This got me thinking about muzzle loaders and shotgun slugs. Maybe the round is better? Are the old bore rifles and paradox guns intended for round balls?
[quote=RyanF]
My John Manton (1825) 17b shoots a 0.648” patched roundball of 400gr. Even with a light load of 60gr BP - it still punches holes thru Whitetails.
I have another nice British rifle that’s 62 cal, shoots a 0.600” RB and it weighs 325gr. Amazing how girth (diameter) adds weight.
Pretty much before 1860’s they went larger in RB diameter to hunt big game.
Whitworth (1857) proved long elongated projectiles could do similar.
Obviously, the development of Smokless is a different game.
The Paradox I’ve seen shot a real pointed projectile.
