Beautiful day!! Friggin T -shirt weather so i loaded up 3 speed loaders, .530 round ball, .015 patch and 80gr pyrodex RS and took the old 54 cva mountain rifle out to 100 yards. I was shooting at a 3" circle i drew up before leaving and taped it to my base board. It was a little hard to see due to the sunlight but it works out just fine.
Normally i load 2 patches, one serves as a buffer but i did not do it this time and as usual, my 2nd and 3rd shots went high with this setup. These balls were also made from wheel weights and they loaded a lot tighter in the barrel.
Recovered one patch and was surprised to see the fair condition it was in. Usually if i only use one patch it is shredded to threads,
Tomorrow i am going to retake the test but use 2 patches this time and see how the groups are with the WW balls.
That patch is what I would call "barely survived". What kind of lube were you using? Can you get an .018 patch down the bore?
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Do you mean you push a patch down the bore on top of the powder first, then set the ball in a second patch? Or are you actually double patching?
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That patch is what I would call "barely survived". What kind of lube were you using? Can you get an .018 patch down the bore?
I am using the TC prelubed patches. I have some .018 pillow ticking but i have to swab between shots to get them down. Thats why i settled with using 2 patches as the first one takes the heat while the patch around the ball does the rest of the job.
New hammer i put on the rifle worked great too! No more stuck caps under the hammer and its beefy to hold on to. I hated the tiny stock hammers [:'(]
I swear MD, if I find out where you live I'm going to come there and take that rifle form you if you don't stop showing it on here.
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sorry Bronko. It sounds like you are in need of a mountain rifle? Check out gunbroker, they usually pop up there from time to time. Or go on ebay and buy a stock and then buy the rest of the parts,they are fairly cheap to build up.
I'll get some more shooting and pics up tomorrow for ya. [8D]
This has a has some really nice figure in the wood but from the looks of the other stock, it may be a tie between the 2 stocks.
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sorry Bronko. It sounds like you are in need of a mountain rifle? Check out gunbroker, they usually pop up there from time to time. Or go on ebay and buy a stock and then buy the rest of the parts,they are fairly cheap to build up. 
