Well guys, for the first part of my homework assignment, I decided to shoot the .58 Zouave a little. Most of my shooting with this gun has been with 70 grains of either Pyrodex RS or JSG, so I decided to experiment a little. I put a target out at 50 yards and loaded up with 100 grains Pyrodex RS. Took five shots. Here's the target. It only shows four shots. I assume number five went over the top. Bye the way, I was using the LOL sights with the 1/4" aperature.
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Don't know what happened. The picture didn't upload. Here it is (I hope).
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My wife says I'm totally nuts, but I think I'm Semisane.
Things I've Learned: (1) It's not possible to please everyone, but quite easy to piss everyone off. (2) If you love animals as I do, then you're not a vegetarian. (3) There's no need to act stupid, even if you're very good at it. (4) If you eat right and exercise, don't smoke or drink, you're going to die anyway.
Anyway, I was getting a lot better groups with my original 70 grain load, so I tried another five shots with 85 grains RS. Here's the target.
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My wife says I'm totally nuts, but I think I'm Semisane.
Things I've Learned: (1) It's not possible to please everyone, but quite easy to piss everyone off. (2) If you love animals as I do, then you're not a vegetarian. (3) There's no need to act stupid, even if you're very good at it. (4) If you eat right and exercise, don't smoke or drink, you're going to die anyway.
I figured that wasn't too bad, so I loaded 85 grains RS again and moved the target out to 100 yards. Here are the results (and the end of homework assignment - Part 1). That 3-inch bull is a bit*h at 100 yards.
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My wife says I'm totally nuts, but I think I'm Semisane.
Things I've Learned: (1) It's not possible to please everyone, but quite easy to piss everyone off. (2) If you love animals as I do, then you're not a vegetarian. (3) There's no need to act stupid, even if you're very good at it. (4) If you eat right and exercise, don't smoke or drink, you're going to die anyway.
I figured that wasn't too bad, so I loaded 85 grains RS again and moved the target out to 100 yards. Here are the results (and the end of homework assignment - Part 1). That 3-inch bull is a bit*h at 100 yards.
Open sights at 100 yards, 2.5" group is excellent. Chap
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That is some pretty good shooting there with that rifle.. a good load to boot.
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Open sights at 100 yards, 2.5" group is excellent. Chap
I would be ecstatic with a 2.5" group, Chap. But that group is more like 7.5" (check out shots #4 & 5 at the bottom of the target). I guess I should have stopped after three.
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My wife says I'm totally nuts, but I think I'm Semisane.
Things I've Learned: (1) It's not possible to please everyone, but quite easy to piss everyone off. (2) If you love animals as I do, then you're not a vegetarian. (3) There's no need to act stupid, even if you're very good at it. (4) If you eat right and exercise, don't smoke or drink, you're going to die anyway.
Fifteen Shots With The Zouave
