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Sight Adjustments - Is there something wrong here
mountainman:
Just curious what amount of powder charge are you using?
Molly:
25 gr.
All shots were loaded the same.
36 cal 25 yards.
smylee grouch:
If its fouling bad I would question patch thickness, weave and your choice of lube. What do the shot patches look like?
Dphariss:
I agree with Daryl. It needs to be bent to bring it to center with the sights centered. This is not that uncommon in ML barrels. Its possible it was bent at some point in shipping or handling. The outside might be straight and the bore crooked. I would pull the barrel and bend it till shoots to the centered sights.
Modern barrels are generally straightened before and maybe again after profiling. Whose barrel is it. You might send it back and they could straighten it. But a friend of mine sent one back and it was worse when he got it back.
Of if you can live with the sights off center leave it.
You might try running the powder charge up. 25 gr is a little light for a 36 in many cases. In small bores the one grain per caliber is not too far off.
Austin:
These guns a homemade! Ive got a couple that the sights are way off center of the flat to get them to hit where I wanted em to….. you’re fine, don’t sweat it.
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