Shot a practise card using the usual set-up, but with 0.12 patches instead of the 0.15 normally used.
The result was very poor. The [27C] lube recipe with the thinner patches resulted in no grouping at all. The loading was however a lot easier! Had 4 misfires with the Dynamit Nobel 1075 percussion caps!
I'm retiring lube recipe [27C] at this time as unsuitable. I'll revert back to lube recipe [09] Tallow:Olive Oil 1:6 until I come up with something that gives better grouping. I will however try using the thinner 0.12 patches with the [27C] lube recipe.
STATS
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Session score: 72.0
Average: 79.87
Cards: 56
BC: 730
Std. Dev: 5.57
A single air pistol practise card slotted in one evening after work. With a few flyers, a solid [and average] 81.1 was scored.
The grouping was fairly good for such a rushed card. I've since raised the rearsight 3 clicks to compensate for the slightly low group.
STATS
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Session score: 81.1
Average: 77.08
BC: 120
Std. Dev: 5.19
PB: 85.0
Ended the summer 2014 season of the Kent County Black Powder Leagues with rounds 9 and 10 being shot. I again used the recipe 27C lube.
Round 9 was again a consistent 81.0 giving a standard deviation of 0.70 Again the grouping wasn't very tight with this lube/patch combination. This was followed by round 10 where things started to go wrong. As well as two misfire with the Dynamit Nobel 1075 percussion caps, tirdness, back pain and sore eyes lead to a very disappointing 65.0 being scored. There was no grouping and almost every shot could be considered a flyer!
STATS
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Session score: 81.0 & 65.0
Shooting average: 80.02
Cards: 55
BC: 711
