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Now I fully understand that I'm "not the sharpest knife in the box" - but there are only so many ways to ask a simple question eh ..
"WHAT SIZE IS THE BORE OF AN OLD "100 BORE" PERCUSSION PISTOL?"
- The first site pleased me by being very detailed and helpful .. however it didn't go small enough down scale to have the required information ..
https://www.marstar.ca/html/reflibrary/BallandBullet.html
and the next I found was also great .. but ultimately disappointing & lacking.
http://www.civilwarartillery.com/shottables.htm
- the world-wide-web has plenty of crap floating about - and then there is the good stuff like "The Mathematical Shooter" - but, no - they too failed me ..
http://home.insightbb.com/~bspen/math.html
and "Bob's Blackpowder Notebook"
http://home.insightbb.com/~bspen/index.html
.. SO MUCH READING OUT THERE .. If you can't find what you need here - I'd give up.
But then -
https://www.chuckhawks.com/index2h.muzzleloader.htm
That's great reading about GUNPOWDER - BLACKPOWDER and a full list of reference articles:
this is but one example .. all about gunpowder ..
http://www.cherrytreefamily.com/blackpowderhistory.htm
I'll tell you true - each of those sites is a bloody interesting valuable resource and full of helpful accurate stuff that is real ... BUT not the answer to my particular query. - Ah I did spot one wrong-un - one writer did an woopsie when he typed that his Ruger Old Army uses .357 inch balls - when .. even at my most OBTUSE I know that should be .457".
ROA .45" With my Home Made Stocks (Grips) & Knife 'Bolsters'.
- So to date I still didn't know what sized balls the old 100 Bore pistols used in their day .. but I'm still looking ..
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I'VE FOUND IT - YIPPEE:
How? .. after wandering around the p.c for hours I tried a different search by typing-in "140 Bore" instead of 100 😃😃!
Link to list:
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/britishmilitariaforums/english-bore-to-caliber-conversion-t11574.html
100 Bore is said to be 0.360 inch. (140 Bore = .3215").
.. 9 MM would be 103 Bore, .357 Magnum = 102 bore, the .32"s might be 150-148 bore, & .45" should be 51 Bore ..
Marty K.
- Link here to an article that discusses effectiveness of muzzle loading bullets, knock-down and kinetic energy and how very low energy arrows can produce fatalities (clue .. exsanguination):
https://www.chuckhawks.com/terminal_performance_muzzleloading.htm
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