....this is with a 30mph wind today too. I would not want to be on the receiving end of a .50 ball. You will note there is only 1 hole in the target. That's because after the first shot I swabbed the bore with the fiberglass range rod I bought with it. A couple of passes with T/C #13 bore cleaner. Then a dry patch to soak up the stuff. Once the dry patch went in, the rod would not come out. At all. Not even budge a hair. I pulled, and pulled, and turned, and pulled. Every which way you could imagine. Now, I have arthritis in both hands, real bad in the thumbs and wrists too. So I thought, ok I'll just go home and take it out in the shed. I only live 10 minutes from the range, no big deal. Got home, put the rifle in the workmate vise table and pulled. And pulled. Foot against the table and pulled with both hands. Had to get a rubber hammer and tap over and over on the jag on the end sticking out (jags on both ends)....FINALLY it went "thunk" as the suction let go and the rod came out. I feel better knowing it was not just my arthritis...this thing was STUCK. Anyhow, my own fault as obviously the barrel is new and was not lubed enough. I spent the afternoon cleaning and lubing the barrel with bore butter. Stuff slides in and out pretty good now, but it's still a lot of suction in there. So here is my 1 shot target for today and will try again in a few days when I can get back to the range. It's pretty easy to clean though, just used some Ballistol liquid, some #13 and the little copper brush I bought fits the patent breech real good to clear it out.
So for a first outing I am pretty happy...learning curve I guess. Sure is a fun rifle to shoot and amazingly well balanced. Sights are primitive but cool.
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Shoot safe, RR
