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Eric Krewson:
I couldn't stand it, I just went to to the shop and cut those buck horns off the sight, it is now a Lancaster sight.
Eric Krewson:
And for the latest; more sighting in, my front sight has very thin nickel silver blade and disappears if the light isn't just right, I ordered a new much wider sight yesterday.
Old Issacs's namesake wont be going to the woods with me until I can get the sights straightened out.
I won't be going to the woods either even though M/L season is now open, I slipped on some old wet leaf covered stone steps on one of my hiking/exercise trails, I did a partial split before I caught myself and was able to regain my balance. I pulled something in my groin, I was taking baby steps and using a cane the first two days but am progressing nicely, perhaps I can go to the woods by the weekend.
Now for another problem to work out; my new gun is excessively hard to start a ball in, a .535 won't go in the bore with any patch thickness, a .530 will go in begrudgingly with an .018 patch and a little easier with a .014 patch but is still very tight. I really have to smack the ball with starter to get it in and getting it down the next 4" is a chore. I think my Bobby Hoyt rebore didn't go as planned, loose at the breech (the last inch), tight at the bore. The barrel is one of my best shooters though, it really stacks them in.
When I polished the bore with a scotchbright pad I didn't pull the pad all the way to the crown on the muzzle. Today I an going to give this area a going over to smooth things out. I will follow the scotch bright pad with about a zillion passes with patch covered with JB Bore Paste to give the area a mirror finish.
I am going to have to make a peep for this gun to get the maximum performance out of it, my 74 year old eyes just don't see sights well.
I made this peep for my Beck rifle, it was a pain to make and get the bends right but by using it I was able to shrink my groups down to quarter sized at 50 yards.
Eric Krewson:
Update; before I headed to the shop I thought I would take a look in the bore with my super duper clear bore scope.
The lands are slick but the grooves at the muzzle are still rough, further down the barrel where I used the scotch bright pad more the milling marks still show some roughness but are not as obvious.
I have to work on this today, the picture was made with a Teslong bore scope.
Eric Krewson:
After good scrubbing with a marron scotchbright pad and JB bore paste, much better.
Eric Krewson:
Started the new peep today, I need to get the new sights on the gun before I go much further. Adjusting the bends to line up the sights is a pain.
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