200 yd groups

[5.7 MAN]

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I shot these two groups with C. Sharps 50-90 using a soule tang and a standard silver blade front sight. The bullet is a Lyman 515142 weighing 532 grains. Powder is goex 1f with compressed enough to seat the bullet using 2 .030 gasket material wads. Thats a standard clay pigeon for size ref.

How do they look? Am I on the right track?

[Southern Son]

At two hundred, those groups look around the 2-3 MOA. If I could do that with a Silver Blade front site, I would be stoked. Are you going to get a globe site for the front? You will find it helps for target shooting, if you are gearing up to hunt, then go kill something, that is easily good enough to hunt with.

[Hickok]

I would say outstanding.

I have a Pedersoli 1859 Sharps Berdan .54 that will group 2 moa @ 100. I want to try it a 200 and 300 yards. I would be happy with that group at 200.

[Gunlaker]

Is the diameter of that pigeon about 4 inches or so? If so then the core of your group is under 2 moa. You just need to work on technique to get rid of those flyers. If you can consistently keep them all under the size of the pigeon, your groups are as good or better than the "real world" groups most folks will shoot.

Edit: I'd say you are on the right track :-)

Chris.

[JSnover]

Nice work. What was the charge weight, and could you give a rough guess on the velocity?

[5.7 MAN]

Thanks for the encouragement! The load that is spread laterally is 93 Grains 1F goex and the on the that is strung up and down is 94 grains 1F goex. I would guess velocity is around 1200-1300FPS.

I kind of figured that the front blade is my limiting factor, I may switch out for a globe or not. I think of my Sharps as a Buaffalo gun and pretty much shoot it for fun.


I had a Pedersoli 1859 and it was quite accurate when I could get it to go off! I also have a Pedersoli 1874 infantry rifle in 45-70 though I have not gotten around to loading for it yet.

[fouronesix]

If the standard clay pigeon is about 4 1/4" dia., and that is a standard pigeon, then those groups (based on ratios in the photo) are about 1.5 MOA for the vertical group and about 1.3 MOA for the horizontal group. Unless I messed up the measuring and math.

Actually very good shooting! A globe front might improve that some and I don't see any that I'd call "flyers".

[C. Latch]

I've never shot a group (past 100 yards, anyway) with open sights that was anywhere near that good, with anything.

[Hickok]

5.7 man, I sent my Sharps paper cutter to Charlie Hahn for one of his full breech block/o-ring conversions and mine works perfect, fires everytime and no seizing up of the action.

[Gunlaker]

Fouronesix, there are three shots on the paper to the right of the core group by maybe 4-5 inches. Those are what I meant by the flyers.

Chris.

[5.7 MAN]

The bullet holes to the right of the group are from other shots and not flyers. Now all I have to do load up some more ammo and do it again! Yes! More shooting!

Thanks for the critique!