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Kinda hard to tell what ya did, but taking a rough measurement from it, it appears to be about a 3" group C to C ? If so, that rifle will most likely do much better. Normally the ole CVA .54 & .54 cals. I have messed with will shoot a 1 to 1.5" group at 50 yards with some load work & real BP. I suggest you try about 75 grains of FF Goex & see what it does as those ole CVA's will really fool ya. They ain't purdy but the suckers will really shoot with the right load. I have old percussion CVA Big Bore Mtn. Rifle I built back in the 70's in a .58 cal. & it will shoot a 5/8" C to C group at 50 yards.
Well, don't be too discouraged, it takes some work occasionally to work up a good load combination.
(Just kidding). ::
Offhand? There does seem to be some vertical stringing going on.
(Just kidding). ::
Offhand? There does seem to be some vertical stringing going on.
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Now it looks better
The 25 yard group size should be 1/2 the size of the 50 yard group size & it is not. This tells me this is not a good load for this rifle as at 25 yards it should put all of them touching each other or dang near it.
Also, you should be sandbagging the rifle on the front & rear & from a good solid bench to find a good load & eliminate the human error. You can shoot offhand all ya want after ya find a load, but to cut the chase getting the right load, sandbagging the rifle will save you a lot of time. The idea is to find what the rifle itself will do, not what you can hold.
Also, you should be sandbagging the rifle on the front & rear & from a good solid bench to find a good load & eliminate the human error. You can shoot offhand all ya want after ya find a load, but to cut the chase getting the right load, sandbagging the rifle will save you a lot of time. The idea is to find what the rifle itself will do, not what you can hold.
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IM not sure I would be happy with that, I think you can do much beeter. I would start by cutting the powder charge by 1/2. Whigh the balls throw out anything over 1gr difference and shoot again. 1.1/2 c to c in should be possible.
