Range Report
Well, it didn't do as well as I would have liked. Shooting at 25 yards, starting load of 70 gr of ffg and a .715 pbr it was all over the place. I worked up to 100 gr and it settled down a bit. I need to work out the best ball/patch combo. I did try it with shot also. 120 gr powder measure full of #6 shot over 70 gr of powder at 25 yards gave me a pattern that no grouse or pheasant could get through. I also try what my buddy called the "street cleaner" load. 10 .375 ball over 90 gr of the ffg. Had a good shot spread. I have a punch on order for wads and overshot cards. Cutting them by hand with a razor was a big pain. I plan to use it more as a shotgun, so I focused on that side of shooting. I made up a couple of shot capsules to try. Printer paper rolled around a socket from my toolbox. A couple of cards cut from a manila folder. After I rolled and glued the paper around the socket. I put a card in, snipped the paper so it would fold over the end and glued another card over that. Slide the tube off the socket and fill with shot, then folded the top shut with a dab of glue. The size was just right to slide down the bore. They held a better pattern than loading with wadding.