That really is a lovely pistol, beautiful lines and a very traditional continental grip style. Thanks for posting the pictures.
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Multi-Groove Rifling - Pro's and Con's?
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Managed 10 rounds with the no-name micro-grooved target pistol at the week-end. Shot 2 x 5 round strings with 15 grs & 17 grs respectively of Swiss 2 powder and a 010" patch.
First 5 were rested using a conventional 6 'o' clock aiming point and ended up at the very top edge of the card.
The second 5 were off-hand aiming at the very bottom of the backing board.
It's quite a light pistol and I am inclined to think that 15 grs would be top whack as the recoil was pretty fierce to say the least (The back of the trigger-guard sits right on top of my knuckle - Ouch!!)
On Zonies advice I ran a wet patch through the bore after every shot but loading was still tricky.
It's early days and there are quite a few wrinkles to iron out before I am happy to say it shoots but it was still good fun..
I will keep you updated!
PS. In case you are wondering where shot no. 5 went, 3 other people shooting all agreed that there are 2 shots in the 8 ring - Good enough for me!
First 5 were rested using a conventional 6 'o' clock aiming point and ended up at the very top edge of the card.
The second 5 were off-hand aiming at the very bottom of the backing board.
It's quite a light pistol and I am inclined to think that 15 grs would be top whack as the recoil was pretty fierce to say the least (The back of the trigger-guard sits right on top of my knuckle - Ouch!!)
On Zonies advice I ran a wet patch through the bore after every shot but loading was still tricky.
It's early days and there are quite a few wrinkles to iron out before I am happy to say it shoots but it was still good fun..
I will keep you updated!
PS. In case you are wondering where shot no. 5 went, 3 other people shooting all agreed that there are 2 shots in the 8 ring - Good enough for me!
