Summer season R3 & 4 shot

On a reasonably sunny Saturday morning, shot rounds 3 and 4 of the summer season Kent County black powder leagues. Not sure what division I am in yet, but with a competition average of 77.0, I suspect I will be demoted to division 2.

Using the normal set up but with Dynamit Nobel 1075 caps and the 3:2 water:aqueous crème lube. Not very good! The lube fails to wet the patches fully as there were lots of dry areas on the patches, even after soaking for 5 minutes.

After each shot, the barrel was swabbed out and the 4 by 2's were very sooty. Even so, shot a personal best !!!



Shot a 92.1 with a reasonably tight group.

Stats
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Detail score: 92.1
Running average: 80.31
Barrel count: 626
Std. Dev.: 8.34
Cards: 48

Then ruined the day with a very poor round 4 card. Shot only a 74.0 Using the Ballistol:water lube recipe, the resulting group opened way up. Will not use this recipe any more.

Stats
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Detail score: 74.0
Running average: 80.18
Barrel count: 639
Std. Dev.: 4.37
Cards: 49

Next time I will modify the 3:2 water:aqueous crème lube recipe, to a wetter 4:2 water:aqueous crème mix. Hopefully the group will stay tight, whilst the patches are suitably 'wetted'.