45 DISC @ the Dinger Farm
Dec 29, 2009 19:04:31 GMT -5
Post by sabotloader on Dec 29, 2009 19:04:31 GMT -5
Well I finally got some time to take this new to me DISC Elite out and try to wring out some wrinkles. The gun is not pristine but it is not bad at all.
I took the Weaver bases off and installed some Warne Steel bases, pulled the Powderhorn off the Elite 50 and dropped it on the 45. I also spent a lot of time cleaning + running some JB's in the bore.
When I got it and inspected it - I was a bit worried - pulled the breech plug and it had some decent pits on it at the nose of the plug. I am thinking that a lot of real BP may have been shot from it. Then when I looked in the breech I really thought there might be pitting in there also - the rest of the bore was fine. Thought I would run some JB's and see what I might accomplish. After running the JB's the bore felt like a mirror, it was so smooth top to bottom, and the the riflings are still sharp as they will go through a patch in 10/12 storkes. Checked the breech again and the dulled area was still there. So I fashioned a small metal hook and fed it up inside and tried to scratch the pitting. Nothing it was smooth as glass using the wire hook as a feeler. Now I am convinced it is BP grease that has been fired into the bore on more than one occasion (another reason I do not like BP grease). So my conclusion is... it is a stain and i will eventually work it out.
Bore sighted the gun and then waited for an opportunity to shoot. Shot a pretty uneventual 25 yard target - it worked out that the bore site was very close, but my first scope adjutment @ 25 - I turned the darn thing the wrong direction - jees I hate it when I do that... but I got it.
I was going to shoot some BH - but I just hate wasting that expensive black gold - so the cheap me went with my normal T7.
Certainly not what I really wanted but for the first time shooting this gun I think it has some promise. I will continue to work with it...
I am sure on a better day i could do better but it was cold and the wind chill was way down there... Suppose to start snowing tonight and the rest of the week so I do not know when I will gt out with it again...
I took the Weaver bases off and installed some Warne Steel bases, pulled the Powderhorn off the Elite 50 and dropped it on the 45. I also spent a lot of time cleaning + running some JB's in the bore.
When I got it and inspected it - I was a bit worried - pulled the breech plug and it had some decent pits on it at the nose of the plug. I am thinking that a lot of real BP may have been shot from it. Then when I looked in the breech I really thought there might be pitting in there also - the rest of the bore was fine. Thought I would run some JB's and see what I might accomplish. After running the JB's the bore felt like a mirror, it was so smooth top to bottom, and the the riflings are still sharp as they will go through a patch in 10/12 storkes. Checked the breech again and the dulled area was still there. So I fashioned a small metal hook and fed it up inside and tried to scratch the pitting. Nothing it was smooth as glass using the wire hook as a feeler. Now I am convinced it is BP grease that has been fired into the bore on more than one occasion (another reason I do not like BP grease). So my conclusion is... it is a stain and i will eventually work it out.
Bore sighted the gun and then waited for an opportunity to shoot. Shot a pretty uneventual 25 yard target - it worked out that the bore site was very close, but my first scope adjutment @ 25 - I turned the darn thing the wrong direction - jees I hate it when I do that... but I got it.
I was going to shoot some BH - but I just hate wasting that expensive black gold - so the cheap me went with my normal T7.
Certainly not what I really wanted but for the first time shooting this gun I think it has some promise. I will continue to work with it...
I am sure on a better day i could do better but it was cold and the wind chill was way down there... Suppose to start snowing tonight and the rest of the week so I do not know when I will gt out with it again...
thanks sb.