Black Powder Rifles...

[gtpkeeper]

Parker-Hale Musketoon .577 ball? how big is that compared to say .44 anyone got a pic
what sort of power does it produce with 45gr of bp

whats the difference between Artillery Carbine and Musketoon Carbine

[tacfoley]

Parker-Hale Musketoon .577 ball? how big is that compared to say .44 anyone got a pic
what sort of power does it produce with 45gr of bp

whats the difference between Artillery Carbine and Musketoon Carbine

I've never fired a ball in my Musketoon, since it was designed to shoot a Minié/Pritchett bullet and not a ball, so I can't help you there. Over in the real world, folks DO shoot ball from this kind of a gun, with varying degrees of success from great to sh1te.

Anyhow, I'll try and answer your questions, even though I'm a troll and a numptie and a total waste of space, as well as a know-SFA blowhard who has never EVER posted anything useful in his life....

First of all. let's make one thing clear, it's not the amount [or type] of propellant, it's the velocity resulting from that using amount of propellant, and there are so many variables where actual amounts are concened that we can ignore it and concentrate on the two things that matter in the equation - weight of shot and muzzle velocity. THAT will give us the resultant muzzle energy, or 'power' as you call it.

A .58cal lead ball weighs ~295gr, and a .44cal lead ball weighs ~128gr.

From my Parker-Hale Musketoon/Artillery carbine - the same thing - a 535gr Lyman Minié bullet over 55gr of FFg exits the barrel at ~1175fps. That makes 1640 ft lbs/2224 J.

IF you were to fire a ball from it, then you would have to make a few assumptions, so we'll try out a simple lead ball at the same muzzle velocity as the Minié bullet - BANG - 905 ft lbs/1226 J.

In contrast, the 128gr ball at 1100 fps [Ruger Old Army and 30gr of FFFg] makes 344 ft lbs/466 J.

Any use to you?

tac

[gtpkeeper]

thank you tac it helps

[tacfoley]

thank you tac it helps

Happy to help, me.

tac, so simple he has no working parts.

[lostcat]

Happy to help, me.

tac, so simple he has no working parts.

Thanks for that too.

[tacfoley]

Thanks for that too.

tac