Underhammer Buggy Rifle

[nhmoose]

Well done!!!!!

 

[CyrusP]

That is excellent!

 

[Mike Gordon]

I took my Buggy Rifle out to my rifle range again today. This time however I had the correct .350 round ball. Shooting with a light patch and 15 grains of powder. My first shots were about 18 inches low at 50 yards.

Since the homemade front sight was purposely made too high, I also brought a small drill press vice which was clamped to the shooting bench with the intention of filing the the front sight. Filing the sight combined with raising the rear sight raised subsequent shots.

I also increased the charge to 20 grains which also raised the bullets' impact.

All in all I am happy with the results. Now I just need to focus on decreasing group size.

 

[Mike Gordon]

I again went to range with my Buggy Rifle. Here are 12 shots at fifty yards shooting a 65 grain .350 ball with 20 grains GEOX 3f and a flannel patch. The three shots to the right were the first three. After a slight adjustment to the right the rest were more centered.

 

[Mike Gordon]

When I got home I completely disassembled the gun for cleaning and thought to take a picture of the collected parts.