Range Report:
Fired three, three round salvos at 50 yards. Sat behind my tractor's grater blade and used it as a rest. I was not as rock steady as shooting off of a set of bags from a bench, but it was good enough to give me an idea of sighting and accuracy with the chosen load.
Here's the target:
First three went to the lower left. Adjusted sights up one click and drifted the rear sight to the right - shot the second three which landed too far right but about good for elevation. Then drifted the rear sight back left towards my witness mark and shot the last three which landed spot on - good enough considering the shooter's eyes and rest... The center white circle is 1" in circumfrence BTW.
Here's the load that I was shooting:
That's a 310 grain cast boolit from a Lee mold - gas check. Used Lee Liq Alox lube - wheel weights with a little tin and sized .431".
No leading in the bore at all - looks clean accept for a bit of powder fouling.
I'm pretty happy with this. There's plenty of "up" adjustment left in the rear sight as it's the typical Winchester version with the screw adjustable blade on the click adjustable ramp. In spite of my 51 year old eyes, the sights looked fine. I was thinking of puting a Skinner sight on this one but I'll probably leave it as-is given this experience...
I'll be testing it at 100 and longer ranges with other loads after hunting season. For now, I know it's good to go for most of the hunting on my land if I choose to use it this year
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