tranter bull dog

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upon radwa's request my tranter bull dog .60 cal
first pic of the ammo i have going for it had to make my own sizing die
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Another request for a video of it in action as well as a little info on it.

Who originally came up with it and how old is it? What do you load that beast up with (powder/projectile)? Do you have any stats on it? If not, a rough idea?

Move over .45 caliber, there's something beefier!
 
Nice looking gun & pictures. I would hate to be looking down the loaded barrel of that with someone who didn't like me with their finger on the trigger of that revolver. Looks like whatever it hits it would make a very large hole in it.
 
550 fps with what weight projectile?

Is this what you load your up to be? What is your load?
 
neat

Very nice. I have lusted after a Tranter for years. Still do.

550 fps with what weight projectile?
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W.C. Dowell's history of Webley firearms, "The Webley Story", mentions a 295 grain lead bullet atop 27 grains of BP for the .577 Tranter no velocity given. In addition, there is a reference to a bullet of 495 grains at 725 fps using 28 grains of BP.(page 272 Table X)
A note in Dowell's book is that for the Webley model pictured, the 1st Model, solid frame, the actual chambering was for a Boxer cartridge that contained a "spherical ball". (page 61) This round ball is most probably what was referred to as the load above since a LRB of .577" diameter would weigh just about 295 grains.

Pete
 
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25 years back I had a Lancaster o/u barrel pistol that took the Snider Carbine round. It had an Indian suppliers name on the line below Lancaster so I guess it was a Howdah pistol. I only had it 2 or 3 years sold it for $1000 profit as I remember. :)
 
Pete D. said:
Very nice. I have lusted after a Tranter for years. Still do.


W.C. Dowell's history of Webley firearms, "The Webley Story", mentions a 295 grain lead bullet atop 27 grains of BP for the .577 Tranter no velocity given. In addition, there is a reference to a bullet of 495 grains at 725 fps using 28 grains of BP.(page 272 Table X)
A note in Dowell's book is that for the Webley model pictured, the 1st Model, solid frame, the actual chambering was for a Boxer cartridge that contained a "spherical ball". (page 61) This round ball is most probably what was referred to as the load above since a LRB of .577" diameter would weigh just about 295 grains.

Pete
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A 495gr. bullet with 725fps MV differs a lot from a 295gr. LRB with 550fps MV, as it means almost 3 times more energy than the latter. Do you think that "495gr." should be a mistake? As I know, the .577 Snider rifle cartridge only use a 480gr. bullet.

My calculation show that a 495gr. bullet with 725fps MV have 577.6 ft·lbf energy. And as I know, .45 Colt with the same 28gr. BP only have around 300 ft·lbf energy. That's the second reason I think it's impossible. A 295gr. ball with 550fps MV and around 200 ft·lbf energy looks more reasonable to me.
 
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