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I made a .22 BP rifle from an old .22 RF barrel. I shoot 30 grain air gun slugs out of it using 5 grains of 3f. The gun has a brass ram rod for loading. I found air gun pellets could not be used as the skirts got blown off in the barrel and had to be scraped out. The slugs work great. I get dime sized groups at 25 yards, and the slugs go completely thru a 3/4" pine board at that range. I have taken a few squirrels with the gun. Lots of fun and economical to shoot. I only wish i made it in flint.

[QUOTE="Grimord, post: 2286315, member: 26923"] I made a .22 BP rifle from an old .22 RF barrel. I shoot 30 grain air gun slugs out of it using 5 grains of 3f. The gun has a brass ram rod for loading. I found air gun pellets could not be used as the skirts got blown off in the barrel and had to be scraped out. The slugs work great. I get dime sized groups at 25 yards, and the slugs go completely thru a 3/4" pine board at that range. I have taken a few squirrels with the gun. Lots of fun and economical to shoot. I only wish i made it in flint. [/QUOTE]

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