FrontierMuzzleloading
40 Cal.
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- Feb 17, 2016
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This morning I got out on the range and FINALLY dropped the flint on frizzen!
I used 80gr 2fg Goex, 4fg goex in the pan, .490" round ball and both .015 and .020" patches.
I took my first shot, smiled, and knew it would be a good day!
Switched over to a wet lube to polish up the bore and remove any unknowns, and took 3 shots and then 2 more for a 5 shot group.
At the very top of the bull eye area are my final shots of the day! They grouped perfectly with my #1 shot with my normal hunting lube. The 4 shots LOW left were me just fiddling around with with pan charges.
The bore of this rifle is beautiful. It loads like like even shot all those shots, I didn't touch the bore once. The wet break in lube though helped keep the fouling down, but still, the hunting lube with thick .020" patches still loaded wonderfully.
I am very happy with the rifle overall.
Fast ignition, consistent spark from the frizzen, balances naturally and the butt plate doesn't cut into your shoulder and cause pain.
Two things I will change later down the road...
#1 Adjust my trigger weight a bit. Shes right around 4lbs and I am not used to that "heavy" of a trigger.
#2 Replace that black bead sight with either brass or german silver. The factory sight blobs out for me when the sun comes out from behind the clouds.
Now to get take her all apart and wash her as shes very dirty.
I used 80gr 2fg Goex, 4fg goex in the pan, .490" round ball and both .015 and .020" patches.
I took my first shot, smiled, and knew it would be a good day!
Switched over to a wet lube to polish up the bore and remove any unknowns, and took 3 shots and then 2 more for a 5 shot group.
At the very top of the bull eye area are my final shots of the day! They grouped perfectly with my #1 shot with my normal hunting lube. The 4 shots LOW left were me just fiddling around with with pan charges.
The bore of this rifle is beautiful. It loads like like even shot all those shots, I didn't touch the bore once. The wet break in lube though helped keep the fouling down, but still, the hunting lube with thick .020" patches still loaded wonderfully.
I am very happy with the rifle overall.
Fast ignition, consistent spark from the frizzen, balances naturally and the butt plate doesn't cut into your shoulder and cause pain.
Two things I will change later down the road...
#1 Adjust my trigger weight a bit. Shes right around 4lbs and I am not used to that "heavy" of a trigger.
#2 Replace that black bead sight with either brass or german silver. The factory sight blobs out for me when the sun comes out from behind the clouds.
Now to get take her all apart and wash her as shes very dirty.
