Since mine is the most frustrating rifle I’ve ever owned, ..... how does yours shoot for you?Had been wanting one (a Pedersoli 1861 Springfield) for quite some time. Thank you COVID stimulus check!
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Had been wanting one (a Pedersoli 1861 Springfield) for quite some time. Thank you COVID stimulus check!
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Since mine is the most frustrating rifle I’ve ever owned, ..... how does yours shoot for you?
With a ten shot group from the bench at fifty yards I might get five fairly close together and the other five anywhere from inches to a foot away. I am blaming the bullets because the bore slugs about .580 and most Minie balls molds cast .575. I have an old Lyman mold that casts a .585 Minie. Currently I think my largest sizer is .579. I’m going to try sizing with a .582 and then to a .578. If that doesn’t work I think a call to Moose Molds will be in order.Hard to see in the back-ground, but there is a 16" gong hanging in front of my backstop. Rang it 4 out of 6 shots shooting off-hand - would have done better if I could have seen the gong a little more clearly. Fresh paint for the gong is on my to-do list, a color that has more contrast to the backstop. I have been casting bullets at work during my lunch hours , and making 1855 US pattern cartridges and looking forward to burning some powder now that the weather is getting cooler.
Looks like an ordinary percussion shotgun to me. Camera angle makes it look shorter in some scenes than others.
I saw Pedersoli makes one. Watched a video on the loading. Guy used a conical and loose powder, no paper cartridge. Even that looked much faster that it might worth owning over a true muzzleloader. Not just for the speed, but for being able to clean the bore easier. I'll have to look as see how much faster a paper cartridge Sharps can fire.Hmmm...id stated a hawken....but now im wanting it to be a .54 paper cartridge sharps rifle. Always wanted one. I just cant make up my mind.
...I would gladly make do with an original but mint condition Rigby Sporting Rifle in .40 or .45 caliber. It would arrive in the original case with matching accessories including bullet molds and would be a best quality firearm with some tasteful engraving (of a lion attacking a Cape Buffalo)and 18 lines per inch checkered stock...
I saw Pedersoli makes one. Watched a video on the loading. Guy used a conical and loose powder, no paper cartridge. Even that looked much faster that it might worth owning over a true muzzleloader. Not just for the speed, but for being able to clean the bore easier. I'll have to look as see how much faster a paper cartridge Sharps can fire.