What kind of accuracy should i expect?

centershot said:

The velocity you speak of is the speed of sound in the locale that you are shooting in. As the ball loses speed and descends below the speed of sound (approximately 1080 fps @standard temperature and pressure) random air currents flowing over the ball raise cain with the trajectory (the "knuckle ball" effect). If you can hold 4" groups @ 50 yards you're doing good. Look up Bernoulli effect.

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olskool said:

I have that target on a photo also, I would like to see all the other targets before that one and after, i bet they aint close,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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Taevers said:

I’ll try a lame duck with my smoothie tomorrow. I’m meeting a friend at the range tomorrow that has a ton of experience shooting them. I’m hoping he can beat some smooth bore sense into my thick skull. Had to have my woman show me how to print the targets off.

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Pete G said:

NOBODY takes pictures of bad groups.

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smo said:

No I held the gun in my hands it was a .58 smoothbore.
Cocking the gun took little too no effort and basically touching the trigger sent the ball on it way!
Another time I wished I had of taken more pictures or recorded the conversation with Mr. Tip…


Here’s a testimony a Friend of mine posted on the forum a few years ago..

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Pete G said:

NOBODY takes pictures of bad groups.

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Gordoncourtney said:

I seldom see straight riffling at the big Holts uk auctions, in fact I can only think of one , it seems it was trialed to help with keeping the bore clean , no real information on it, .

You guys should look at making your smoothy into oval bore. Ie see Lancaster rifles , I don’t know why it’s not been mentioned before. Quite easy with a twisted square rod in a square hole , you need to make a lapping head to go with grinding paste , yes it’s weeks of work as an apprentice i found out 65 years ago

. I am thinking on bidding at holts, on a Bp unmentionable .577 double rifle , but I recon it will go for over £3000. With a small pension I just don’t know how ill
Pay my card off. Such is gunny life , not to mention what the wife will say, I keep saying investment “ when are you going to start selling them !!!!!!!

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longcruise said:

Tip's target is marked "musket". Could it have been rifled? Not trying to take anything away from him but just wonder about it. That's a fantastic target shot with rifle or smoothbore.

I had opportunities to observe the behavior of balls in flight while scoring 200 yard rams in ml silhouette matches. All the ram shots were spotted with spotting scopes for hits since many participants shot calibers that weren't capable of knocking the rams over. It's amazing how you can watch the ball in flight when you are sitting near the shooter. Try it sometime. It's kinda eery the way it seems to be in slow motion.

Watching balls from rifles and smoothbores i never observed any perturbation as they flew downrange that would suggest they were upset upon dropping subsonic. The smoothbores were clearly changing direction between 50 and 100 yards. But it was a smooth ever increasing arc both vertically and horizontally and not consistently from shot to shot.

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Rob M. said:

Found one !! Five shots , off hand , 25 yards , 6 o'clock hold .... One flyer to the left ...

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olskool said:

alright now, you fellers shootin at 25yds that don't count at all! i can throw rocks at 25 yds that good! LOL,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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