Sighting in the Woodsrunner...

[nchawkeye]

First trip to the range with my WoodsRunner, .530 ball, .018 pillow ticking, lubed with SnoSeal...Target at 25 yards, shot first with 70grs FFF Goex, then went to 75, then 80...80 was the ticket...Made a little windage adjustment on the front sight, need to tap the rear sight to the right as well and filed the front sight down a tad, still need to work on that again...6 o'clock hold...

Plan to make adjustments in my shop and take to range again, probably next week..Will need to move to 50 yards as well, I prefer 1-2 inches high at 50 on my deer flintlocks...

Maybe this will help, I dragged the pictures over, before you needed to click on the pictures for them to be oriented properly..

 

[64Springer]

Tapping your rear sight to the right will push your group further to the right.

Push the rear sight to the left and your front sight will swing left to meet it.

 

[64Springer]

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[nchawkeye]

Tapping your rear sight to the right will push your group further to the right.

Push the rear sight to the left and your front sight will swing left to meet it.

I need to move the group to the right, moving the rear sight to the right will do this...

 

[Larry (Omaha)]

Tapping your rear sight to the right will push your group further to the right.

Push the rear sight to the left and your front sight will swing left to meet it.

Will all respect, moving the bullet to the right is just what he needs
Larry

 

[TDM]

Will all respect, moving the bullet to the right is just what he needs
Larry

Yep.

 

[64Springer]

Will all respect, moving the bullet to the right is just what he needs
Larry

His original photo showed his three-shot group 5 inches to the right of center and a bit low.

Based on the original photo, I'm right about moving the rear sight to the left.

Bring back the original photo.



Now that he changed photos, he'll have to move the rear sight to the right.

So the front sight can swing right to meet it.

 

[DrLaw]

Kind of glad I found this thread as I finally got out today to shoot my Woodsrunner for the first time. Mine was also shooting left. I have no idea where the original poster NCHawkeye was holding, but if he was holding center, then his shots were about as low as mine went. However, I was not going full power loads at 25 yards, either.
I do plan to bump the rear sight to the right but am going to hold off on shaving the front sight until I go to stiffer loads. For 25 yards, I was just not putting in that much powder.
Maybe I will get another chance tomorrow or Friday.

The Doc is out now.

 

[Larry (Omaha)]

His original photo showed his three-shot group 5 inches to the right of center and a bit low.

Based on the original photo, I'm right about moving the rear sight to the left.

Bring back the original photo.



Now that he changed photos, he'll have to move the rear sight to the right.

So the front sight can swing right to meet it.

Wow! Sorry about the correction! I did not see the photo you saw. You are right on then.
No wonder I get confused!
Larry

 

[BigAl52]

I to have a Woodsrunner I havent shot yet. Mine is a 50 cal with old eyes running the show. Kinda curious where its going to shoot. Im hoping I only have a small windage adjustment and not one that is shooting so low that it requires filing the front sight down alot. From what I am seeing here on the forum quite a few are shooting low.

 

[Gun Tramp]

From what I am seeing here on the forum quite a few are shooting low.

Mine too. A member recently posted his installation of taller front and rear sights due to older eyes. Think I'm about ready to do the same...

 

[64Springer]

I need to move the group to the right, moving the rear sight to the right will do this...

Now bring back the photo you originally posted.

You know, the photo that showed your three shot group that hit 5 inches to right and low.

 

[EC121]

The supplied rear sight is really low like a lot of the originals. I tossed it and got a higher one from my parts box.

 

[Norman Brooks]

It is nice to know if the Woodrunner shoots low. If it does I will order a taller rear sight from TOTW for my Woodrunner. Definitely post you results and what you did.

 

[TDM]

I plan to do the same, already wrote down the measurements.

 

[stikshooter]

Start over with the peep sight by Tom a Hawk member here it tightens groups like a scope with tired eyes like mine/Ed

 

[BR Sorenson]

It is nice to know if the Woodrunner shoots low. If it does I will order a taller rear sight from TOTW for my Woodrunner. Definitely post you results and what you did.

I put on Kiblers new taller rear sight. and a fresh new front on my woodsrunner. At 25 yards it looks good. Now I have to work on 50 yards and on me.

 

[Flintleather]

The supplied rear sight is really low like a lot of the originals. I tossed it and got a higher one from my parts box.

I think i saw on the Kibler web-site that he’s offering a taller rear sight now?

 

[IanH]

I think i saw on the Kibler web-site that he’s offering a taller rear sight now?

Good, it needs it.

Mine blows patches with .530" balls. My .535" mould drops pure lead at .537" and they load easily with .018" patches. It also shoots a one-hole group at 50 yards with either 70 grains of 3F or 90 grains of 2F.

 

[westrayer]

Move the rear sight. Then try at longer range. Although I don't expect to shoot thatvfar, I sight for 100 yards. This is where I work on loads. For a hunting gun I increase powder charges 5 grains at a time until I see group size open up. Then go back to 50 to see how high your impact is now.
Round balls don't have much energy so I like to keep velocity as high as possible.