Sears & Roebuck Zouave

[fredrader]

Hi all, I picked up a pretty cool Zouave .58 today. Antonio Zoli and co Italy and Sears and roebuck on it. It cleaned up nice and the nipple came out after some heat. I haven't shot it yet but I'll get some balls and give it a try soon..I don't know why it has a horse head on the stock but it does..

 

[Trot]

I have one too, mine has the same light colored stock. I am waiting for the weather to break to do some more shooting and sight it in, but so far it seems to shoot pretty well.

 

[fredrader]

What load do you use in yours? Does yours have the horse head on the stock? Mine is AB dated (1976). Thanks

 

[Trot]

No horse head on mine! I'd have to go check my charts to be sure, but I was shooting around 40 grains of fffg and I believe a Lyman minie. Pretty sure it was the 575213 old style. Mine is a 1975.

 

[Britsmoothy]

I had one some years ago.
I think they are beech stocked. Mine was.

Shot a ball real good apart from the sights were to high. I remember it was capable of taking rabbit to 60yds so deer would of been no problem.

Brits.

 

[fredrader]

Great,I am going to shoot mine once I get some balls and maby even try to find some mini's for it. I have never shot a smooth bore before so this should be fun..

 

[Trot]

Smoothbore? Shouldn't be a smoothbore, mine is certainly rifled and have never heard of a smoothbore Zouave.

 

[fredrader]

:redface: I ran a brush down it and cleaned it up and you are correct. There is rifling (Just not real deep) so I guess I posted in the wrong place. I still need to clean it some more and it should be ready to go. I ordered both .570 and .575 mini's and .575 balls along with .58 brush and jag from TOW so I should be good to go. Thanks for the heads up..

 

[Trot]

Yeah, the rifling for minies is not real deep like roundball rifling. Doesn't mean they won't shoot roundballs well though with the right load.

 

[Britsmoothy]

Some were smoothbore. Made for countries with stupid gun laws like Britain :thumbsup:

Brits.

 

[fredrader]

The rear sight was glued on and there was no screw holding it to the brl. I ordered 2 of them and cleaned the bore with tome steel wool and it looks great now..

 

[buford87]

Looks like someone has watched too much HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL.................watch yer top knot.............