New Pistol

[Doug Fay]

Start at 7 yards on a bench. Not kidding. LOL

This is embarassing, but I actually did start at a 7-yard bench Well, I held it in my hand, but the target was only 7yds away. My honor depends on doing better next time!!!

 

[ADK Bigfoot]

I have the Elliot light dragoon. Shoots well after dropping the cocking force from about 12 pounds to 4, and everything polished. Hits one foot high at 7 yards. I may create a front sight.

ADK Bigfoot

 

[rickystl]

Doug: As ADK mentions above, lock tuning, especially with the Indian made guns, helps a bunch. And his mention:

"Hits one foot high at 7 yards" - is so typical. Since there are no sights on the barrel, it is a natural tendency to try and align the top of the barrel with the black on the target as you have no other point of reference. This will cause the pistol to shoot very high. It's also un-natural to be pointing the pistol a foot below the black - just to get the ball into the black. LOL
The OP's pistol now having a front sight will now have a point of reference so to say. And if his front sight is tall enough, the pistol may now shoot LOW while aiming at the black. But that's OK. That's what you want. Now, he can slowly file the front sight down to raise the point of impact to where the ball "basically" hits where he points the pistol. Hope this makes sense.

Rick

 

[hanshi]

I had thought about a large bore smooth pistol but ended up getting a smaller caliber with a rifled barrel. The rifled barrel makes a great difference in accuracy. At 25 yards it has, off a bench, fired groups under 2". Plus it's a match to my rifle.

 

[springfield art]

I got this 62 smoothbore from Access Heritage this week. I had to do some work on it before shooting it. I drilled the touchhole, refinished the wood, and then tuned and browned the lock. It shoots great and throws a nice spark.

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Handsome! BTW, the grip angle on some of these old-timers, is so shallow that you have to kind of tilt your wrist to get it pointed in the right direction! You did a great job on this, very good that it sparks well.

 

[Jappo]

I want one, but alas, I can't afford the prices I've seen.