Shooting Marbles?? Is that smart?

[SDSmlf]

If we could ever get together...I'd help you lose some of those marbles!
They are fun to shoot, especially at steel!

I never though replacing a lead ball with a marble would draw so much attention or be so controversial. I am definitely not going to mention using wax as a projectile…..

If we ever do get together to shoot some marbles, I’ll supply the marbles and 4F powder. Imagine just saying that load combination out loud will be considered a one way deep dive into the abyss by some.

Keep posting your videos.

 

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what about the mysterious 'ICE BALLS' used by the c.i.a. during the revolutionary war

 

[smo]

As a novelty target, shooting marbles would be pretty challenging.

Too big..

Golf tees & match sticks are more challenging..

 

[Stantheman86]

When a person often post videos on Youtube....there is always some that disagree and occasionally others are brutal with comments. That's all part of being in the public spotlight. As a former bill collector, there isn't anything I haven't already heard or read in the comments. I offer my blessings to those folks and move on.
I use that same gun in a .600 lead ball shooting video a few days after this one was finished. I'll be posting it soon. That rugged smoothbore works just fine.
Thanks for watching....

I made a YouTube video of myself shooting shotgun slugs out of a smoothbore, maybe 50 people watched it and I STILL had a guy literally say he "counted my steps and I made 18 steps, no way did I shoot to 50 yards " I'm like yeah ok , there's always the miserable, vile people who hate themselves so much they will listen to a guy's steps on a YouTube video to try to accuse them of lying

 

[smoothshooter]

Glass is fragile, but it’s pretty damn hard and abrasive. A marble shattering in the bore and scraping its way out at 1200 FPS probably wouldn’t be good.

The smooth exterior of the marbles should not damage anything.
I would try some patched marbles in an appropriate caliber gun.

 

[Britsmoothy]

Too big..

Golf tees & match sticks are more challenging..

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Nice to see the kindergarten kids getting involved with the signs

 

[Stantheman86]

I'd try shooting marbles through something like my Indian .65 smoothbore that I don't really care about, with light loads so they don't shatter.

 

[Flint Striker]

The smooth exterior of the marbles should not damage anything.
I would try some patched marbles in an appropriate caliber gun.

Please share your results after you get a chance to try it!

 

[stephenprops1]

I had an opportunity to shoot a few marbles from a smoothbore per request by a viewer.
Not as many as I wanted to shoot due to a loading FAILURE...!!

Good video, Mark. If you want a Canoe Gun I recommend going much shorter than 28", as you mentioned. I converted a 35" barrel, 45 caliber, percussion rifle to a Canoe Gun by cutting it down to 18". I would have gone shorter but, I wanted it to still fit on my gun rack.

 

[stephenprops1]

I saw a video where a guy was testing penetration with a steel ball, from a muzzle loader, against blocks of wood. On his first shot the steel ball bounced back and hit the shooter right between the eyes. Luckily, he only had a large goose-egg and some bleeding from that experience. As you can imagine, that was the end of the experiment.

 

[smoothshooter]

Please share your results after you get a chance to try it!

I definitely will.
No fears on my part.

 

[stephenprops1]

I definitely will.
No fears on my part.

Be careful. I hope you read my previous comment.

 

[appalichian hunter]

I never though replacing a lead ball with a marble would draw so much attention or be so controversial. I am definitely not going to mention using wax as a projectile…..

If we ever do get together to shoot some marbles, I’ll supply the marbles and 4F powder. Imagine just saying that load combination out loud will be considered a one way deep dive into the abyss by some.

Keep posting your videos.

Don't know about wax bullets in a muzzleloader but in a revolver, they work just fine with a reduced charge of smokeless powder, used a bunch of them indoors at close range when working on the fundamentals of revolver shooting.

 

[NorthFork]

Brass is expensive anymore though. Not being critical at all but what’s the point?

Many areas are now non-toxic projectiles only for all hunting and even sometimes target shooting. There are workable options for cartridge guns. Not many for m/ls.

 

[JeffG]

I've considered the steel ball bearings as well for big tough game where soft lead would not get the penetration I would want. I might have to do some experimenting with my 62 smoothbore this summer.

A car washing chamois skin worked good for patching, by the way.

 

[smo]

Nice to see the kindergarten kids getting involved with the signs

Them thar young uns’ spull butter than us’ns….did..

Plus ta get extree’ points iffn’ ya can read it!

 

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im likein the firecracker thing. . hear that mark???

 

[nwpahunter415]

Was just talking about this! Great video!

 

[B P Maniac Shooter]

I never though replacing a lead ball with a marble would draw so much attention or be so controversial. I am definitely not going to mention using wax as a projectile…..

If we ever do get together to shoot some marbles, I’ll supply the marbles and 4F powder. Imagine just saying that load combination out loud will be considered a one way deep dive into the abyss by some.

Keep posting your videos.

I can supply all the 3F powder you need to shoot those marbles too...LOL
Thanks for watching it....

 

[B P Maniac Shooter]

I have always wondered what happened to your marbles.

Mrs BPMS has been saying the same thing for years now....!!