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    T.C.Hawken Shooting High

    I stay away from bars that have frayed shirt cuffs.
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    T.C.Hawken Shooting High

    That's what I intend to do. I will report back what I find. I started out about 4 inches high at 50 yards; a tighter ball/patch combination brought down to the top of the bead on the sight. Same powder charge, I don't know which had the higher velocity. If I go much tighter on the ball/patch...
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    T.C.Hawken Shooting High

    Did you have the same point of impact for each charge, 60 through 90?
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    T.C.Hawken Shooting High

    Well, next trip to the range, I'll up the charge to 80 grains, see where it hits, and report back. Inquiring minds want to know...
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    T.C.Hawken Shooting High

    That's what I thought, too, but stubshaft said more powder would mean higher velocity and the higher velocity would push the ball out before the barrel rose as far in recoil. Of course, more powder = more recoil, so which would win - barrel rise from recoil or barrel exit from speed? Anyway, I'm...
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    T.C.Hawken Shooting High

    The barrel lays easily in the stock and the key can be installed and removed with easy finger pressure.
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    T.C.Hawken Shooting High

    Did you try increasing the powder charge? I've been told that will lower the point of impact.
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    T.C.Hawken Shooting High

    Thanks for the information. I will be primarily shooting off hand or without a rest from a bench. Sounds like I'm doing the right thing. I will, or course, alter my technique if I go to bench rest competition.
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    T.C.Hawken Shooting High

    Thanks to everybody for their input. With my left elbow on the table, I am quite steady. I hold the fore end rather than let the rifle go to free recoil because I believe that will more closely approximate the point of impact I will get when shooting without the bags. If I was going for...
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    T.C.Hawken Shooting High

    OK, I shoot from a concrete bench at our local club range. I put a 4x4 inch block on the bench and a sand bag on top of the block. I grip the fore stock about 6-8 inches back from the fore cap and rest my hand on the sand bag. I shoulder the stock and rest my right elbow on the bench. It is a...
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    T.C.Hawken Shooting High

    Got back to the range... I am swabbing between shots with a dry patch wrapped around a .45 cal. brass brush. I am using a tighter patch. With this technique, the loading effort stays constant, so I think I have the same level of fouling for each shot. Point of impact is at the top of the front...
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    Frosty Barrel

    Thanks. I guess my swabbing patches have been too wet; I've had to pull a couple of balls. 40 years ago (the last time I shot black powder) we'd just put the G.I. cleaning patches in our mouth for a couple of seconds before swabbing but no one seems to be doing that anymore. I'll try the paste...
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    Frosty Barrel

    OK, so the patch/jag combination should be loose enough to slip down a fouled bore easily and, then, jam-up a little to pull the fouling out. I assume this would be for swabbing between shots and for cleaning. Should the swabbing-between-shots patch be dry, damp, or wet, followed by a dry patch...
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    Frosty Barrel

    The patch isn't that tight going in. What do I do about a rough bore? The gun is T.C, Hawken with the stock sights; it shouldn't need new sights.
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    Frosty Barrel

    I forgot to mention, I'm shooting Goex FFFg powder with a .440 patched ball.
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