Two weeks ago, bought a Navy Arms Italian musketoon. Was advertised as having a distressed stock and (appears to be to the seller) unfired barrel. So tried to fix and refinish the awful stock best I could. Could have turned out better. Can always strip it down and try again, I guess. The stock was still drying when a friend called to sell me 2 bottles of Goex. So met him at the range and brought the not quite dry musketoon. Laid a towel on the buttstock so my face wouldn't get sticky. The night before I used pin gauges to determine what size minies to use. .578-ish pin gauge seemed to be it. So I sized some minies to .577 in a lube sizer. I also had some .576-ish traditional minies a friend casted.
At the range, set up a target at 50 yards and shot from a rest. Didn't get a group on the first target. Think the barrel needed to settle into the stock or something. Second target (shown) got a good (to me) group; 6:00 hold. Friend's .576-ish minie hit the corner of the paper. Gave up on that quick.
I'm pretty happy with the barrel and nice furniture. Stock needs help.
At the range, set up a target at 50 yards and shot from a rest. Didn't get a group on the first target. Think the barrel needed to settle into the stock or something. Second target (shown) got a good (to me) group; 6:00 hold. Friend's .576-ish minie hit the corner of the paper. Gave up on that quick.
I'm pretty happy with the barrel and nice furniture. Stock needs help.
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