He did get some penetration out of it, a few more grains of powder and the ball may have exited.I understand the ball Booth used was made of Britannia metal which is a pewter like alloy and much harder than lead.
He did get some penetration out of it, a few more grains of powder and the ball may have exited.I understand the ball Booth used was made of Britannia metal which is a pewter like alloy and much harder than lead.
We will also never really know how Booth loaded his gun. No wads were found on the scene nor inside of Lincoln's body.That's possible, of course we'll never know what his charge or granulation was.
Sorry I was just repeating what I saw in a display case. It is not my intention to spread false information. Thank you forEutycus, are you sure about that bullet measurement?
43.75 Millimeters = 1.72244094488 Inches
Robby
Plus it may get your adrenaline pumping too. In that "fight or flight" situation you just may gain that split second you need.In a close range defense situation I would think that the more blast, smoke and flash the better. You only have one shot so make it as impressive as possible.
no. it will set your voice up an OCTIVE, THOUGH! a smooth crotch!Not aboard on using a percussion pistol as backup. Most flint pocket pistols, problematical because their tiny flints and priming charges made discharge haphazard, at least had a safety, a sliding lever that both locked the center-hung hammer and frizzen in place and had to be released before the weapon could be discharged (see photograph). I don't recall seeing such a device on any percussion derringer-like weapon. So: one thrusts a capped percussion pistol in ones pocket either at half cock or hammer down on a sensitive cap and muzzle likely pointed at ones crotch. See any problem there?
that doesn't seem to be much rifling to start the ball spinning? out of the barrel very fast.Just out of my own curiosity, I put a 40 grain (by volume) charge of 4F in one of my CVA Derringers, with .440 patched ball on top of the charge. From the top of the ball to the muzzle I measure about 1-5/8”. Chronograph is down for the count so I couldn’t check velocity, but doubt all that much is generated in such a short barrel. Obviously, needs to be confirmed.
Plywood exterior sidingI am tempted about using a derringer as a belly gun for self defense. It sure fits in the pocket really well. Please tell us "country folk" what a T-111 is?
I built the derringer from a Traditions kit. I bought it for a camp gun and a novelty. I only shot it a couple of times but I've wondered what it could do for it's intended purpose, which I consider to be a "belly gun". So with the idea that this is a last line of defense to be used at just beyond an assailants reach, I scrounged what I thought would give me a target for a (non-scientific) indication of penetration. I had just received some large artwork and I had multiple sheets of corrugated cardboard plus the box. I added a piece of T-111 picked from the neighbors scrap pile and headed down the river bank.
The target ended up being 7 sheets of cardboard, a piece T-111, plus 2 more layers of cardboard. All in front of a old stump. To keep it simple I just used a charge of 20gr fffg. Then 30gr and 40gr. 1 shot each and check penetration after each shot. I used a .440 RB with a tight patch fired from about 3-4 feet..
SHOT 1 - 20gr Hit close to mark. Penetration : 5 sheets cardboard. Almost no deformation of RB
SHOT 2 - 30gr Hit 2 in from mark. Penetration: 7 sheets cardboard and almost thru T-111. Front flattened on RB.
SNOT 3 - 40gr Hit 3 in from mark Penetration: Passed thru all but did not embed in stump. RB not found.
So what does this all prove? Nothing more that it's great to create smoke and have fun on a beautiful fall day! No need to discuss whether this is a good choice of armament or not. Obviously there are better choices. But I can tell you that at 40gr the boom and recoil is serious enough to get your attention and be glad that you're on the right side of the muzzle!
It's cheap exterior sheathing/siding. Most wood sheds are covered with it. Usually 1/2" but I've also seen much thicker stuff to.What is T-111 ?
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