1874sharpsshooter |
06-01-2015 10:08 AM |
A Traditional day
The wife was gone and so there wasn't anybody around to tell me what all I needed to do , so I figured I might as well go shoot. I went the traditional route
A Pedersoli Rocky Mountain Hawken in 54 cal. 1:65 twist . I figured I would try 90 gr 3 f triple 7 , Remington caps, and 530 round ball with .018 patch.
First couple of shots were high and barely nicked the top of the target. I lowered the sight. that is not an easy task. I hate the sights on it. then it was better but a little to far to the right.
Luckily the rear sight has a screw and you can loosen that and drift the rear sight a little. So I did that which gave me the hole you see on the left. The sights were very blurry.
Last time I shot this ,it was dead accurate so rather than continue to mess around , since the sights were so blurry with my bad vision I decided to wait til I put a peep on the rear and a globe sight on the front. I have them but never got around to getting them on. Now my vision is such that it is a definite need if I want to shoot this gun anymore.
The best I managed to do was a 2 inch group at 50 yards, whereas in the past it would shoot cloverleafs at 100. actually it probably still will but I can't. so on the next big adventure
practicing shooting with the sling using the no pulse hold.
Question is , what should I try it with . Hmmm.
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