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| CP:
Tightening things up a bit. |
| HawkenBob:
Thats a great group for 100 yrds with a ML. I have a hard time keeping 5 shots in a 4 inch group. I do have new sites but I think there dialed in, its me probably. I was shooting allot until last month when I hit my hammer on my TC on the bench at GH sportsman club and broke the sear. I just ordered a new one and some extras as this is twice now. :bash: Anyway hope to be out again soon. What kind of load are you shooting? What gun? |
| CP:
The load for that set was 60 grains of Triple Seven FFFG, a wad of lard and wax impregnated cotton, and an un-patched .535 Speer round ball. The rifle is an Umberti .54 cal Santa Fe Hawken. I’ve gotten a lot of good advice from Slenk and I’ve been doing a good bit of range work with various loads. My groups have ranged from over 18” to what you see there. There are a lot of variables; propellant type, propellant size, charge size, ball size, patch or no patch, patch thickness, lube, etc. This seems to work best for my rifle. I still need to do some sight adjustment. I was holding on the top of the gray box, about a 4”-5” drop. But first I’ll try upping the charge until I start to lose consistency. |
| WDFW-SUX:
I shoot year round something always that need some work or tinkering |
| deerslyr:
I might break out the front stuffer this weekend. was thinking of trying those powerbelts with 115 grains of fff out of my black diamond. |
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