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Offline Hawg

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Black powder ballistics calculator
« on: February 29, 2024, 06:54:35 PM »
I don't know how accurate it is. https://www.p-max.uk/cgi-bin/black_powder.cgi



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Re: Black powder ballistics calculator
« Reply #1 on: February 29, 2024, 10:25:41 PM »
I've treated this like the bible for a while; it's close... https://poconoshooting.com/blackpowderballistics.html

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Re: Black powder ballistics calculator
« Reply #2 on: February 29, 2024, 10:31:45 PM »
Hypothetical load is one I've shot. DD4's conicals (IIRC 195gr), my Sheriff, and then my cute little powder horn/measure thing out of an antler tip threw 44gr. IIRC, it might have only been 40, but what's 4 grains? 75 ft per second?