Smoothbore Accuracy

[Daryl]

Here's a target I shot the 'other' day with my 20 bore, smoothie. Single bead front sight with flattened sides. I had one get away from me. With no rear sight, elevation can sometimes throw you a curve.

[Scott Bumpus]

good job   thats well inside 1 minute of moose

[Leatherbelly]

Does that target say 2.8 yards?

[Daryl]

Yer funny LB.

[Roger Fisher]

Okay, Okay I'll be the one to ask....  Offhand or rest?

[Daryl]

Rest, of course. I'd like to be able to put them into an inch offhand at almost 30 yards - but those days are gone.

[The other DWS]

now give us some shot patterns from the same gun

[northmn]

I am most interested in the jug choke? imp cylinder and the ability to shoot groups like that.  My question about jug chokes is their ability to retard the over powder wads and not leave a donut in the pattern.  While I am not a big believer in chokes for a flintlock fowler, a little choke seems to help eliminate pattern problems (why the skeet in or Skeet 1 choke came about).  Some rifles also were choked to a slight degree.

DP

[Daryl]

I choked a rifle once and it shot slugs exceptionally well, with it's 38" twist.  I jug choked the .44 smoothbore and it shot well with both shot and ball.
This Henlkeler gun has about an imp/cyl choke, quite noticable when loading ball, but doesn't blow the patch with the loads I've used so far.

DWS has intereested me with his question - I'll try to pattern it on Monday (tomorrow) or Tuesday - this week, anyway.  The only shot I have is almost drop-shot (not hard shot), and it's quite fine as in 7 1/2's or 8's, but I'll weight out some one ounce charges and count the pellets to get a number, then do the patterns- probably came range, unless someone's moved the target holder.