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Old 05-04-2008 | 01:35 PM
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frontier gander
 
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Ok took 3 more shots. First i went and swabbed the bore entirely clean. took 4 patches on both sides and then i ran 3 more dry patches. Wiped the frizzen,flint, pan and touch hole clean. Blew down the bore to make sure nothing got punched into the flash hole. Loaded up 110g goex, .018 PT and the stick a weight round ball. First shot hit the 2x4 " A total of 7" low from aiming point"Taped up the hole. Cleaned the entire rifle the exact same way. Down went the same load "I let the barrel and myself cool down for a few minutes. Set the rifle on the rest and ran my pick throught the vent hole and added my 4f to the pan. Instant ignition, A little pain to the shoulder, A huge smile on my face as i walked to the target and found that the ball had gone directly into the center of the last shot! I taped up ALL the holes in my target on all the previous shots and i was just amazed to find that it went into the same hole. I dont mind swabbing when it shoots like this.

I went to reload another shot and found that i only had enough powder for a 90g charge. This time i loaded the .015 patches "Double" and aimed at the top of my target and fired " did not swab the bore"

Ball hit 9" low and in the right corner of the balls circle. I think these will do fine for hunting as long as i double patch.

I wont use wads due to the price being $11 for 100 wads so thats out of the question.

Lube i use is a mixture of crisco,murphys oil soap and a very very tiny amount of extra virgin olive oil.

May do some more shooting with it tomorrow but first i am going to file down this sight a bit.
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