4 gauge why not?

[LBSS]

Im talking to a custom muzzle loader builder about a sxs 4 gauge 28"barrels . Should fire about 5oz of shot

[deadbuck]

You gonna get the 17" or 18" wheels on it?

[LBSS]

 Actually the gunsmith said a easy build would be a long barreled blunderbuss percussion ignition. Might be kinda fun to own a longer version of one. Im starting to feel like the beverly hill billies lol. What was hus name uncle jed?  Didnt he use a blunderbuss

[HogBiologist]

Would be an awsome pattern LOL.  However probably illegal in most states for hunting turkeys.

[Waddle Whacker]

I like it! Goin' Pilgrim style on em!

[runngun]

Boy I would hate to buy TSS or Hevi for that BIG BORE!!!

[LBSS]

Dont know if yall familiar with the english fowler pattern rifle.
thats what one muzzleloader builder wants to do.  Ive seen these big bores called called market hunter shotgun. Should be a simple gun to build. 1.050" bore diameter. Now thinking of a 58" barrel go ahead make it a 6' gun.  5oz of shot @ 1100 fps is 144 ftlbs recoil in a 15lb gun. But it should weigh 20lbsabout or so. Also its legal for turkeys here in GA.  Regulations just say nothing smaller than 20ga.

Mmm what would 5oz of hevi7s pattern like

[Waddle Whacker]

Dont know if yall familiar with the english fowler pattern rifle.
thats what one muzzleloader builder wants to do.  Ive seen these big bores called called market hunter shotgun. Should be a simple gun to build. 1.050" bore diameter. Now thinking of a 58" barrel go ahead make it a 6' gun.  5oz of shot @ 1100 fps is 144 ftlbs recoil in a 15lb gun. But it should weigh 20lbsabout or so. Also its legal for turkeys here in GA.  Regulations just say nothing smaller than 20ga.

Mmm what would 5oz of hevi7s pattern like

5 ozs of 7's would be nice, but that's only 1375 pellets. Personally, I'd go with 5 oz of TSS 9's. I guess it'd run you about $20 a shot....but it'd be worth it for almost 2,000 pellets..... I wonder what 1,000 in the 10" looks like?

[LBSS]

If you think about it the best way to make a smooth bore more effective is to make it bigger.
plus i read about colonials using 4 bore blunderbusses
Just seems right lol.

The goal is 300+lead 4#s in a 10"pattern. Id love to have this gun. It would be something worth passing down some day.  Olus during pattern sessions 14 drams of black powder is bound to get those liberal neighbors buzzing lol but atleast i live out of city limits by 20miles so its all good lol.

Wads are 7.50$ per 250 .500" wads.  Never priced bp but that's 14dram load is 375gr of black powder. Some guns where proofed up to 20drams1 lol. But ill be good with 5oz of nickel lead ontop of 13-14 drams of goex fg

[lmbhngr]

  WHY

[gobblingghost]

Here's one for you. One shot the turkey would be defeathered, clean, tenderized, and cut into strips.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTQQfKxkZpk

[LBSS]

I love the history behind these big bores.
i plan on using a action called a jeager conversion lock .
it was designed for flint locks to be conversion over to percussion caps
very cool i think. Also goex fg is only 13$ per lbs

[Gooserbat]

Keep us informed I like the idea of it but with almosr an once of powder per shot it could get pricey.

[schuylkillspur]

144 ftlbs of RECOIL!

[LBSS]

Heres a picture of a brown bess 4 bore.
its rifled so the barrel is 1/2" bigger around at the breech
but yall get the idea