40-90 bn

[Don McDowell]

Shot a 40-90 bn today. Doc got ahold of a sweetheart deal, he got a pre Bryan Shiloh #3 with fancy wood in 40-90 bn and an original Ballard 75 in 38-55 that had been rebarreled and such by Mr. Garbe hisself.. and he got them for about what the Ballard should of cost..
So I took a 45-90 starline case, 2 Jamison 2 7/8 cases that I had trimmed to 2.5 and 2.6 inches ran them thru a 40-65 die, seated a patched bullet on top of some wads and 70 grs as measured on my powder measure from my flintlock powder horn.
Fired those 3 cases. Wind was blowing to hard to tell much about the accuracy of the mess, but the 45-90 case is to short, the other two came out just right.
So Doc went home called BACO and now has brass, dies, and a patched bullet mould on the way..
I'm thinking I may have buggered up by going with the 44 on buttuglies rebarrel.. That 40 really cracks and the recoil was plumb tolerable,, may have to get one of them one of these days.