One was intermediate champ last year at state shoot, the other sr. champ at state shoot. I watch. They are a little rusty now.Did they beat yer socks off? I'll bet they got good, right?
Ah. Big holes. I love making big holes!!did some shooting at the range
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Target photos?Had a really enjoyable day shooting the Colt Special M1861 on the 50 yd range; mainly to test out the paper cartridges I mentioned previously, with various frabrication techniques and loads, and also secondarily to "finalize" my standard powder load for this rifle-musket, which turned our for me to be 60 gr of 2F. That load gave most consistent POI for POA results and also all resulting bullet holes in the paper nice and round, signifying good bullet stabilization. Not so much so with the 70 gr loads. Also, although cartridges worked well, some problems noted, and came away with some ideas for improvements in fabrication techniques and materials, which will wait for another day to make some more, and maybe a more detailed report on them sometime in the future.
The "top" of target is the left side of the photo. The first three shots on the right side were tweaking the windage by drifting the rear sight. The aiming point for all shots was the extreme middle bottom of the edge of the paper (ie right side of photo). So it's hitting nine inches high at 50 yds, which is to be expected with this gun, and pretty much within normal performance parameters.Target photos?
Yes we have a target return system for 50 and 100 meters. ;-)Ah. Big holes. I love making big holes!!Nicely done. I like that range set up - target return system? Very flash, mate!
Cheers, Pete
Interesting sheath design.![]()
finished the work on two knifes one of springsteel the one on the right is from XS650 mainbearing.
I went the range today with the smoothbores today ,I upped the load in both by 5 grains .Ive never got that good of a pattern at 25 yards let alone a patternInteresting sheath design.
I pin mine, unless it is a Tennessee or Southern Mountain style. There may be others that use screws though. I try to stay somewhat history correct.I have arrived at nearly that point. Must remove the sprue from the middle and one lug and drill a rear screw hole..
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