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Old 03-13-2008 | 01:30 PM
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Default $40 gun, with a pitting problem shooting this good

I have not shot my usak much since I got my new englander. So I took it and and found a 3rd load for it today.

Knight usak
first target:
1-3 75gr pyrodex rs
4-6 80 gr pyrodex rs
7-9 85 gr pyrodex rs
10-12 90 gr pyrodex rs
rem #11
240 gr cheap shot
second target
sorry I did not mark this one
(3)sabertooth right about center 95 gr pyrodex rs (loose in my knight)
(5)45-70 bullet in a harvester sabot someone sent me: all over the place (got my intrest, going to order a mold next week for it) 75 grs 777
claster above (4) hardcast 330gr out of a haverester sabot 75grs 777
tasco 3-9 X40
50yrds

rest mtm site n clean.
weather:
70
15mph winds
clear and wonderful
target one


target two


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Old 03-13-2008 | 02:13 PM
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Any one of them look like meat in the freezer to me. Good shooting corey.
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Old 03-13-2008 | 02:15 PM
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nice shooting ... My little LK-II also shoots well with between 80-90 grains of Pyrodex RS.
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Old 03-13-2008 | 03:41 PM
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thanks. I think this next time I take my usak out I am going to shoot some at an hundred yards.

now to work with the new englander and get a load for it.
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Old 03-13-2008 | 06:05 PM
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Nice shooting. I'll give you $45 for it.
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Old 03-13-2008 | 06:12 PM
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thanks not for sale, yet
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