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Old 07-31-2007 | 04:22 PM
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frontier gander
 
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Default 100 yards with the flinter

Took the .54 flintlock CVA Mountain Rifle out twice today and my first outing was @ 75 yards and then 100 once everything was on sight. So far ive managed 2" groups at both 75 and 100 yards. I lowered my charge down to 80 grains triple 7 due to my first 3 shots @ 100 being a 5" group. Once i lowered it down to 80 grains t7, everything was good and held 2" groups. More shooting tomorrow, i want to adjust the sights down to where the tip of the front sight is exactly where it will hit. I dont want any of the 1 or 2" high @ 100 yards thing. The patches are getting burned of big time from the triple7 so i will pick up some felt wads and see how it does with them. I also tried two different patches, .010 and a .015 and the thicker patch made no difference. I will use the .010 due to the ease of loading it allows. Once i get it where i want it tomorrow, i'll pull out the 348 grain powerbelts and have a little fun with those and see how they do. They might be ok out to 50-75 yards. They shot pretty good out of my traditions at that range. So far my home chipped flints are standing up good and getting lots of spark from them.
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