15 November 2014

A good combination?

Shot rounds 5 and 6 of the Kent County Black Powder winter league. I used a slightly different set up from last time, and was quite pleased with the results:

Pistol: .36 Mortimer
Powder: 9.1gns of Swiss No.1
Patches: 0.010" 

Lubricant: 1:2:12 Lanolin:Beeswax:Neats Foot Oil
Balls: .350" Hornady
Filler: 6.5gns of coarse ground semolina


# The powder is metered out and then weighed in to batches of 13 matching phials. 

# The filler is 'measured' using two scoops of a .22LR brass case on the end of a wooden 'lolly stick'.

# The lubricant [recipe 27C], forms a soft solid once the melted mix is poured in to an old air pellet tin. Patches are lubed individually by placing them, when needed, on to the lube and then using the heat from a finger to melt the lube in to the patch.

Loading with this setup is VERY easy!


Round 5
The round 5 card had a few wild shots due to poor aim/hold/trigger release on my part. Even so, I managed 5 scoring shots inside the 9-ring. All ten scoring shots in the black. Final score was 83.0

Round 6
Found the group was tighter on round 6 card, but high and to the right. Very pleased with the 3-shot cloverleaf hole, and the 2-shot keyhole. Nine shots in the black. Final score was a 77.0

Overall Stats
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Detail: 83.0 + 77.0
BC: 844
Running Average: 79.27
PB: 92.1
Cards: 67

Kent season shot average: 78.2
Kent season Std. Dev: 4.56

Have raised the rearsight as far as it will go. Need to drift the foresight slightly to the right before the next shoot.







 

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