le Page has got me interested again. While I have a few ideas on the subject, I'd be interested in hearing from those with experience of the subject on how they go about tuning a load in such firearms. At present I am using a .433 ball (because that's what came with...
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    Using conicals in Le Page .44

    A quite remarkable post. If I had taken lessons then I would have been instructed in the wisdom of which bit to throw away, and why. Furthermore I have never had reason to throw grenades. Even the few ill mannered posts on this thread had something to do with the subject at hand. Still, I'm...
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    Using conicals in Le Page .44

    That makes sense. (Indeed, the pistol was purchased second hand, without any instructions.) The problem is that makers of all sorts of things, and very much so with firearms, include all sorts of warnings not to depart from what their guidance is. The result is things like the incredibly heavy...
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    Using conicals in Le Page .44

    Well, I've been doing some casting today and I did a few .44 bullets that I have used when I had a Rogers and Spencer .44 muzzle loading revolver. Offering up the bullet it was clear that it would take a hell of a lot of hammering to seat it. I don't fancy that, so unless I can get hold of a...
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    Using conicals in Le Page .44

    Your initial reply and one that followed basically amounted to 'coz I sez so'. Whether you are correct in what you said or not, there was no actual information contained within. My question was not, in fact, answered at all in any sense of imparting useful information, but rather just an ill...
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    Using conicals in Le Page .44

    I find it an absolute article of faith that the only 'dumb question' is the one you don't ask. All of the answers I didn't care for, even the ones with useful information, could have been managed a tad less snottily. But perhaps you could explain why someone asking a question that they do not...
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    Using conicals in Le Page .44

    I had in mind the following advertised mould,.450 diameter, that is supposed to be a minie, but didn't want to spend the money without some opinions. http://www.henrykrank.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=164_181_183_511&products_id=1887
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    Using conicals in Le Page .44

    I dunno. I'm beginning to hear the vague strains of Duelling Banjos In the background to this thread. :shocked2: I ask a civil question in a civil manner. I might expect comments about the suitability of the rifling, or the difference between the rifling on a revolver and a single shot...
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    Using conicals in Le Page .44

    Oh my word, but there are some sensitive souls hereabouts. My statement was actually a quote (ish) from Sir Thomas Beecham, a man of note in British music. You do, however, illustrate the difference between US and UK humour, and in particular the complete failure of Americans in general to...
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    Using conicals in Le Page .44

    Well, I've heard of horse pistols, but until now I hadn't heard of high horse pistols. I am merely seeking the advice of others that have tried conical bullets, because I'm sure someone has. It's a way of gathering knowledge from experience rather than 'because it says so in this book'. I have...
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    Using conicals in Le Page .44

    I'm not suggesting that conicals might make me a better shot. But I'm interested in all aspects of shooting.I have seen videos that suggest some black powder revolvers will shoot conicals more accurately than round balls. Others say different, including people who have never tried but are...
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    Using conicals in Le Page .44

    Anyone tried it? I have the Pedersoli Le Page .44 percussion pistol. I have discovered I'm truly rubbish at pistol shooting, but I'm not letting that put me off. Like the English with music, I don't know much about it, but I like the noise it makes. I have been wondering if a minie bullet, or...
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    Greetings From England

    After many years of shooting, I've finally made it to the dark side. I have the following BP guns (all replicas)and use almost exclusively Black Powder.:- Rogers & Spencer .44 revolver Brown Bess Armi San Marco Hawken .50 cal smooth bore Ardesa Hawken rifle, 32" barrel, 20" twist rifling. Also...
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