RE: $100 at pawn shop
All of that for $100.00 you did very well. I own the exact same rifle. Mine shoots a roundball excellent with 80 grains of Triple Se7en 2f powder, a wad, and a .530 patched roundball. I took three deer with it so far, and the farthest one ran was about 30 yards after being hit.
It will shoot powerbelts good. I used 80 grains of Pyrodex RS and a 405 grain powerbelt and it did a good job.
The sights are bad, but I replaced mine with fiber optics. Also when you get a stout load, that thing kicks like a rented mule. So I took the butt plate off the rifle. Then I stuffed a rag down the hollow stock. I then took a bag and put in 1# pound of shot and vacuum sealed the bag. I took that bag, placed it in another vacuum bag and sealed that. I then formed that into the stock. And put a old sock over all that and replaced the butt plate. That extra weight really took the bite out of that rifle. Granted it was a little heavier, but I feel it balanced the rifle some as well.
I bought mine new from Bass Pro Shop for $39.95 when they were on sale. I should have bought a couple of them as I could have made a few dollars. When I bought it, my friends really kidded me about my $39.00 rifle. Until they saw it shoot. Then one of them went and bought his son one. That kid still hunts deer with it, and takes a deer every year with it.
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