Hey everybody,

After reading the MuzzleLoading-101 from another board last December, I got the valve lapping compound(Fine Grit) and tried it on my old MagHunter.

Lapped it 100 times, and what a SHINE inside the bore :cool:

Finally got the old MagHunter back to the range and here are my results:

50 cal MagHunter with 2.5 X 7 X 32 power Weaver Scope, Using 100grains of loose FFFg American Pioneer Powder, pushing a .440 Hornady round ball inside a MMP sabot, I finished with a 1.5 inch--3 shot group at 70 yards! :) ;)

At 50 yards--1/2 inch groups!!

I know this will be hard to believe, especially the 100grains of powder pushing a round ball! :eek:

I was working up my load from 60 grains to 80grns and wasn’t consistent. I then used some old speed loaders charged with 100grns for my PowerBelt shooting. I said what the heck; let’s try these out. And Presto! Instant success!!! :D

I'll post pics of targets and recovered round balls and spent sabots ASAP.

Will try 295grn powerbelts another day. So far the Lapped barrel is great with this roundball combo.

I think I had scope problems before, on the first outing. Anyway, I've got real confidence for the next session now :)


P.S.

Forgot too say that my first attempt at saboted roundballs before Lapping barrel, were 5inch groups at 85 yards--using 100grns of powder--and this was with a 4 X12 X40 Bushnell-Banner scope.

70 yard group

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v416/lanenebraska/Targ.jpg


Spent bullets

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v416/lanenebraska/Bulls3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v416/lanenebraska/Bulls2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v416/lanenebraska/Bullets.jpg

That'll kill Bambi!!!! :D