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In 1984 the owner of this rifle was tragically killed in a chain saw accident. He was my brother in law, 30 years old. He left a wife and 3 kids, one a daughter 6 months old. He and I talked guns all the time and developed an interest in muzzleloaders during the Bi Centennial. Fast forward to last Saturday, his middle son asked if I could check the rifle out. It has not been fired since his death. I took it home, made sure it was unloaded, then took it to the range today.
I'm pretty sure it was a kit gun, it has no markings on the side plate lock or barrel-at least what I can see w/o pulling the barrel.
It appears to be .36 caliber. I had some .350 balls I purchased a few years ago for another gun. I used 3F powder-35 grains.
It is decidely muzzle heavy. I imagine the mfg of the barrels made all the blanks the same diameter, then drilled them for the calibers.
It was a sweet shooter. This is the target for the challenge. Off hand.
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Here is the 3 shot group rested. The nephew wants to shoot this rifle with his brother when we have our annual gun range trip on Thanksgiving. Neither of the men is a shooter.
Time to get them interested! I have always found that anyone who has any interest in firearms always have a big smile on their face after shooting ML for the first time!
 
October was a busy month for me and I did not have an opportunity to get out to shoot this target or much of anything! I wasn't the only one - lighter turnout in October - hate when life gets in the way of having fun.

Thanks to everyone who participated and results are posted in the pdf file.

I am looking forward to shooting the mason jar this month!

Gary
 

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