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Offline Drydock

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Re: Picked up a new Betsy
« Reply #20 on: April 07, 2022, 12:15:46 PM »
Ordered and received an MVA Combination/Beach sight.  Installation was easy thanks to my Wyoming Sight Drifter https://www.wyomingsightdrifter.com/    highly recommended if you mess around with dovetailed or friction fit anything.  I had ordered a .378 sight based on my best guess, it was a little loose, but peening down the dovetail edges produced a nice tight fit.  Probably should have got the .385, but this appears to work fine.  Being a round barrel helps.  It produced an excellent sight picture, far better than the original post and bead. 
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Re: Picked up a new Betsy
« Reply #21 on: April 07, 2022, 01:14:12 PM »
Took it out to the farm today: OE and Triple 7 carbine loads.  The 8 groove H&R rifling prefers the 777, though both loads shot into 3" at 100 yards off the bench. 
I played with some Blackhorn 209 earlier this winter in my new (to me) muzzleloading abomination (scope sighted and black plastic) I  might have to try making a 55 gr load with that for the H&R
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Re: Picked up a new Betsy
« Reply #22 on: April 07, 2022, 05:27:07 PM »
Put 21 rounds of 45-70 thru my H&R this afternoon, loaded with 47 grains (By weight) 2f 777.  Getting the sights readjusted.  Nice tight 3 shot* groups at 200 yards, no cleaning until I went home.  That just fills a Starline case to the base of an Accurate 46-405c bullet.  Been running around 3 moa bench rested.  Good stuff in the H&R barrel.

I would prefer real black, but the H&R has made it clear this is what it wants.





*Steel  plate at 200 yards.  Shoot 3 rounds, walk to the plate, paint over, walk back, adjust, shoot 3 more shots, repeat.  Good exercise.

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Re: Picked up a new Betsy
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Re: Picked up a new Betsy
« Reply #23 on: April 18, 2022, 05:37:09 AM »
Ran the OM at the Indiana Muster this weekend.  Whole match with the above loads, no cleaning, no loss of accuracy or any other problems.  Great fun.
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Re: Picked up a new Betsy
« Reply #24 on: April 19, 2023, 07:12:19 PM »
Ran the OM HARD at the Atlantic Muster.  Every shot hit steel.  This is a great set up for skirmishing.
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Re: Picked up a new Betsy
« Reply #25 on: July 23, 2023, 11:29:51 AM »
Lee is a great guy.  Really friendly and makes great products and is an excellent gunsmith for all the vintage rifles.  I have 4 of his sights - 3 economy soule and 1 super grade soule.  Love them.........
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