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    Shooting high angle targets.......?

    The gents who said that the ball will hit all 3 targets with the same sight picture are correct. Gravity affects the horizontal component of the bullet travel, and in each case the horizontal distance is the same, 30 yards. HOWEVER, should there be a wind blowing, different hold off's (is that...
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    Banking powder a myth?

    A woman, a spaniel, a chestnut tree The more you beat them, the better they be. Are you suggesting we need to add a flintlock to the saying? Might make the rhyme a bit tricky, is all.....
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    Kodiak Express Double Rifle

    If your bores start out at say 1" apart on the centres, and cross at 75 yards, then at 100 yards the seperation of the projectiles is going to be 1/3". (1" at the muzzle, .66" at 25 yards, .33" at 50 yards, 0" at 75, 1.33 at 100 and so on till at 150 they will be 1" apart, but on the opposite...
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    What game do you hunt? Especially for members in other nations.

    They are from Nepal, very strong, with short, non shedding horns and about the neatest looking animal we have. I haven't worked out how to post pictures but try google. The name can be spelt either Tahr or Thar. I forgot we also have elk, peacocks and australian possums, which are very different...
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    What game do you hunt? Especially for members in other nations.

    Here in New Zealand we hunt Deer (red, sika, sambar, fallow, rusa, whitetail), wild pigs, ferral goats, chamois, thar, rabbits, hares and wallabies all year round. During the bird season (1st weekend in May till the last weekend in June for waterfowl, till the last weekend in August for upland...
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    English Sporting Rifle

    Hello All I have orderedd a Chambers English Sporting Rifle kit, with a L&R lock as I am left handed, so now the long wait commences. In the mean time, I wonder if anyone on the forum has completed one of these kits? or not yet completed... or sort of started...... Photos, hints, any suggestions...
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    Left hand round faced lock

    Thanks for your help gents, much appreciated. Ross
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    Left hand round faced lock

    Hello All. I am looking to build a flintlock rifle to add a bit of interest to my deerstalking, which is currently mostly long range alpine shooting. Initially I thought a rifle in the Lancaster style, .54 and with a 38 inch or thereabouts barrel was as near perfect as I could get, but I have...
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