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.69 combo
And you all thought we were done...
Here's a .69 caliber combo. Well, nominal caliber dimensions anyway. And I know neither of these are a lever!
A little better view of both.
The 1766 Charleville reproduction is from Pedersoli. The Tower pistol is from Dixie Gun Works, a kit I bought and built 35 years ago. I did have to replace the frizzen spring a few years back. I shot it earlier this year at one of our Safety Team's range day. Didn't qualify with it - reloading is a bit time consuming, even with my paper cartridges (below), but it made a ton of smoke!
Here's a .69 caliber combo. Well, nominal caliber dimensions anyway. And I know neither of these are a lever!
A little better view of both.
The 1766 Charleville reproduction is from Pedersoli. The Tower pistol is from Dixie Gun Works, a kit I bought and built 35 years ago. I did have to replace the frizzen spring a few years back. I shot it earlier this year at one of our Safety Team's range day. Didn't qualify with it - reloading is a bit time consuming, even with my paper cartridges (below), but it made a ton of smoke!
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Re: .69 combo
Jay, I am greatly impressed! Very nice pair!
I remember seeing the .69 "Tower Pistol" for sale in all the old Guns Illustrated editions and pining for one as they seemed so affordable back in the day.
I remember seeing the .69 "Tower Pistol" for sale in all the old Guns Illustrated editions and pining for one as they seemed so affordable back in the day.
Re: .69 combo
Do you ever fire fine shot out of those ?
My experiments along those lines from my antique and replica smoothbores have been less than satisfactory. I thought the traditions .54 blunderbuss with the funnel removed and front bead added would be just the thing for controlling these brazen and mocking squirrels who have developed a taste for green tomatoes. I loaded it northeast frontier style but with cotton balls in place of the linen tow and fired at a pop can sitting on a fence post at about fifteen paces. Riddled the can so I thought I was good and proper patterning on spent pizza boxes would be a waste of powder and shot. Wrong again. After the smoke cleared on the three or four attempts, the intended targets just laughed at me.....or at least that is what I interpreted the chattering noises and unblinking looks of disdain.
My experiments along those lines from my antique and replica smoothbores have been less than satisfactory. I thought the traditions .54 blunderbuss with the funnel removed and front bead added would be just the thing for controlling these brazen and mocking squirrels who have developed a taste for green tomatoes. I loaded it northeast frontier style but with cotton balls in place of the linen tow and fired at a pop can sitting on a fence post at about fifteen paces. Riddled the can so I thought I was good and proper patterning on spent pizza boxes would be a waste of powder and shot. Wrong again. After the smoke cleared on the three or four attempts, the intended targets just laughed at me.....or at least that is what I interpreted the chattering noises and unblinking looks of disdain.
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I have not yet, but I see no reason why a .69-caliber smooth bore couldn't propel a useful charge of shot. I think your tree-rats might be wearing teflon vests under their fur coats!Ray wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2023 1:41 pm Do you ever fire fine shot out of those ?
My experiments along those lines from my antique and replica smoothbores have been less than satisfactory. I thought the traditions .54 blunderbuss with the funnel removed and front bead added would be just the thing for controlling these brazen and mocking squirrels who have developed a taste for green tomatoes. I loaded it northeast frontier style but with cotton balls in place of the linen tow and fired at a pop can sitting on a fence post at about fifteen paces. Riddled the can so I thought I was good and proper patterning on spent pizza boxes would be a waste of powder and shot. Wrong again. After the smoke cleared on the three or four attempts, the intended targets just laughed at me.....or at least that is what I interpreted the chattering noises and unblinking looks of disdain.
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I know I paid well under a C-note for the kit back then. And I still use the Dremel tool I bought to do the project!Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2023 9:47 am Jay, I am greatly impressed! Very nice pair!
I remember seeing the .69 "Tower Pistol" for sale in all the old Guns Illustrated editions and pining for one as they seemed so affordable back in the day.
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Re: .69 combo
I have used several smooth bore muskets with birdshot with excellent results, I found out early on that too much wadding was detramental to getting a good pattern.
Jay I like your .69 combo back in the day it could have taken everything from Squirrel to Buffalo and you'd only need to carry one ball mold in your possibles bag..
Jay I like your .69 combo back in the day it could have taken everything from Squirrel to Buffalo and you'd only need to carry one ball mold in your possibles bag..
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Re: .69 combo
I really like this combo!!!!
It’s giving me an interesting idea.
It’s giving me an interesting idea.
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Scott, when you have an "interesting idea" it normally turns into a very interesting post!Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2023 5:38 pm I really like this combo!!!!
It’s giving me an interesting idea.
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I actually found out that the best single ball mold for these was made in Russia of all places. Picked up two of them, exactly fitted to what I wanted for both firearms.gamekeeper wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2023 4:58 pm I have used several smooth bore muskets with birdshot with excellent results, I found out early on that too much wadding was detramental to getting a good pattern.
Jay I like your .69 combo back in the day it could have taken everything from Squirrel to Buffalo and you'd only need to carry one ball mold in your possibles bag..
Re: .69 combo
No one cares that they are of an older than levergun design. Very nice!
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Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up---Robert Frost