Gun cobbler .
I built it myself December last year . Used it for the
regular rifle deer season here in Pa. Shot a doe with it
on the first day of the season .
I built the gun myself , (it shows ha ! ha ! ) It is kind of a mutant. It is based on an English Sporting rifle ,because i think that stock design works very well with heavy recoiling rifles , but it is a flintlock so that i can hunt with it here in the Pa. muzzleloader season. The two other rifles i built are also heavy kickers (also flintlocks) . a 7 1/2lb. Fullstock English rifle in .62 cal
shooting 200gr 2f 340 gr ball, at 1800fps. The other is a half stock English Gun (9 1/4 lbs ) .72 cal. 260 gr.2f 510 gr ball. 1750 fps.
I got the barrel from Ed Rayl in West Virginia . It is rifled , 30" barrel , soon to be cut back to 26" or so, too muzzle heavy for me . That would take a bit over a pound of of the muzzle. Muzzle energy (you just made me look it up)
is about 3800-4000 with my 250 gr load. bump it up to the
400 gr load it jumps up to close to 6000 lbs. The Taylor
Knock Out Value is real crazy . It goes from 250 with the 250 gr load , up to 320 with the 400 gr load. ( a 50 cal at 1800 fps is 23, a 58 cal at 1800 fps is 42 )
No , i dont have any pictures of it .i do have a digital camera , just have to learn how to use it . I will let you
know if i ever get any pitures of it . It is definately impressive to look at . My 54 cal, Green Mountain barrel for my T.C . Hawkin . will fit down inside this one.....
Recoil is not too bad with my 200 gr practice load , a little less than my 460 Wtby .On one of the recoil calculator programs it comes out to about 90 ft lb. the 460 comes out about 105 ft lb. ( a 458 Win mag is about 60 ftlb)
If you go to the Builders Bench page and go about 1/2 way down the page there is a topic titled "100 caliber"
There is some more info on that page about my gun .
If you have any more questions , don't be afraid to ask.
Joe
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