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Just had an idle thought about your Deerstalker....How many shots do you have through it? Lyman barrels are notorious for needing 200-300 shots through them before they really settle down and live up to their accuracy potential. They appear to be a little too sharp or too rough or something in...

Sounds like you're on the money, so my only guess would be to mess with your lubes.

The last step for good adherence with Barge is lots of pressure on the joint for about 24 hours while it cures. Working against you, Barge doesn't like to adhere well to oiled leather. I'd be tempted to add a baste or two with thread to the top of the seam for extra support. You can do that...

You don't mention your patch thickness. That can be the biggest factor in accuracy in our guns. My wife's Deerstalker 54 is an accuracy marvel with almost any powder charge from 30 grains of 3f to 100 grains of 2f, but we run the patches fairly tight (.018 ticking with .530 balls) and TOW mink...

I have to agree. The only way to really repair that kind of stitching is to reverse it again, resew it, then reverse it back. That's a whole lot of flexing for old leather. Odds are that even though you rubbed it down with mink oil, it didn't get down into the stitching or all the way through...

I'm less than 5 years behind you Stony. These days with these eyes and these shaky hands, I'm happy with patterns rather than groups from pistolas! :confused:

There are a couple of things specific to Cabelas/Lyman/Investarms. Dunno if they have a thing to do with the failures reported here, but they sure affected me. 1. I have to be sure to raise the hammer and remove the old cap when loading. Seating the ball after pouring powder forces lots of air...

Three in this house (50, 54 and 58), and I don't recall a single misfire in many years of use. And we almost never swab since we switched to TOW mink tallow. Sumpin else might be going on, but it's not the lettering on the barrels.

I'd be more inclined to shoot it in a 69 caliber, probably patched and with a fiber wad under it. But 12 gauge? Nah. Not unless I figured out how to take care of a whole bunch of rattle room, and I don't want to think that hard.

Oh yeah. I have a light 62 caliber with a very slow twist. Just won't shoot for beans with less than 120 grains of 2f, and greatly prefers 140 grains. Buds who shoot it only do so once. One of them named it, and it stuck: Eatcher Lunch. Last time EVER I took advice from a slow twist pusher.

Boeshield T-9 leaves a pretty "waxy" residue. Don't like it for exposed surfaces except for storage. But I've found nothing better for the underside of pinned barrels. Amazing stuff. Like it so much for that job that I now apply it to the bottom side of keyed barrels hidden within the stock...

Comparing your 50 and 100 yard POI, I'm betting you're deadnuts center at 75.

I can't follow that at all. Care to explain further?

I'd sure up the sights while you're at it. Dead on at 50 is no place to be when you're thinking about shots at 100. A 75 yard sight-in works much better for me.

After spending almost 5 decades in the Alaska bush with people who live there all the time, I gotta say that they're just a lot tougher than we city folks. I don't recall anyone using insect repellent or complaining about the bites. They just tough it out and accept it as a part of living there...

My guess too, because peak pressure is going to be in the first few inches of barrel and dropping after that before the ball ever leaves the barrel. Meanwhile the little chronograph work I've done has shown that I can run velocity (and by extension, pressure) up and down the scale with changes...

Almost two separate thoughts without smo's suggestion to watch the ads. As he points out, leather isn't cheap with enough quality leather to make a bag probably nearing $30. Add in some hardware and the meter keeps running up. Consider that a good bag maker can run up 10-20 hours, and a $75 to...

If you want a better look at the trajectory potential of the REAL, try sighting it in at 75 yards. It will be a similar couple of inches high at 50, and probably no more than 6 or 7 low at 100.

Here in the land of salt water, salt air and high humidity LPS has become a top choice for everything from aircraft to boats to guns, opting for LPS1, LPS2 or LPS3 for the specific job. Barricade and Rig products are good too, but not so versatile for broad uses, as LPS products are on most...

Right on their site it claims to prevent rust.