First shots with the .54 Scout Carbine.

[Pittsburghunter]

Well it seems like most T/C rifles you can shoot them right out of the box even if the box is sealed for 13 years. One problem with this rifle is the sights that came on it reflect the norm of what people thought were good hunting sights that long ago.

T/C calls them "pronghorn sights" I call them "Where the Heck am I suppose to aim?" sights. Again this can cause big differences as to POI with different shooters making it hard to be a multi purpose rifle. My son and I agreed to a POA and we had plenty fun shooting this new rifle.

We started with a box of 430g maxiballs and an agreement that the notch above the white diamond at the bottom of the rear sight was where we would place the front bead. It seems to me that the thought back then was that this was the point blank aim point and you used the big posts for long range shots. With an 80g load of FF Goex we got 2" groups with little problems but the sights are hard to get use too..

My sons first shot was kinda tough, he forgot to hold it firm to his shoulder and even though it hurt pretty bad, he did not feel it till the end of the day. All and all though our time with the 430g bullet would seem mild considering we then went sabot...

We then without adjusting the sights shot a 45cal XTP out of it using a T/C orange sabot and it shot ot the same point of aim. We boosted the powder to 100g with this round it too was a great shooter. What a blast!! This rifle is a lot of fun, not sure if I will hunt it but it is very capable to hunt. This sucker will kill anything on North American soil or tundra.

I will continue conical load development for this rifle. I will also look for a new rear sight that gets rid of guess work. The rifle is a big game tamer and being from New England I will work it hoping to get out west some day.

[cayugad]

That is some good shooting. What twist is in that rifle. Were some of them 1-20 I think I remembered reading once? And your right, that rifle would be more then enough for any critter in North America. The big point is placing your shot which it seems is something you are more then able to do.

It's nice when a gun shoots well... keep shooting. And your son must really want to shoot to take that kind of abuse from a rifle. Good for him.