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Old 08-31-2009 | 05:53 PM
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MountainDevil54
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Default My Evolution came in. Thor shooter!!

Traded off one of my flintlocks for this one. It finally came snail mail (UPS)

Over all im lovin it! Trigger is right around 3.5lbs with just a tiny bit of creep, No grit though! Shoulders nicely and open sights easily come into view. Ramrod i may cut down 1/2" so it sits flush (Aluminum)

I grabbed my Thor Bullets and first put in a .500 colorado thor and it dropped down the muzzle and came out the breech end :lol: Grabbed a .501" thor and it fit like a glove! Maybe 20lbs of pressure to seat it.

My first shot i started short, 10 yards and was 4" low and 4" to the right.

Made some adjustments and surprisingly on shot #2, i nailed the 1" bullseye and knocked it off the target!

Went back in to reload and the bullet went down smoothly on a fouled bore. Put in a primer, took it out a new target with a black 3" circle, aimed and fired. Took out the X on the bullseye , dead center! Its right about 1 1/2" high @ 50 yards which should put me close to dead on @ 100 yards.

Its a very simple rifle, takes a little longer to clean but damn is it a shooter! 3 shots total and im ready for 100 yards!

I was shooting 80gr Pyrodex RS, Winchester W209 and the 247gr Colorado Thor conical. Pretty much zero recoil.

Once im at 100 yards i will see if i need to up my charge any to tighten the groups or not.

Its a fun little rifle so far!







Im going to let my brother use this one for his cow elk hunt coming up in 2 weeks. I'll use my Accura for bear and my dad will use his cabelas hawken.
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