Colt 1861 Navy

[Iain D]

Just back from the range after shooting the above revolver. I surprised myself with the level of accuracy that it had straight out of the box. Reloading was not to bad other than trying to get the size 10 caps on, 15gn of Pyrodex. It shoots about spot on at 15-20yd slightly left of center. I'm going to have a few more outings to try and confirm exactly where it is shooting and maintain grouping.
What is the main distance for competition shooting and what group size would you expect?

Iain D

[TALL]

I use 15gr of BP in mine ,it shoots about 10 oclock on the card at 25m,i aim for 4 0clock on the edge of the black and sometimes hit the bull,25m is comp distance in our club,IT IS GOOD FUN THOUGH,