Author: Thumper [ Edit | View ]
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Date Posted: 14:54:14 05/05/12 Sat
Actually this is 2 reports, one from Sunday and one from today. On Sunday a friend came over with a 22 "Peacemaker" by FIE that I repaired for him a while ago and said let's go shooting....which happily, I already was gonna do, truck was 1/2 loaded with gear before he showed up. He also had given me a Savage 99 in 30.06 to check out as it wasn't extracting the shells after firing, so we took it, my Remie 45lc factory conversion and my Centaure 1860 along with a clanger, cardboard target holder in a metal frame (actually one of those stick in the ground for sale signs that the realitor left here when we bought the place some 18 years ago and some empty tobacco cans. 5 minutes later we were in the hills setting up. 1st, the 22 I fixed.....worked like new, shot all over the place, good ole FIE. Next the Savage, he was shooting reloads and they weren't extracting so I took some Winchester factory loads to try also, the bevels on the rim of the reloads didn't look just right. Tried out both kinds, factory loads went just fine and the reloads hung up evertime...problem diagnosed and fixed. Jesse asked me it he owed me anything for the, figuring out part and I said no, but if I had kept it any longer in my shop I was thinking about charging him storage LOL. Next the Remie, I shoot 230RN over 7.7g Unique. At both 25 and 35 yds I was getting mixed results and couldn't figure out why. Next the Centaure, 454RB, 30g fff, couldn't miss with my eyes closed!! Jesse has owned a bp Pietta for over 15yrs and has never shot it...he had so much fun, in the next week or 2 we're goin out to get him the gear he needs to shoot....another convert to the "dark side"
Todays report. I couldn't rest with the results I got on Sunday from the Remie, so I went out again today. Just cans and a clanger this time, 15yds on the cans and 25yds on the clanger. Again, for the 1st 2 cylinders I was as consistant as Ray Charles!! AND THEN THE LIGHT BULB WENT OFF OVER MY HEAD!!! Duh, since you can't really "see" the front site dummy, put the diopter on your glasses!!! Instant change, one handed I'm about a 75% batter, two handed, I'm pushin' 100%. Not looking to shoot cloverleafs by any means, but on my final 2 cylinders, 5 shots took out the five tobacco cans and the remaining shot banged the clanger each cylinder. Nuff said, case closed, BTY, I CAN see the front site on the Centaure, it's aged brass. Here's my Remie with a modified trigger guard.

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