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DarylS
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Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.
12/01/10 10:01 AM

This is what happened Saturday. Very windy. OOPs should have read 25 shots total.

Top 2 holes were with a tail wind. The 2 same elevation as the 'groups' were where I got caught by an increase in side wind. On the right side of this 10 ring hole, is another right barrel shot. I waited until the flags settled down a bit and put the left accompanying shot into the lower vertical slot which is why it has 10 shtos.

The upper large group is all right barrel, contains 9 shots & measures 7/8" on centres. The bottom elongated hole is 10 shots, and measures 1.3", not good, but not too bad. Liveable, I guess. Next time out, I'll experiment with greater powder charges to try to get the barrels uncrossed. As you can see, they are crossing 3/4" at 50 yards. As this is a muzzleloader, I could live with both of them zeroing at 100 yards, which would be a cross of only an inch or 2 so at 200yards. That would be OK for a hunting rifle. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with the elevation difference, though as it's already 2" at 50 yards.

As well, I have to try paper ctg. in this gun as well. With them, I could alter loads to get the elevation the same but that would be a pain in the ass to say the least. Or - I can sight for one barrel and learn to hold for the other as it isn't too bad. 4" difference at 100 yards should only be the difference between a 100 and 125 to 130 yard zero.

The load used for this target was 82gr. of 2F GOEX, a .021" mattress ticking patch, Winshield Washer fluid and Neetsfoot oil mix for lube, about 10:1, and a .562" pure lead ball. A WW ball loads quite well with this combination as well. This is a range lube only, not for hunting due to the water content. Use straight neetsfoot oil or mink oil for hunting. Products like bore butter, which is flavoured chap-stick stuff, can build in the bore while shooting, spoiling accuracy after as few as 10 shots and are difficult to actually remove from the groove corners when cleaning.

.021" patch measurement is measured with calipers, dry, squeezing the tines together over the material with forefinger and thumb tightly. When measured with my micrometer, this material runs .018".

Note that loading is very easy. One of these days, we'll do a short video with a loading sequence to show just how easy it is.

Edited by Daryl_S (13/01/10 01:56 AM)

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Daryls paper patched RBs.	beleg2	10/06/09 06:14 AM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	DarylS	11/06/09 01:18 AM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	beleg2	11/06/09 04:28 AM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	DarylS	11/06/09 11:26 PM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	DarylS	31/12/09 03:59 AM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	beleg2	31/12/09 02:32 PM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	DarylS	01/01/10 02:44 AM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	DarylS	01/01/10 04:42 AM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	beleg2	02/01/10 12:45 AM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	DarylS	02/01/10 02:20 AM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	DarylS	03/01/10 08:44 AM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	beleg2	03/01/10 12:19 PM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	DarylS	04/01/10 07:54 AM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	DarylS	08/01/10 06:17 AM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	beleg2	08/01/10 06:47 AM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	DarylS	08/01/10 12:19 PM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	beleg2	12/02/10 06:20 AM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	DarylS	12/02/10 11:21 AM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	beleg2	15/02/10 10:57 AM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	DarylS	16/02/10 02:30 AM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	beleg2	16/02/10 05:49 AM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	DarylS	08/01/10 12:36 PM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	DarylS	12/01/10 10:01 AM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	beleg2	12/01/10 12:07 PM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	DarylS	13/01/10 11:40 AM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	beleg2	13/01/10 02:23 PM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	DarylS	13/01/10 04:51 PM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	tinker	13/01/10 05:04 PM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	beleg2	13/01/10 10:14 PM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	DarylS	14/01/10 04:04 AM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	beleg2	14/01/10 01:06 PM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	DarylS	14/01/10 01:54 PM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	beleg2	14/01/10 11:19 PM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	DarylS	15/01/10 02:48 AM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	beleg2	15/01/10 04:38 AM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	DarylS	15/01/10 09:04 AM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	DarylS	20/01/10 03:23 AM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	DarylS	21/01/10 07:33 AM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	beleg2	21/01/10 07:59 AM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	DarylS	21/01/10 03:10 PM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	beleg2	22/01/10 03:07 AM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	DarylS	22/01/10 10:31 AM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	beleg2	22/01/10 11:22 AM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	DarylS	22/01/10 05:06 PM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	beleg2	22/01/10 08:46 PM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	DarylS	23/01/10 03:31 AM
Re: Daryls paper patched RBs.	beleg2	05/02/10 08:44 AM

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