Whittington Volunteer

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Re: Whittington Volunteer

#11 Post by meles meles »

What other black powder rifles are around that are suitabubble for beginner ? We did like the 2 band but are curious as to what else is on offer and where to look...
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#12 Post by dromia »

Kranks catalogue has as good a selection of examples as anywhere, you can access it online.
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#13 Post by AL8 »

dromia wrote:86 grains Swiss No4 under a 540 grain paper patch boolit serves me well out to 800 yrds.

if you are not shooting at the longer ranges then 60 grains would be a good starting point with a 500 grain plus boolit.
thanks for that, I will pass one the info
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