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.303/41 pic
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 5:17 am
by Aughnanure
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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Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 6:28 am
by dromia
Eoin the picture doesn't seem to be in your photobucket album.
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2005 5:52 pm
by Aughnanure
'Tis now
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2005 8:14 pm
by Tom-May
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).
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 1:07 am
by Aughnanure
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.
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 9:26 am
by bradtx
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
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 3:52 pm
by dromia
Have you tried smokeless in it Eoin?
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 6:17 pm
by Aughnanure
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.
