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jjmorgan64 · June 22, 2002, 07:54 PM

bought a 36 cal pepperbox, and didn't have any 36 cal balls, so I shoved a lead 38 bullet down the tube, over a 9 mm case load of powder. Mild pop, and could actually watch the bullet in flight, was pretty neat. They looked like you had tossed them underhand.

June 22, 2002, 07:54 PM	#5
jjmorgan64 Senior Member Join Date: August 8, 2001 Posts: 519	bought a 36 cal pepperbox, and didn't have any 36 cal balls, so I shoved a lead 38 bullet down the tube, over a 9 mm case load of powder. Mild pop, and could actually watch the bullet in flight, was pretty neat. They looked like you had tossed them underhand. __________________ The Forty-Four spoke and it sent lead and smoke And seventeen inches of flame. -Marty Robbins JM