Oh, it speaks with Authority! I should have taken my hearing aid out before I started! I found a way to silence all the neighborhood barking dogs too! Most dogs don't like a thunderstorm. They either went cowering back into there doghouses, or their owners brought them in the house for protection. Hey, I was a safe distance back in my woods!
Anyway, it performed flawlessly from the git-go! Of course sight will need to be adjusted and filed to sight it in. The Chambers Germanic lock was QUICK, as was ignition through the wite-litenin .059" bore, 5/16" touchole. The manual trigger was
just right for me. I used the same load I use in my Getz barreled Jaeger... .600rb/.020 buttered patch/65gr 2F Goex BP. It started and went down very easily, and I never swabbed the bore while shooting 15 shots. I would suggest a .610 ball in this Hoyt barrel. I fired one shot w/110grs of powder, and no problem...no soreness at all in my cheekbone today!
Shooting off a rickety sawhorse while kneeling on one knee (a poor setup) at 25 yds. it shot a cloverleaf of 6 shots at 1.20" center/center at the widest. If it was to be mine, I would widen the notch in the rear sight and I need to get new glasses soon too, but I digress..
This barrel cleaned up real easy!
All in all it was a blast to shoot! Maybe that's why the guys call em "Caster Blasters"
