I have a Renegade 50 1/48 that use to shoot PRB's really well - well for me that is... then I started my quest to make it shoot better. I started checking patches and changing patches, changing rear sights, changing powder - even went back to GOEX, BUT - I/it was shooting terrible.

So this weekend I changed everything back the way it was... I even promissed myself I was not going to look @ patches - just the results....

When I got to the farm I walked out what I thought was close to 75 yards. I forgot to take the range finder out with me so I gave it a real good 75 yard guess. I set up 6 clay pigeons in the snow, walked back to the truck put a target on the shot board walk out to 25 yards ( had the laser this time) and set the target up. Oh, another thing the wind was blowing fairly stongly which i was really hating...

Loaded the first round.... 70 grains T7-2f, Wool wad, .015 Cotton Patch and a .490 Speer Round ball. Went to my bench and I thought I would shoot a fouling round before working on the target. I picked a clay pigeon and took the shot - the dang thing desinegrated - it was gone! What the heck loaded up again, and again - and I kept breaking them - got all six - I AM A HAPPY CAMPER- all is well in the world... Never even bothered to shoot the target, and I did laser the pigeons my 75 yards was actually 82 yards.

I did see and pick up two patches on the way out.... they didn't look like new and I could not run them through the wash machine and use them again but I do not care... The gun shot and shot well - I think I am ready for that first Rhondy shoot...

Patches...



Now I can move on to the next challenge - Lehighs