Bought a new gun this year to go along with my Sidelock 54 and the pair of Austin Hellecks that I have.

It was a T/C Black Diamond NOT the XR model though. Had always heard great things about T/C's guns and I liked how light weight it was compared to my other three.

It doesn't shoot good though. I can throw round balls out of that 54 that absolutely put the T/C's groups to shame and not to mention how nice my A&H's shoot. So I have ruled me out of the equation because of being able to group my other guns. I have tried real BP (ffg and fffg Geox), 777 (fffg and ffg) and Pyrdoex RS in it from 80gr up to 120gr. Bullets (all all lead per my states rules) tried so far are 340 PR Bullet Dead Centers, 300 PR Bullet QT's, 375 Buffalo Bullet sabots, Great Plains 385gr and 405gr, and Powerbelts 295gr, 348gr and 405gr.

First off had to replace the factory sights with Truglow just to get it to have enough range of adjustment to bring the point of impact high enough. Now best I can do at 50yds is about 6" groups. My A&H's are one hole guns at the same range with the same sights on them. The stock seems to not fit the barrel and action correctly and does not seem to be stiff enough. You can flex the forarm up and it moves a lot. The barrel is free floated from about forward of the recoil lug under the barrel from disassembling it. The only ignition system I have used with it has been CCI Magnum #11 caps.

Like the little gun and want to get it to work. Would be a nice primary weapon if I can get it down to abouta 2" group open sights at 50yds. Have had it on the range many times and still won't do it. When I finally think I have it the next range session it will have lost it's point of impact totally.

Any suggestions before this thing goes back to T/C with a flaming letter about it not shooting well at all.