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Old 06-21-2008 | 01:33 PM
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gleason.chapman
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Default Homework TC Flintlock Green Mountain 21" barrel

Well it was like 90+ degrees today, so I deceided to shoot my TC FL. I sent the stock back to TC in Feb because two of the screws that hold the wedge pin had stripped the wood. They replaced the stock and all the hardware, really everything except the barrel. I bought a new 21"Green Mountain barrel. So this was the first time shooting the gun. This is a 1:28 twist for sabot shooting.
I was shooting my favorite load for FL:
80g of FFF Goex
300g Speer Gold Dot
Crushed rib sabot

Swab between each shot, 1 patchwith rusty duck cleaner, squeeze out excess, down once working it down, turn the patch over and run it straight down, up and down then
1 with dry patch

I was using the GM barrel provided sight.

I shot the first two shoots at 13 yards, and both were touching 1" below the center orange dot.
So I didn't do anysight adjustment. Actually 1 of them was touching the orange dot. So then I moved the target out to 70 yards.

Shot 1 was about 3" low and almost off the target on the left. I moved the sight.
Shot 2 was about 5.5" low and 3" to the right. I moved the signt.
Shot 3 was about 3.5" low dead center. Moved up
Shot 4 was about 2.5" low dead center. Moved up
Shot5 was about 1.5" low dead center. Left it there.

Here is the target. I like the GM barrel. I think I will stay with these fiber optic sights,
they should be fine for my 25 and 50 yard shots. I shot 3 more shots at another target, but didn't take a picture of it and other folks had shot at it also with a 30-06 and a 22". Basically was grouping higher to the left on the 2nd target, so I left it there figuring the barrel was warming the sabot too much and I was not getting accuracy, so I quit.
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