A great day and an almost great group.
Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2023 8:49 am
For the first time in a dozen years, my Dad came up to visit along with his 30” Shiloh #1 in 45-70. He’s been ill for quite some time and was never able to load for this gun after I moved away, so it just got an annual fondling/cleaning.
From memory, this gun shot the same load that my saddle rifle did. A 530 gr Baco Postel lubed with spg, over a .030 fiber wad and 66 gr of KIK 1.5f. This rifle has never had another recipe fired through it, and the total round count is sub 100. We checked zero on day one with some old ammo, and I loaded up a batch of fresh stuff for some medium range the next day.
With no sight settings, I googled a bit and found a post by @clarence (thank you!) which got us close at our 523 yard target. Dad walked it on to the target with five rounds. He was holding vertical pretty well but the switchy headwind was kicking his butt. Either way, he kept them on the large target the entire session. His first shooting in a very long time, and he was having fun!
https://youtu.be/fTzmfvjEd_E?si=kWf1TExnof-twaez
With some leftover ammo I gave it a whirl. The load was holding vertical really well. After some sight adjustments to center things, I shot a five round group. It would have been amazing had it not been for shot three, which dropped about 1.5 moa low. This thing shoots!
A spring visit is already in the works, and next time we’ll be shooting PP loads.
From memory, this gun shot the same load that my saddle rifle did. A 530 gr Baco Postel lubed with spg, over a .030 fiber wad and 66 gr of KIK 1.5f. This rifle has never had another recipe fired through it, and the total round count is sub 100. We checked zero on day one with some old ammo, and I loaded up a batch of fresh stuff for some medium range the next day.
With no sight settings, I googled a bit and found a post by @clarence (thank you!) which got us close at our 523 yard target. Dad walked it on to the target with five rounds. He was holding vertical pretty well but the switchy headwind was kicking his butt. Either way, he kept them on the large target the entire session. His first shooting in a very long time, and he was having fun!
https://youtu.be/fTzmfvjEd_E?si=kWf1TExnof-twaez
With some leftover ammo I gave it a whirl. The load was holding vertical really well. After some sight adjustments to center things, I shot a five round group. It would have been amazing had it not been for shot three, which dropped about 1.5 moa low. This thing shoots!
A spring visit is already in the works, and next time we’ll be shooting PP loads.