Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss

[Russianblood]

I just ordered a brass barrelled blunderbuss from MVTC. On their website they say it has a .730 bore as measured 3" down the barrel. Doesn't that make it 12 gauge? :hmm:

Does anybody own a brass barrelled blunderbuss and what loads are you using? I ordered a Lee .308 RB mould that I can use for both making buckshot for it and for projectiles to use in my .32 mule ear. I also have an order of KIK 2f powder coming. I wonder if I shouldn't have thrown in a can of 1f for it as well.

 

[musketman]

I just ordered a brass barrelled blunderbuss from MVTC. On their website they say it has a .730 bore as measured 3" down the barrel. Doesn't that make it 12 gauge? :hmm:

The upper end of the bore/gauge chart...

Bore (gauge)____Caliber

1______________1.669
2______________1.325
3______________1.157
4______________1.052
5______________.955
6______________.919
7______________.873
8______________.835
9______________.803
10_____________.775
11_____________.751
12_____________.729

Yes, it is a 12 gauge... :thumbsup:

 

[Jon in MI]

Way cool! :bow: I would love to have one of those. Playing with loads is kinda what I had in mind when I started my Tulle kit a year ago.

Jon

 

[Wes/Tex]

If you really want some fun try policing up all the empty .22 brass you find laying around and try it out on an old 30 weight can...yee-hah! If you want a pistol to match, Track has a .82 caliber brass blunderbuss barrel one! They say if you look down the bore, the front of the breech plug has "Empty" engraved on it. Is that cool or what?

 

[sequoia]

Hey MM, my CVA blunderbuss shoots a .660 ball. What gauge do you think my BB is?

 

[Russianblood]

That would roughly be a 16 gauge. I shoot .650 RB out of my .67 Tower pistol and use Circle Fly 16 gauge overpowder wads that fit perfectly.

 

[musketman]

Hey MM, my CVA blunderbuss shoots a .660 ball. What gauge do you think my BB is?

Depending on your patch thickness, let's speculate it's around .015 in thickness...

So we have: .015 + .660 + .015 = .690 (14 gauge)

guage/bore_____caliber
14_____________.693
15_____________.677
16_____________.662
17_____________.649
18_____________.637
19_____________.629
20_____________.615
21_____________.605

 

[sequoia]

As per CVA instructions I shoot it without a patch.