.303/41 pic

Aughnanure · Post by **Aughnanure** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 5:17 am

Here's my slug load for the .410 Enfield Musket

Next to a normal .303 for comparisson. The projectile is a Lee .41 Magnum lead bullet (not well cast)

The load is all the 2fg I could get in the case, groups around 8" at 50 yds .........room for improvement

Eoin

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dromia · Post by **dromia** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 6:28 am

Eoin the picture doesn't seem to be in your photobucket album.

Aughnanure · Post by **Aughnanure** » Sat Sep 24, 2005 5:52 pm

'Tis now

Tom-May · Post by **Tom-May** » Sat Sep 24, 2005 8:14 pm

Eoin,

A silly question, but, without the parallel case<1>, do you find it more difficult to extract after firing?

Regards

Tom

<1> The case IS parallel isn't it? (Either that or I need new glasses).

Aughnanure · Post by **Aughnanure** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 1:07 am

New specs, Tom

The case is 0.428" OD at the mouth and 0.450 in front of the rim.

Which is a bare 0.011" taper per side, but there is a bulge to 0.440" in front of a section at 0.435" about the middle.

No extraction problems despite the funny chamber. Note where the light reflection curves on the lhs.

Eoin.

bradtx · Post by **bradtx** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 9:26 am

Just damn you, Eoin!

Here I am, taking a break from some post hurricane Rita clean-up (not bad, I was quite lucky) and as one of the few people left to really appreciate the .41 Mag. pistol, you've made me wonder why I've never put the two together! I even clean the L-E chambers with a .41 barrel brush.

I reckon a musket is now on the list. This is just gotta be a too fun project.

Take Care, Brad

dromia · Post by **dromia** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 3:52 pm

Have you tried smokeless in it Eoin?

Aughnanure · Post by **Aughnanure** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 6:17 pm

Not yet, have to fire-form a few more cases before I get down to some serious experiments. Am making some aluminium sabots to fit over normal .303, shall turn the .303 proj back to a flat point at first as I don't want to risk driving through the sabot.

Eoin.