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Ok. The previous owner knew what they were about! The muzzle work aids loading tight patches. The Lyman frizzen sparks well and when I took her to pieces, I found the tang was nicely glass bedded and " top" was engraved on the wedge.
The .490/.018 combo loads too tight for hunting. .490/.015 is very nice. Patched are almost reusable. The charge is my go to 70 grains 3f Swiss and I put an Ox Yoke .54/.56 wad over powder. Fired 10 rounds, with sight adjustment, and the smallest 3 rounder was 1 5/8ths and the largest 2 1/4. This was at 50 yards. Groups had 2 very close, sometimes cutting holes, and one shot off to the right.
Ramming is decently smooth. I suspect she was heavily JB'd as the bore is devoid of the usual tool marks. Very nice in a cut rifled barrel. I say cut rifled because I've heard that .01 rifling is too deep to button rifle. Has the cut look anyway.
The trigger is manageable, but heavier than I like. Must look to that...
Ran into Chuck Dixon yesterday. He liked my Pennsylvania Hunter. Said "They were the best rifles TC made."
Here's proof a rifle can be plain, but still be eye candy...
The .490/.018 combo loads too tight for hunting. .490/.015 is very nice. Patched are almost reusable. The charge is my go to 70 grains 3f Swiss and I put an Ox Yoke .54/.56 wad over powder. Fired 10 rounds, with sight adjustment, and the smallest 3 rounder was 1 5/8ths and the largest 2 1/4. This was at 50 yards. Groups had 2 very close, sometimes cutting holes, and one shot off to the right.
Ramming is decently smooth. I suspect she was heavily JB'd as the bore is devoid of the usual tool marks. Very nice in a cut rifled barrel. I say cut rifled because I've heard that .01 rifling is too deep to button rifle. Has the cut look anyway.
The trigger is manageable, but heavier than I like. Must look to that...
Ran into Chuck Dixon yesterday. He liked my Pennsylvania Hunter. Said "They were the best rifles TC made."
Here's proof a rifle can be plain, but still be eye candy...