62 Smooth bore by WKD

[Rich]

Purchased this from Kevin (WKD). Test fired today with PRB and pillow ticking with powder card between ball and charge. 30 yard groups 1.7 inches. Will be doing a shot test with #6 shot tomorrow.

Gun is well made, finished and feels real nice to the hand.

 

[hanshi]

Try it at 50 yds with ball; that will tell you a lot more about the load than 30 yds.

 

[Rich]

Try it at 50 yds with ball; that will tell you a lot more about the load than 30 yds.

Will when I can get to the range and develop a load 30 yds is all the room I have in my indoor shop/range.

 

[Skychief]

Will when I can get to the range and develop a load 30 yds is all the room I have in my indoor shop/range.

Hope you had a fan running Rich!

Seriously, that's a great start and I'm glad you like the gun. I have a suspicion that you'll like it all the more as you keep experimenting!

Best regards, Skychief

 

[Rich]

Ok tested today with both shot and PRB. Fired 4 groups of 3 shots each at 50 yards. Average off a lead sled bench rest were 1.685 swabbed between each shot.

Now the real reason I purchased the smooth bore from Kevin. Fired 4 paper targets 4ft x 4ft white paper at 35 yards. Used 68 grains FFG, powder card, cushion wad, shot card, 1 oz #6 shot, overshot card. 78 percent of all the #6 shot were inside a 36 inch circle. Certainly good enough for Turkey, Quail, and Dove.

The gun performed much better with loaded powder card/cushion wad/shot card/shot/shot card. Without a shot card between the cushion and shot, it seemed to leave a "hole" in the middle of the pattern on paper. Don't know why unless some shot embedding in the cushion wad.

At any rate, seemed to have found the loads the 62 smoothie likes. Very happy with this gun.

I would like some advice on how to improve the "lock time" I guess you call it. The time between the pan flash and the powder charge going off. It seems quite long compared to some videos I have seen. I did open up the touch hole to 16th of an inch but that did not improve anything. Using FFG powder charge and FFFG in the pan. Do I need 4 F in the pan?

 

[WKD]

Rich, try FFFG main charge and pan!
Kevin

 

[Rich]

Ok, 4F in the pan, and either 2 or 3F in the barrel. Discharge is much better, almost instant. Round balls seem to shoot better with 3f and shot seems better with 2f. 2f seems just a tad slower to discharge but fires ahead of the "flinch factor". All is good.

 

[Rich]

Ok here is the "Turkey Test". Shot target at 32 yards. 67grs Goex FFG, powder card, 1/2 inch cushion, 1oz #6 shot, shot card.

 

[Britsmoothy]

That's a duck!

 

[Rich]

Well, yea maybe your correct. I suck at art.

 

[Juice Jaws]

Not sure what it is but I know one thing, what ever it is you shot it dead.