2damnold4this
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I'm looking for suggestions on improving accuracy from an old kit gun I was given. It's a .45 caliber Kentucky style rifle with "Spain" marked on the barrel. I replaced the powder drum and nipple on it with one meant for a CVA sidelock but this involved drilling the hole larger and tapping new threads. The bore was a bit rusty and is somewhat pitted.
This is my first try with a patched round ball rifle so I ordered some .445 cast balls and used some patches meant for cleaning .22 caliber rifles that I greased with Crisco. This was loaded over 45 grains of Pyrodex. At twenty five yards, I could only hit a paper plate with it five out of ten shots. I'm used to shooting in the same hole at that range with an inline muzzle loader shooting conicals using open sights, so I don't think it was me.
Any suggestions for a newbie? What can I do to get this thing to shoot as well as my snub nosed .38?
This is my first try with a patched round ball rifle so I ordered some .445 cast balls and used some patches meant for cleaning .22 caliber rifles that I greased with Crisco. This was loaded over 45 grains of Pyrodex. At twenty five yards, I could only hit a paper plate with it five out of ten shots. I'm used to shooting in the same hole at that range with an inline muzzle loader shooting conicals using open sights, so I don't think it was me.
Any suggestions for a newbie? What can I do to get this thing to shoot as well as my snub nosed .38?