Feeding a Kodiak .72

[BillinOregon]

Here are some projectiles for the .72 Kodiak double rifle, compared with a .22 long rifle shell and a LYman 57611 minie. From left, .715 round ball, NEI No. 399 .732/835-grain; unknown .73 that weighs well over 1,000 grains. I had four of these and shot three in the Kodiak, but failed to chronograph it.

 

[whitetrash078]

Boy, I'll bet those conicals kick like hell!

You could just borrow my 4 bore if you'd like to suffer. :blah:

 

[renovato]

Bill, have you noticed any problem with a conical coming unseated from the powder in your second barrel from recoil? There's been a lot of discussion of that on other boards in the past and it's something that has always worried me to the point of not buying the Kodiak till I knew for sure. Apparently it's not a problem with a tight fitting PRB.

I can appreciate their suggestion of ramming the second barrel just to make sure, but that sorta defeats the purpose of having a quick second shot available.

 

[Wes/Tex]

Wow! The squirrels up your way are in real trouble! :rotf:

 

[BillinOregon]

Plink: I never noticed a problem with this, but that NEI conical is such a good match to the groove diameter of the Kodiak that it never seemed a concern to me. That said, if another .72 should pass through my hands I would be tempted to load both barrels and then fire the right barrel several times, checking the left for signs of bullet movement. If you were really worried, you might also shoot a light PRB load in the left first to foul it a bit.
I would probably be more concerned with bullet movement with that 1,000-grain-plus monster slug, with all its inertia.
Might be worth asking Dick Trenk if Pedersoli has any thoughts about this.

 

[BillinOregon]

Wes: Here in Oregon, we have Texas-sized "squills" and the big conical is used to bark them -- by shooting off the tree at the stump. It's best done with two hunters, one with a catcher's mitt for when the tree starts to fall. Boy, you oughta see the look on their little faces ...

 

[Wes/Tex]

Wes: Here in Oregon, we have Texas-sized "squills" and the big conical is used to bark them -- by shooting off the tree at the stump. It's best done with two hunters, one with a catcher's mitt for when the tree starts to fall. Boy, you oughta see the look on their little faces ...

Funny you should say that! Did the same thing to one of the Texas variety of limb-chickens! He went up about a 8" diameter pine as was cussing me out in squirrel! I let the tree have a .70" ball from my old Potsdamer musket about head high of that raucus varmint and he must have had his chin against the trunk for he did a back-flip into the "nickle bleechers"! Catcher's mitt would have been singularly appropriate! :rotf: