Since I could no longer get my Winchester Wildcat .22 caliber round nose at the store (and shot off the whole brick last week) I picked up a brick of Federal Hollow Point .22 caliber. Now Federal are not my favorite brand, but I set up a target with a 1" bull at 25 yards and shot off a tube to make sure they were accurate. I guess you could say I was pleased.

I then moved it back to 50 yards and shot off a few more. Actually at 50 yards they were hitting high. But when I checked it I turned it over to shoot the .58 caliber.

At 50 yards I held a true six o'clock hold on the yellow tape and shot three times. All three hit right where the sight was on the paper. So I adjusted my hold and shot three more. Again, right where the front sight was, but I do not like to shoot a covered sight picture. I shot a couple more on the dirty barrel and they hit a little to the right for some reason. Maybe that is why I do not like to cover where I want the ball to hit.

I was shooting 120 grains of Graf's & Sons 2f black powder, and Speer .570 roundball. I was using a pillow tick for patch and moosemilk as a lube. Shooting inch and a half groups with open sights was plenty good enough to make me smile today. Using Dynamite Noble caps, this is a powerful load. I do believe it would take most anything in north America with a well placed shot.

I then finished the day out blasting an assortment of items like cans, plastic bottle caps, rock (one of my favorite when they explode) and sticks. All in all this .58 Green Mountain Barrel with the 1-70 twist is a roundball shooter. I had not shot it for a while and when I was getting gear off the shelf to shoot the .22 it kept yelling for me to go outside.. How could I refuse..