Originally Posted by
bronko22000
Dave. I like those rifles. And those original buckhorn sights take some getting use to. I found that if you treat the rear sight (the buckhorn) like a peep and center the top of the front sight you might hit dead center.
I was having the same problem with my GPH. I tried to sight with the top of the front blade on top of that little notch in the rear.
But anyway you do it, I'm sure you will get that baby shooting good.
bronko gave me something to try, so today I used the rear sight like a peep. While it was not the solution, it was better then nothing.
the 460 grain No Excuses started all this off. They showed a little promise when shooting. I did not swab at this time.
I then went to the Lyman Shockers in the upper left bull. Like always, these 420 grain all lead conicals are a shocker. They sprayed all over the place until I dropped the powder charge down to 50 grains of Goex 3f.
I then shot the bottom right bull with some Bufflalo Bullet 375 grain SSBs and 70 grains of the Goex 3f. Again they were doing better then nothing and maybe with some work I can get them to shoot.
The last thing I tried were 385 grain Buffalo Bullet Conicals. They did as they always did, sprayed all over the place.
The rifle was flawless. Ignition excellent. When I cleaned it I did use brake cleaner. When I thought the rifle was clean, I sprayed the barrel insides with brake cleaner then ran some patches. It was still pulling that packing grease from the bore. BUT I think I have it all out now.