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Just an idea I’ve thought of for many years70 grains is 1/100 of a poundA load of shot somewhere around 1/20 to 1/10 of a poundIf you spent time in the back country a hundred shots would be about six pounds.A rifle cuts that lead load a lot. A big bore, .54 gets thirty two shots to a poundEven a pack horse or a canoe and a big camp pounds count.In terms of economics and weight you can’t live very well on shotgunning. A deer will feed you for days not so much for a squirrel, prairie chicken or rabbit.YetWe see shot by the ton shipped to frontier post. Historicly shot was real popular even in the backwoods at the end of a long supply chain.
Just an idea I’ve thought of for many years
70 grains is 1/100 of a pound
A load of shot somewhere around 1/20 to 1/10 of a pound
If you spent time in the back country a hundred shots would be about six pounds.
A rifle cuts that lead load a lot. A big bore, .54 gets thirty two shots to a pound
Even a pack horse or a canoe and a big camp pounds count.
In terms of economics and weight you can’t live very well on shotgunning. A deer will feed you for days not so much for a squirrel, prairie chicken or rabbit.
Yet
We see shot by the ton shipped to frontier post. Historicly shot was real popular even in the backwoods at the end of a long supply chain.
