[Talonracer]

Hmm dont really remember, but I'm really interested in how that peep works.

 

[Talonracer]

Ok update. Dixon's drilled out my flash hole and bingo, gun goes off everytime the pan powder goes off. What weird tho is I'm tearing up flints, they are only good for 5 shots are so. The last one started coming apart! Oh well I still cant get these open sights down, cant shoot for crap at 50 yards lol. Practice more tomorrow I guess.

 

[eastcoasttraps]

Those guys at Dixon's are good guys. They never have an additude. My brother and I went over there this weekend, and brought over my bro's double barrel .44 cal. pistol..had no nipples..took them 10 min. to find it.

I looked all over the internet for these parts.. not CVA,. Italian.. German..but they finally matched it up..Good Guys there at Dixon's.

 

[Sojourner48]

It takes a lot of practice and trying different powder loads. I have a .50 long rifle I built and have settled on 65 gr fff, .010 pre-lubed patch and .490 rb. I can hit a small paper plate at 50 yds with it and placement is always the most important aspect. I use fff because I can prime and load from the same horn. Remember that more powder is not always the best load.

 

[Talonracer]

Yea I get one more two shots then some fliers, I'm just not used to open sights at all. If I focus on the sight my target is all fuzzy, if i focus on the target I cant even line the sights up. I guess i need a peep sight. I'm gonna shoot it a couple more times then see if I can do anything. If I cant shoot accurately I really dont wanna hunt with it. I might get a peep sometime this summer and see if that helps.

 

[Pointing Lab]

The peep site will definitely help.

 

[308Havoc]

have you tried shooting with both eyes open. some of my soldiers have problems shooting and when i told them to try it with both eyes open they shot better with open sights.

i myself shoot all open sights and my bow with both eyes open.

also, your sights should appear a little fuzzy when focused on the target.

 

[Talonracer]

only problem is my left eye is dominant and I shoot righty, so with both eyes open I usually see the side of the barrel lol. I just got back from shooting, getting a little better. I'm around the bullseye with all shots. Had a bear of a time getting the first shot to go off. It was like 7 or 8 misfires. After that the gun did great, but man is it hard on flints. 3 or 4 shots and I need to flip it. The difficulty with the first shot worries me, maybe I need to store it outside I dunno. I'll shoot it tomorrow again. If all goes well I might be out saturday