Boz330
08-03-2008, 11:52 AM
Buddy of mine owed me some money several years back ($60). So he calls one Saturday and says that some guy has a Sharon 58 cal RB barrel for $50 at there gun club trade day, am I interested? He!! yes, been thinking I need a Hawkin in that caliber. He did most of the work on it after I bought another 4 or 5 hunert dollars worth of parts.
Anyway it has been sitting in a corner for the last couple years with no progress. Friday he came down to visit and he says let's take that thing out and shoot it for grins and giggles, I want to see it knock you silly.
So yesterday morning I cast up some RBs and Minis and we go out back and proceed to blaze away at 50yd. The first 2 balls are under an inch and about 8 inches low and 3 inches right. We then try a couple Minis (480grs), it puts them in the same group. We filed the front sight and fired some more RBs and the group moves up a little and spreads a little but I am shooting offhand, not my strong suite for sure. After shooting about 15 or 20 shots we quit because it is just hotter than Hates and drinking beer is sounding like a better idea.
Now I'm all fired up to get this thing done before ML season, to say I'm tickled is a vast understatement. I always knew Sharon made good barrels but this is a dream. And the clean up was a total of about 9 patches and that was using 3 at a time cuz I had the wrong jag. That barrel is soooo smoooooth there wasn't hardly any fowling left in it.:bigsmyl2:
:drinks:
Bob
Anyway it has been sitting in a corner for the last couple years with no progress. Friday he came down to visit and he says let's take that thing out and shoot it for grins and giggles, I want to see it knock you silly.
So yesterday morning I cast up some RBs and Minis and we go out back and proceed to blaze away at 50yd. The first 2 balls are under an inch and about 8 inches low and 3 inches right. We then try a couple Minis (480grs), it puts them in the same group. We filed the front sight and fired some more RBs and the group moves up a little and spreads a little but I am shooting offhand, not my strong suite for sure. After shooting about 15 or 20 shots we quit because it is just hotter than Hates and drinking beer is sounding like a better idea.
Now I'm all fired up to get this thing done before ML season, to say I'm tickled is a vast understatement. I always knew Sharon made good barrels but this is a dream. And the clean up was a total of about 9 patches and that was using 3 at a time cuz I had the wrong jag. That barrel is soooo smoooooth there wasn't hardly any fowling left in it.:bigsmyl2:
:drinks:
Bob