Thread: Cracking the Code on another Double Rifle

There are reputed to be some Swedish laws about not shooting Moose with shotguns

But really the 75mm chamber is the give away
Straight rifling keeps a buck shot or bird shot column perfectly straight and should group well

So I was able to load a standard 20 gauge plastic case for my buck shot tests
60 grains BP
Two hard cards
15x 30 caliber lead balls
Thin over shot card
Shot through straight rifling



12 or 13 of the 15 were on a 500x500mm sheet of paper at 30m

Next test was
60 grains BP
2 hard cards under shot
7x 34 cal 60 grain balls which were awkward to stack in the case
Over shot card



The 7 pallets are joined by lines and numbered.
There are numbered smaller shot among them
But it's a much tighter group than the small shot.

I've ordered some .315" 47 grain buck shot which should pack in neat 3s in the 20 gauge case and take 4 stacks so 12 balls.
Hopefully it will group better than the small shot and not as tight as the large shot.

The straight rifled barrel was intended as a shot barrel that throws a good pattern despite not having a choke and will shoot a ball or conical Minute or Moose at relatively close range