Well, I shot it again today and I did just that, CRANKED UP THE POWDER CHARGE. I started out with 70gr @ 25yds. and went up in 5gr increments to 90gr and the groups not only opened up, but (as I expected) THEY WENT HIGHER!!! 90gr was almost 6" high of point of aim!!! Granted, this was @ 25yds but....the groups progressively got higher. I shot three shot groups and then swabbed the barrel clean and dry between groups. I did try one group with liquid wrench and I found it VERY hard to load each consecutive shot. I used both pre-cut and square cut patches and shot FFFg for most of my shooting but near the end, I flushed and dried the barrel and started over with FFg. I found that I didn't seem to have the fouling that I did with FFFg, but I'm not sure if some of that problem was coming from using the LW or not. I did find that the shots using FFg were closer to point of aim than those with FFFg which tended to be higher. The best groups I had were with 50-65gr loads at that distance and I don't have a chronograph so I don't know what the difference in velocity was. That will probably be my next investment.

BPS