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Re: Smoked Badger 2: what powdah and ball ?

Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 9:49 pm
by dodgyrog
Yeh, right - I'll leave that to you and I'll go to scrap yard to get mine.

Re: Smoked Badger 2: what powdah and ball ?

Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 10:03 pm
by bigfathairybiker
Badger....

Try this document:- http://stevespages.com/pdf/thompsoncent ... lement.pdf

It has details for several different calibres and mentions ball size and powders and charges.

Mark

Re: Smoked Badger 2: what powdah and ball ?

Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 10:30 pm
by Doz
dodgyrog wrote:Yeh, right - I'll leave that to you and I'll go to scrap yard to get mine.
Having tried it once I would probably agree, depends how desperate you get!

Re: Smoked Badger 2: what powdah and ball ?

Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 10:32 pm
by DW58
meles meles wrote:What we have is a .45 Thompson Center (sic) Patriot, likey so:

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Will you manage to get your paws into that trigger guard, won't your claws get in the way?
dodgyrog wrote:
DW58 wrote:Well my Mustelid friend - you could burrow in the backstop sand at many ranges and find yourself a plentiful supply of lead balls for re-casting.

Perhaps a holiday job for the cubs?
Lead from the butts is far too hard for muzzle loaders.
See below, which is what I was thinking of.
Doz wrote:Unless of course you pick out the muzzle loader balls for recycling and leave the rest! :)
That's what I had on my mind.