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<blockquote data-quote="PrairieGhost" data-source="post: 313144" data-attributes="member: 704"><p>Mr Stevenson I think I can one up you. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; About 40 years ago I bought a broken black powder deringer from a guy.&nbsp; The hammer spring was broken, and the company no longer existed so I ordered spring making steel from Dixie Gun Works to bend and temper my own.&nbsp; I didnt have te patience to wait so I wrapped a ruber band around the hammer and anchored on the tang.&nbsp; A friend andI did a lot of squirrel hunting with black powder at the time and I took the little deringer along.&nbsp; We were sitting quiet in the woods and seeing nothing so out come the deringer.&nbsp; I only wanted to hear it go bang and see it hit something.&nbsp; I only put in ten grains of powder wich would get a 45 cal 127gr round ball doing between 300 to 400 fps out of its two inch barrel.&nbsp; Powder and ball used up one inch so it was more like a one inchbarrel.&nbsp;&nbsp; At maybe ten yards at most was a dead green ash with a dark nickel size knot hole in the smooth barkless trunk.&nbsp; Strange how tough old dry ash wood is.&nbsp; I hit about six inches low.&nbsp; The pure soft lead expanded to about 70 cal.&nbsp; Some expanshion occured on the wood and some occured on my shin bone.&nbsp; That sucker swelled like a golf ball.&nbsp; The ball fell at my feet and once I stopped howling and holding my leg I picked it up.&nbsp; The lead was softenough and my bone hard enough that a perfect imprint ofvthe weave of the cloth in my blue jeans was imprinted on the flattened ball.&nbsp; Somewhere I still have that ball as a reminder of patience required, dumb moves. and strangle things that can happen.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="PrairieGhost, post: 313144, member: 704"] Mr Stevenson I think I can one up you. :) About 40 years ago I bought a broken black powder deringer from a guy. The hammer spring was broken, and the company no longer existed so I ordered spring making steel from Dixie Gun Works to bend and temper my own. I didnt have te patience to wait so I wrapped a ruber band around the hammer and anchored on the tang. A friend andI did a lot of squirrel hunting with black powder at the time and I took the little deringer along. We were sitting quiet in the woods and seeing nothing so out come the deringer. I only wanted to hear it go bang and see it hit something. I only put in ten grains of powder wich would get a 45 cal 127gr round ball doing between 300 to 400 fps out of its two inch barrel. Powder and ball used up one inch so it was more like a one inchbarrel. At maybe ten yards at most was a dead green ash with a dark nickel size knot hole in the smooth barkless trunk. Strange how tough old dry ash wood is. I hit about six inches low. The pure soft lead expanded to about 70 cal. Some expanshion occured on the wood and some occured on my shin bone. That sucker swelled like a golf ball. The ball fell at my feet and once I stopped howling and holding my leg I picked it up. The lead was softenough and my bone hard enough that a perfect imprint ofvthe weave of the cloth in my blue jeans was imprinted on the flattened ball. Somewhere I still have that ball as a reminder of patience required, dumb moves. and strangle things that can happen. [/QUOTE]

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