MountainDevil54

Beautiful day!! Friggin T -shirt weather so i loaded up 3 speed loaders, .530 round ball, .015 patch and 80gr pyrodex RS and took the old 54 cva mountain rifle out to 100 yards. I was shooting at a 3" circle i drew up before leaving and taped it to my base board. It was a little hard to see due to the sunlight but it works out just fine.

Normally i load 2 patches, one serves as a buffer but i did not do it this time and as usual, my 2nd and 3rd shots went high with this setup. These balls were also made from wheel weights and they loaded a lot tighter in the barrel.



Recovered one patch and was surprised to see the fair condition it was in. Usually if i only use one patch it is shredded to threads,


Tomorrow i am going to retake the test but use 2 patches this time and see how the groups are with the WW balls.

Semisane

That patch is what I would call "barely survived". What kind of lube were you using? Can you get an .018 patch down the bore?

cayugad

Do you mean you push a patch down the bore on top of the powder first, then set the ball in a second patch? Or are you actually double patching?

MountainDevil54

I am using the TC prelubed patches. I have some .018 pillow ticking but i have to swab between shots to get them down. Thats why i settled with using 2 patches as the first one takes the heat while the patch around the ball does the rest of the job.

New hammer i put on the rifle worked great too! No more stuck caps under the hammer and its beefy to hold on to. I hated the tiny stock hammers [:'(]

MountainDevil54

Yes

bronko22000

I swear MD, if I find out where you live I'm going to come there and take that rifle form you if you don't stop showing it on here.

MountainDevil54

sorry Bronko. It sounds like you are in need of a mountain rifle? Check out gunbroker, they usually pop up there from time to time. Or go on ebay and buy a stock and then buy the rest of the parts,they are fairly cheap to build up.

I'll get some more shooting and pics up tomorrow for ya. [8D]

This has a has some really nice figure in the wood but from the looks of the other stock, it may be a tie between the 2 stocks.

Underclocked

Did that nipple blow out at all.

MountainDevil54

Had to pry it out of my forehead and reinstall it after each shot

corey012778

man, I need to get my hawkens out. oops did I say that out load. how about an rifle trade, 45cal apex for the 54cal. I like problem child rifles.

I am sure you figure out what would work. I even figured out prelubed patches suck. lol