You didn't mention that in your OP Semi, but I thought I smelled Liquid Wrench while I was reading it. :biggrin:

BPS

OK, here's another thought I had last night.

Those five shots at 50 yards kept nagging at me. Remember, this is what the group looked like.



Even though I was having a tough time with the sights, why was I able to keep the vertical spread to 1-1/8", while letting the horizontal spread get so big?

Then I realized - It had to be the wind. (Hey, when you need an excuse any excuse will do. :s2: )

So here's the deal. The rifle range at our hunting club has always been a fifteen-foot wide by 300 yard long lane through mature pine forest.



Wind has never been an issue on the range. But that section of our lease has just been clear cut. The trees are gone and the rifle range is bare butt naked.

There was a breeze blowing during my shoot on Saturday. So much so that I had to clip a clothes pin to the bottom of the target sheets to provide weight and keep them from flapping in the breeze.

So let's assume there was a variable breeze ranging from 5 to 9 mph during the shoot, and look at what the wind drift would be for the load I was shooting with a 7 mph cross wind. Here's the chart.



Well BY GOLLY, that little 7 mph breeze could move the ball 2.5" to the side at the 50 yard mark, and a 9 mph gust could move it over 3". Now there - I sure do feel better about that lateral dispersion. :D

Nice bit of sleuthin' there Semi, bet it made ya wanna strut like a Banty rooster!!

BPS

Yep ... if the touch hole liner comes out, I would see if a RMC could be found for it. I think that might speed things up. Also I have some 3/4 - 1" flints that might work for you. Let me double check their width. But I like the wider ones so the entire frizzen gets hit. If I have some and you want ... I would sure send you a couple to try. Otherwise in the other case of them, I have some 5/8th by 1 inch I am almost positive. I purchased a huge number of them many years ago. I have most of the humps ground off them. They are Thomas Fuller Black English Flints.

RMC still has touch hole (vent) liners... 1/4 x 28 if it's US made barrel, M8 x 1.25 if it's a Pedersoli made barrel

http://www.rmcsports.com/ML020.jpg

BPS

You've got to be kidding BPS - Semi's days of struttin have long since flew the coop! But at least he may have figured out his poor excuse for shooting. That was a good catch and would account for about 1/2 his group size. Especially if the wind was fluctuating.

I've seldom had to consider wind in my shooting or hunting. That little bit of exposure makes me wonder how you guys in the Wide Open And Windy ever hit anything.


I be struttin Bronko.......I be struttin something fierce.

Now don't you two get to feudin', there's plenty of Geritol to go around for both of ya!

:lolabove: :lolabove:

BPS

I won a bet with my wife on the game yesterday. When Denver scored their 2nd TD I went in and took a Viagra but the darn thing got stuck in my throat. My darn neck was stiff all night. I had a HARD time sleeping....lol

Nothing new there Bronko. Just another stiff neck Yankee.