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Re: An approximately 1/3 scale 1841 Mortar
« on: July 21, 2019, 11:19:09 am »
The balls generally survive when I do my shooting out at my place in Adobe Valley (a misnomer that) as it is just full of volcanic ash with occasional rocks of obsidian rarely as big as a fist, more commonly the size of a finger joint. There are some other shooting sites used for gatherings, that have rocky hills downrange, and the balls have a much lower survival rate at those sites.

A typical impact out in Adobe Valley:





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