there was actually allot more to that statement about that rifle never being a tack driver bro....we were talking a 100 yards using conicles...he said there are good shootingbarrels and bad shooting barrels designed for different kinds of rounds. the 1:66 with a longer barrel is going to shoot RB a lot better than a 28" barrel with a 1:48 generally. and a 1:28 is going to shoot a sabot with a hot load more accurately...But there are always exceptions to the rule....i can personally testify to this now...

all i know is that Randy Wakeman cut through all the BS and put me on track here...yesterday i went out and used pyrodex "P" , put a musket nozzle on the old girl, and dialed that thing into less than 3 inch groups at a hundred yards using iron sights...i did have a peep sight on the rear, which i shoot much more accurately with... i know many guys that cant shoot that kind of group with a high powered rifle with a scope.....i had that hawken sand bagged ant that is all i';m going to get out of her is 2-3" at a hundred yards using loose powder measures... itook the time to weigh every load plus or minus .05 grains, swabbed after Evey load, and used the set trigger....if i would have Benn using my old 300 sav i could have grouped a half inch hole....i took that much time with it....

I'm very pleased with the results....now that i have my "sweet load" which by the way Dave is just under 70 gr by volume of pyrodex "P" ....you hit that one perfectly.... i intend to burn another box of lead shooting off hand at 50 - 75 yards.... this will be my average shot in the jungle type area i hunt...there could be a rare cross canyon opportunity that i wanted the 100 yard option for a nice standing shot. I'd find me a tree or do a 3 point stance for that...but the conditions would have to be perfect....i'm an old archery hunter at heart, but i can shoot most anything pretty fair...

i still want to know what this corn meal thing is all about Dave...i'm not being sarcastic either...i'm really curious about this.....Kirk