.72 caliber conicals

[SciAggie]

@52Bore My experience has been similar. I've never shot a .72 conical but I have shot several deer and a couple of coyotes with a 420 gr. flat nose to 550 gr. round nose bullets from my Sharps 45-90. The bullets were cast 30:1. They just whistle right through. I can't tell you about expansion because I've never recovered a bullet. They were each perfectly deadly though.

A PRB from my .72 seems actually to perform better. I still recover few balls but the exit wounds are much larger. This makes me feel like perhaps there is more of the bullet energy actually transfered to the animal.

 

[springfield art]

does anybody know where to get heavy .72 caliber conical bullets?

.72 cal. conicals? Sounds like the things the US Navy used to shoot at Zeroes during WW2!

 

[Howie1968]

does anybody know where to get heavy .72 caliber conical bullets?

ill look and see where i got mine i got some 800 grains and 1000 gr the 800 were short and stubby the 1000 were longer. Roundballs shot much more accurately than the .72 conicals i shot 100 grains of 2F and pyrodex rs out of mine with conicals. at 25 yards i got huntable accuracy at 50 yards the grouping fell apart. at 50 yards mty roundball loads are around 1 1/2 inches. i believe i could shoot better at 50 if i tweaked the powder some. my normal shooting range at my hog set ups are less than 25 yards

 

[Nobade]

You guys shooting conicals in double rifles be careful and ram the second shot before firing it. I tried some and the recoil pulled the bullets a few inches forward in the second barrel. Between that and the lower velocity I decided to stick with patched balls. Besides, 535 grains at slightly over 1500 fps seems sufficient.

 

[user 48679]

Here ya go:

https://www.thequartermaster.co.za/72-caliber-conical-bullet

 

[Ronnman]

does anybody know where to get heavy .72 caliber conical bullets?

You can purchase a mold from Pedersoli. I bought mine through Dixie Gun Works, who is a Pedersoli dealer. I worked with Kelly Atkins at Dixie. [email protected] See attached conical bullet pics below.


Also, see the link for one person who had a custom mold made: Forums.NitroExpress.com
Ron