Double ball loads

[drobs]

Wonder what your target would look like at 50, 75 and 100 yards?

Currently sitting on a US Navy Base in Africa so, will be awhile.

 

[Rich]

80 grns FFFG 1929 fps 1024 ft lbs. Why in the world would you need a second ball? Waste of time, effort, lead. Dont think that is enuff? Shoot a bigger rifle/smoothbore.

 

[Herb]

Stumpkiller, if you read my posts you will learn that I corrected for the velocity drop by doubling the powder charges and succeeded in developing a full power safe and legal (in Utah) double ball .40 caliber hunting load for Carole. Here she is with her rifle.

This is 35 grains of Swiss 2F, which I then shot with double balls and had a large velocity drop. That is why I doubled the charge to 70 grains.

Next came 35 grains of Goex 3F.

These are the double ball loads in my Jacob Wigle flintlock I built.

Carole legally killed a mule deer buck with a double ball load, but as a Hunter Safety Instructor, realized the danger of the double ball load if the balls should separate in the bore. Her husband Carl then had me build her a custom .50 flintlock for their 50th wedding anniversary. She was known as "
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These photos have me so confused, I don't know what is going to load, but here goes!

 

[Griz44Mag]

It was fun to try it once as many folks have just to see how it prints on a target and to be able to say that I was able to try it safely.
Can't think of much use for it unless loading for self-defense, and even then it would probably be frowned upon by the legal authorities
in at least some states if ever actually used for that purpose.

So the "authorities" would be ok with (9) 00 pellets from a 12 gauge shotgun blast but have an issue with 2 round balls????

 

[arcticap]

Yes, it shows

So the "authorities" would be ok with (9) 00 pellets from a 12 gauge shotgun blast but have an issue with 2 round balls????

I'm not a lawyer or prosecutor, but in states without a castle doctrine, let's say a homeowner shoots an unarmed intruder with a double ball load and the perp. dies only due to the double load who could have otherwise survived.
Loading the double balls may be seen as showing that the homeowner was pre-disposed to killing any perp. without regard to the perp.'s level of being a deadly threat.
And then there could be both a criminal and a civil trial.
That's how arbitrary that the prosecutors can be in non-castle doctrine states.
And that's why the NRA was selling their Carry Guard insurance with such high levels of both criminal & civil coverage for gun owners involved in shootings both at home or away.
Even if the shooter gets exonerated at trial, they can still be charged based on a prosecutor's dislike for a particular firearm or the caliber used if it seems to have been "over the top".
I was only trying to cover my bases since I mentioned a possible reason for using a double ball load was for self-defense.
And buck shot would probably be preferred over a shotgun slug for home defense for a couple of reasons that I can think of.
Not every state has the protections associated with having a castle doctine as state law, and that's why I said "in at least some states", i.e- those without it.
I noticed that the OP's location was New York state.
I was replying to him directly and felt that it was important to mention a disclaimer.
In my area, we've had young people who are drunk mistakenly enter the wrong homes without them realizing it.
It's safe to say that it's in the homeowner's best interest that such a perp. survives, at least in some states if not all.

 

[tenngun]

So the "authorities" would be ok with (9) 00 pellets from a 12 gauge shotgun blast but have an issue with 2 round balls????

Are you asking if rules set by fish and game, or any other government agency are required to make sense?

 

[Britsmoothy]

Currently sitting on a US Navy Base in Africa so, will be awhile.

Is it a small base then.......