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    An Animated, Ever Lasting Target?

    Howdy Wolf. I'm glad he's going to give it a try. Should be very interesting. Shooting free hanging cloth as a back stop was quite popular years ago when Speer plastic bullets came out. They were only propelled by a primer, but zipped right along. I used to shoot paper target hung in the...
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    Ball Bearings???

    Howdy Scota4570. Sectional density would be down with the lighter stainless steel ball bearing and initial (muzzle velocity) up. in reality, It would sort of a trade off. If one is planning to shoot a very long ranges sectional density and ballistic coefficient become quite important, but at...
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    An Animated, Ever Lasting Target?

    Thanks much Coyote. I think some folks are going to have some fun with that target. :) Kent
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    An Animated, Ever Lasting Target?

    :hmm: Maybe those BP shooting gentlemen were really bad shots! I wonder how long (days, weeks, months,) they had been rying to hit it? Seems like all the (very) high speed photos i've seen show a major prsssure wave in front of the projectile. Admittedly these were not round ball and there...
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    An Animated, Ever Lasting Target?

    Howdy gentlemen. I thought this might be intesrting to ya'll. It certainly was to me. ----------------------- In 1969 I was practicing with my Service revolver on our (USBP) range near San Ysidro, Ca. The range had been turned over to Chula Vista Rod and Gun Club (I believe) and as I was...
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    Ball Bearings???

    Very interesting gentlemen. Thanks all. That means that a smoothbore has the advantage of shooting a perfectly round ball at a very high speed. :hmm: Kent
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    Ball Bearings???

    Hey Many, was he shooting a smoothbore? Kent
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    Ball Bearings???

    Hey Many, I was re-reading your post and saw that someone had a barrel wear out while shooting ball bearings in lieu of lead. Was he shooting a rifled barrel (if that's possible) or a smoothbore? kent
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    Ball Bearings???

    Thanks Many. :) :applause:
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    Ball Bearings???

    Blizzard of 93' = :hmm: Thanks guys, Kent
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    Ball Bearings???

    E = They are stainless steel, so it should be OK. F = :rotf: kent
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    Ball Bearings???

    Thanks gentlemen. No, it was just a fact finding post. It wouldn't work in a rifled barrel, but I thought just might in a smooth bore. I remember reading somewhere that a Green Mountain 20 ga. smoothbore IBS barrel actually measured .610” ID and thought this might be a good platform for...
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    Ball Bearings???

    OK, this is going to sort of a different question, but here goes. In a post some time back someone said, "Ball bearings work great on pigs." At the time I didn't pay it any attention, but today it hit me. "Ball Bearings!!" :hmm: That just might work in a smooth bore. So I started an...
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