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.54 Great Plains Rifle
Parnell:
Well, that's on my list of things to do this weekend. Appreciate it.
Parnell:
Shot my rifle for the first time on Saturday out at my brother-in-laws ranch. Had an absolute blast.
On the fourth shot it was misfiring and the pan would flash but no ignition of the main charge. I cleaned out the breech with a paper clip and again...nothing. So I unscrewed the breech and added powder and boom.
Pretty good for a first time. I shot a group of 3 at 75 yards that was within a pie plate. But the group was about a foot to the right of the target. Thoughts on this?
Here is a video clip I took of Adam shooting on his ranch...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiLmwy4A9pE&feature=youtu.be
Eric Krewson:
Rifles seldom shoot spot on out of the box, you may have to drift the back and front sight a little get it on track.
In the video your ignition is way too slow. Factory touch holes are often too small, I drill mine out to 1/16" first and go to 5/64" on guns that shoot 2F and are still slow. 3F will run out of a 5/64 touch hole when you load the gun.
Parnell:
The video is slow motion. I didn't take a regular speed video but ignition is pretty much immediate...less than a second I would say. I'll be taking another clip soon.
Josh B:
So....I'm guessing that you forgot the powder on the fourth shot ? ??? :P. Been there! Josh
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