My new .44-75 Ballard

[Kurt]

It was a fun shoot and the weather was perfect. The winds where very mild and the temp might have made it in the mid 60's.
This morning they where variable head on and I did not make sight changes for the 300 and it showed in the slight vertical and I had two 8's and one dropped into the seven ring. They used the regulation 200, 300 and 600 yard targets. The three off hand shots I shot at the position 200 yard cost me 30 points. The format was 15 shots per relay with a total of 45 shots.
Early morning is tough shooting this time of year on this range. Your looking right into the early morning sun on the 200 yard line. This gave me a problem seeing the target on the two hundred.
I feel this rifle with the barrel and chambering is shooting very well for not having a load developed for it, just using cases that where fired once to fit the chamber. I had some concerns over the overly deep grooves it has .0018 deeper then I ordered but It did not show to be a problem and no lead or fouling problems using a lube mix of 50/50 OZ wax and Vaseline. Third damp patch through cleaning came out clean and the three dry patches came out as white as they went in.
This makes everything right the way they should be.
I still cant get over the lock time and triggers of this rifle when you want to feel the bump of the recoil and see the orange glow at the muzzle it's there!!
Below are the fine bunch of guys I shot with. It was a very relaxed match with several Muzzle loaders shooting.

Kurt