Posted by Snake Man
on 10/3/2009, 9:46 am, in reply to "Bluhderbus vs Shotgun"
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There was a series of tests done on several different blunderbusses back in the 1950's, and as I remember, published in the American Rifleman. It was determined that the charge would only spread at it's natural rate, and if the barrel flared faster than the natural spread of the shot, the result would be as if the barrel had simply ended at that point.
The thinking of the time when blunderbusses were popular was that the flare actually controled the spread of the charge. There was also the great intimidation factor of the large muzzle that made them popular. The testing also showed that all of the examples tested shot a "hollow" pattern, that is, less dense in the center. Sort of like a doughnut shape.
>>>> Snake Man
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