My outing today with my Bobcat

[Voodoochile]

I posted this on the Firingline forums & thought to post it here as well.

Well now that I have my CVA Bobcat back from my friend "I traded him my Traditions Yukon for my Bobcat back since he liked the inline better" & Last week end I took it out with him to get a feel for the old girl since this'll be my hunting gun.
Man did she like the .490 .015 PRB's with 80gr. of 777, from the bench I was hitting real good at 50 & 100 yards "well as good as my eyes seeing through the sights" but I thought why not get a mold for .495 & some patches in .010 to see what she'll do conciddering that the longest shot I'd probably take is 75 yards max any way here in Louisa co. Virginia.

I added the brass nipple shield to help keep the lock area clean & ordered a unfinished wood stock for it to hopefully help in the recoil & because this plastic stock that came with it is just BUT UGLY AS ANYTHING.

Today I carried 18 of my cast .495 182gr. balls some .010 lubed patches & 50cal lubed wads Remington #11 caps & my flask I use for the 777.

Loaded 90gr. this time of 777 to see if I can keep a good group & hope that this load will be accurate enough with a decent punch for Deer & maybe an occasional Black Bear "within resonable distance."
All my shots were off hand because the bench was allready full of shooters & I wanted to see if I can hold steady enough for shooting this light little thing.

Well this thing shoots great conciddering that it was brutal on my sholder with 90gr. of 777 & I can hit pretty good at 50 yards making an OK off hand grouping missing 2 out of 10 shots "need more time on the range to tweak it & me" & at 100 yards it was almost impossible to see the pie plate with the sights but I did hit it 2 out of 3 times then I ran out of powder, I need a bigger flask for 777.

For a 13 year old cheap smoke pole w/ 1:48 rifling I don't think I did too bad although I do admit I need more time with her to get her grouping better but I think the wood stock once I get it & fit and finish it will make a difference on this as well.

Well what do y-all think?
Any advise will be greatfuly welcome..

 

[arcticap]

That's great shooting to hit a pie plate 2 out of 3 at 100 yards.
That 777 does kick more than any other powder, but no one can complain about those results.
Some folks stuff some lead shot into the stock of their Bobcats, or a pound of wax from Walmart. There's just some airy foam under the buttplate that's easy to remove.
Just imagine what you could do if you had some adjustable sights. On the 50 yard target, were you holding at 6 o'clock on the plate or dead center? That's very good accuracy for such a heavy load using a patched round ball & wad.
Keep up the good work shooting & casting your own.

 

[Voodoochile]

I was aiming for the 6 o'clock because I could barely see the black spot that I had put on it.

Yeah I've read about others that do have these doing just that but I like wood & thought that in the end I'd have a little bit of a custom rifle & have the extra weight to compensate for the recoil.

 

[scrat]

Not bad. Not bad