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Originally Posted by RF5BPilot
I get it that there's more to the process, but too bad the alignment process can't be shortened using laser pointers down each barrel to get them close. Final adjustment with actual shooting.
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I'm sure they have a jig in which the barrels are aligned to their "best guess" for regulation. Such are the nuances of each individual rifle, however, that there is simply no way to get it "perfect" (or as close as possible) without actually shooting it.
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Originally Posted by john rogers
So far I haven't seen what your black powder load will be? I have shot up to 120 grains of FFG Goex in both my 45 caliber slug guns and have had no serious issues with recoil. One weighs 16 pounds with the scope and the Pedersoli Gibbs only weighs 12 pounds due to international rules and it "jumps" more but not a whole lot of kick. Sort of like a 12 gauge with 3 inch shells I guess so that one should not be too bad. My .58 bore under hammer with 90 grains of powder kicks a bit more but it only weighs 10 pounds. I guess the rifle's weight has quite a bit to do with recoil as well as the weight of the chunk of lead going down the barrel? If it were me I would start with 80 or 90 grains of FFG for a couple of shots to get used to it and then go up to whatever Pedersoli recommended. Their documentation seems to be pretty accurate.
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I have no idea what my load will be either. I'll let the rifle tell me. I can't see any less than at least 150 grains in a 12 bore; my long gone Pacific Rifle Company Zephyr accepted up to 300 grains, if I remember correctly. Most of what I can gather from the exalted experts of the inter webs is that these don't even begin to shoot well with less than 150 grains. Per Lyman's Black Powder Handbook, 150 grains of FFg behind a .715" diameter ball only gave 1,213 fps in a 43" barreled Brown Bess. Granted, rifled bores offer more resistance and higher velocities, but that stands as a fairly "light" load for a round ball shooter. We'll see. Hopefully it at least somewhat "regulates" at some load, and that's where I'll stay.
We have a show sponsored by the Cascade Mountain Men tomorrow. Guns, clothing, accruements of all kinds for sale and trade. I'll be heading to the range right after that.