"How Good Was Black Powder?"

[Don Gott]

The results showed that indeed, front stuffing, charcoal burners were and are, very effective arms!

Ssshhh ! Don't say too much - the exemption from the ban in 1997 was argued on the basis of them being "antiquated" things which shoved out more smoke and noise than lead. (To paraphrase somewhat).

[tacfoley]

I shoot a 600gr hexagonal lead bullet propelled by 100gr of FFg from my Whitworth military match rifle out to 1200 yards. It's true to say that it doesn't not bounce off the target at that distance, but goes right through and out the other side...

I would certainly not stand there.

tac