Pedersoli Frontier Rifle

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I have been eying this rifle for some time now and finally went out and got myself one. This is also called a Blue Ridge Rifle sold by Cabelas. I got it from the Cabelas in Wheeling WV. For $379.00 + Tax. I love this rifle, it looks and feels good. It comes with a 39 inch barrel and 1 in 48 twist. It is a great shooter and looker too.

I used 40 grs. American Pioneer Powder and #11 Remington caps. .440 with precut lubed patches where also used. Shots taken from 50 yards.

1st shot I pulled and it hit to the left. Next three shots landed perfectly in the middle. After the barrel got fouled it started shooting low, but still kept a nice group. The long barrel (39 inches) would get hard fouling at the very end and I believe that affected the accuracy. The patched RB would load hard after about 3 shots very hard for the first 5 inches, then would slide down a lot easier. I think by the end of the barrel the lube would run out or something and the fouling would get harder, or it could have been the APP. A very accurate gun in my opinion. I am going to take it out for another spin using hand casted R.E.A.L bullets. I have already used them once in this gun and they worked very well and didn't seem to be affected by the fouling as much. (Hole at top was used to hold the target, not a shot.)

 

[oneshooter]

You might try a lube wad between the powder and the PRB. This will carry enough lube to keep the fouling soft all the way to the muzzle. This is what I do with my 44" 50cal.

Oneshooter
Livin in Texas

 

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Hmm, not a bad idea to try. I know as it is, the fouling gets hard at the end and I know it is affecting accuracy. 1st few shots are great, but then the fouling at the end of the barrel gets really hard.

 

[1911 guy]

I've got one in .36.

I've got the flintlock in a .36 caliber. The smaller bores tend to foul faster, and it looks like even the .45 is fouling on you due to the longer barrel. I spit patch between shots. The other thing you may want to consider is going to FFFg, or something similar. American Pioneer is a FFg substitute, isn't it? The finer powder may burn cleaner for you. Another option, if you want to keep lube off your powder for long periods of time such as hunting is to wad up a patch in front of the powder. Put your PRB and lube button or heavily lubed patched ball on top of that.

 

[Gun Smith]

I have one in 32cal.

I was using APP in FFF and after ten shots it had problems with missfires and was almost impossible to load. I switched to tripple seven in FF and have had no missfires, loading problems, and get better accuracy. The REAL bullets are verry accurate in 45 or 50 cal. with 48 inch twist. Good Shooting

 

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I was using APP in FFFg. I had no misfire problems at all after shooting around 15 shots (Not on this target, the first shooting run I took this rifle on), the only problem I had was the fouling at the end. During the run I switched to 777 for a shot, and had a hangfire off the bat, then had one that took 2 caps to set off, switched back to APP and had no more problems. Nice rifle, but that hard fouling can become a problems

Gun Smith, I agree with the REAL bullets, I love them. I was able to shoot about 12 shots before the accuracy started to fall off. I like them more than a patched roundball.