Impressions after shooting the brown bess carbne.

I have found this musket very pleasent to shoot once I compleated the build. As you can see here I was able to keep all 4 shots of my group on a torso sized target at 30 yards. The three shot group at the top shows the gun has a lot of promice when it comes to accuracy. The ball that went to the bottom left was my fault not the gun's. I am sure once I work up a load for it I can do much better. I was useing a .735 round ball and 90 grains of Elephant brand FF which I know is not the best powder but is what I have right now. The gun wanted to shoot high as I was aiming for the center of the board in the picture but given the taper of the barrel and shorter length this is to be expected.

Josh-the-blacksmith said:

View attachment 358136 I have found this musket very pleasent to shoot once I compleated the build. As you can see here I was able to keep all 4 shots of my group on a torso sized target at 30 yards. The three shot group at the top shows the gun has a lot of promice when it comes to accuracy. The ball that went to the bottom left was my fault not the gun's. I am sure once I work up a load for it I can do much better. I was useing a .735 round ball and 90 grains of Elephant brand FF which I know is not the best powder but is what I have right now. The gun wanted to shoot high as I was aiming for the center of the board in the picture but given the taper of the barrel and shorter length this is to be expected.

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Try a little bigger charge, it might tighten your group a bit. Service charge was a little higher it seems and elephant is a lower energy powder
But…. That’s great for deer and plinking and first shots even better
That’s a super good looking gun

tenngun said:

Try a little bigger charge, it might tighten your group a bit. Service charge was a little higher it seems and elephant is a lower energy powder
But…. That’s great for deer and plinking and first shots even better
That’s a super good looking gun

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Those where my first offhand shots. I used news paper as wadding and was shooting bare ball. Come tax time Ill get some swiss or more premium powder and wads and actually take a rest and see what the gun can really do. Thank you btw I took a week or so finishing her she came as a kit.

tenngun said:

Try a little bigger charge, it might tighten your group a bit. Service charge was a little higher it seems and elephant is a lower energy powder
But…. That’s great for deer and plinking and first shots even better
That’s a super good looking gun

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Depending on what era, the service charge could be over 150 grs under a .69-.71 ball

Where did you find Elephant black powder at?!?! I have an empty can around here somewhere…..

Sam squanch said:

Where did you find Elephant black powder at?!?! I have an empty can around here somewhere…..

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Traded a knife I forged for 5 cans of it to a guy that lives up the road from me. No idea where he got it.

Josh-the-blacksmith said:

Those where my first offhand shots. I used news paper as wadding and was shooting bare ball. Come tax time Ill get some swiss or more premium powder and wads and actually take a rest and see what the gun can really do. Thank you btw I took a week or so finishing her she came as a kit.

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Nothing wrong with Swiss, except it’s expensive, about a third more then Schutzen
I THINK that Swiss would be wasted in a musket
Try wads and whatever, but a bess was made for paper, and it shoots pretty well.
Try also just paper on top, a wad on top works great for me when shooting bare ball

Nice looking rifle!

Josh-the-blacksmith said:

View attachment 358136 I have found this musket very pleasent to shoot once I compleated the build. As you can see here I was able to keep all 4 shots of my group on a torso sized target at 30 yards. The three shot group at the top shows the gun has a lot of promice when it comes to accuracy. The ball that went to the bottom left was my fault not the gun's. I am sure once I work up a load for it I can do much better. I was useing a .735 round ball and 90 grains of Elephant brand FF which I know is not the best powder but is what I have right now. The gun wanted to shoot high as I was aiming for the center of the board in the picture but given the taper of the barrel and shorter length this is to be expected.

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Try a ball and a patch sometime. Might shoot really well.