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- Dec 7, 2023
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Went to the range yesterday with my Remington 1858 New Army (First time shooting this one. It's new). Temps at 60 degrees, clear skies, no wind, not sure of humidity levels. I had four loaded cylinders of 30g pyrodex pellets with .454 round balls and I used lube. I had a backdrop of cardboard paper (24 inch wide X 36 inch tall) with a 12" X 18" target positioned center of backdrop paper. I started at 50 yds (have seen here that ideal sighting should be at 75 yds) with the first cylinder and didn't hit anything. I moved in to 25 yds with the three remaining cylinders and placed three rounds at center level but one went 6 inches outside target to the right, the other 6 inches outside to left of target, and the third was about 3 inches right of bullseye on target. four cylinders, 24 shots, 3 accounted for. I was so frustrated and embarrassed that I just loaded up and left the range! Anybody have a clue what is wrong here? If it's me, it's me, but I can't be THAT bad of a shot!