Well at last I got to shoot 100yds with both the 25's yesterday. Can't say as I am excited about the results tho. The sun was blazing ( I have the sun burn to prove)
. Anyway, I had a time trying to get a bead on my 6" bullseye with the glare on the front bead being off to one side slightly. I held the same for the groups in each gun and only managed about a three inch group with either gun. The 14 has the typical wheel sight and the Model 8 wears a Marbles tang sight.
Load was CCI250's (all I have for primers) H380 at 29gr and the 117gr Hornady RN. That should be about right as I was getting one inch groups at 30 yds both times before shooting the 14. Glad I only loaded 11 rounds of that load. I have been able to get groups half that size before with irons in bolt guns, but maybe that is too much to expect from these old girls. Bores are almost like new in both. I dunno.
Going to try some other loads with perhaps 3031 that Tbury has proven in his little gem.
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