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Building a 500 yards muzzleloader?
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<blockquote data-quote="Karl in Phoenix" data-source="post: 30676" data-attributes="member: 1973"><p>The British Whitworth Rifle of American Civil War era, is/was one of the most accurate paper cartridge (front loading) rifles of all time. Elite Confederate Snipers used these rifles to good effect with iron sights to distances of over 1,000 yards with fatal results.</p><p></p><p>The long 45 caliber projectiles were supersonic to significant distances and the Union troops could hear the supersonic "crack" from shots fired several hundred yards distant, as written by veterans of many Civil War Battles. These same Union Army veterans would know that a sniper with a Whitworth Rifle was "working" their area and call for artillary, cavalry or another sniper to deal with the long range threat. </p><p></p><p>You can obtain a recently-made copy of that early Whitworth Rifle, if that is the way you want to go. These newly made rifles have close tolerances and are very, very good shooters and would make an excellent game rifle, if you are interested in the "traditional"-type of BP rifle for your personal game.</p><p></p><p>Best of luck,</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Karl in Phoenix, post: 30676, member: 1973"] The British Whitworth Rifle of American Civil War era, is/was one of the most accurate paper cartridge (front loading) rifles of all time. Elite Confederate Snipers used these rifles to good effect with iron sights to distances of over 1,000 yards with fatal results. The long 45 caliber projectiles were supersonic to significant distances and the Union troops could hear the supersonic "crack" from shots fired several hundred yards distant, as written by veterans of many Civil War Battles. These same Union Army veterans would know that a sniper with a Whitworth Rifle was "working" their area and call for artillary, cavalry or another sniper to deal with the long range threat. You can obtain a recently-made copy of that early Whitworth Rifle, if that is the way you want to go. These newly made rifles have close tolerances and are very, very good shooters and would make an excellent game rifle, if you are interested in the "traditional"-type of BP rifle for your personal game. Best of luck, [/QUOTE]
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