Earlier this week i was getting a rifle ready for our first muzzy season in October. It has been shot a couple more times, and does seem ready to hunt. The hunt will take place about 200 mile from home, so it seems prudent to take a back-up rifle. As i finished up the testing of rifle one, i began bringing rifle two along, and shooting it as well. This year for the first time, i have mounted a harris bipod to each of the rifles. The previous shooting of rifle two was done with magnified optics, which cannot be used during our muzzle loader seasons. Today i only brought rifle two with a 1X scope mounted for the first time. Shot it first at about 30 yard, and made an adjustment, and shot it again at 30 yard. It was deemed close enough for a move to 100 yard, where it was shot from a portable work bench. Several shots and adjustments were made shooting from the bench, and it went real well, so i finished up shooting on the ground, as i would when hunting.

The load was 270g Deep Curl, 90g Blackhorn powder, green crush rib sabot, and W209 primer.









Rifle two hasn't been shot at 200 yard yet, but will be soon, perhaps tomorrow. If it works at 200 yard, it will probably be the starter, and rifle one will be made the back-up. The recoil from 90g of powder is noticeably less than that from 110g of powder. Whether it is the rifle, or the load, or both, rifle two seems more accurate than rifle one.