Starvin Larry

Saturday pretty much sucked to be shooting-torrential rains on and off all morning,into the afternoon.

I followed the directions,and fired 20 shots through my inline,and 20 through my sidelock,I had some of the “grit” left,so I shot an additional 5 rounds through the sidelock.

A lead sled would have been a good idea,but I didn’t bring one,I did add a sweatshirt to what I was wearing to help absorb recoil though. My shoulder just quit hurting today.

Almost 100 rounds out of .50 caliber muzzleloaders is a lot-45 out of the inline,and 50 out of the sidelock.

The inline shot approximately 3″ groups at 100 yds prior to firelapping,I got 2-2 1/2″ groups after the firelapping-so some improvement,but not the 50% improvement that others have seen after using the firelapping process.

The sidelock shot at best 6″ groups at 100 yds-many were 8″ groups.

After the 25 rounds fired for the firelapping-holy shit-the sidelock was shooting 3″ groups!

I shot groups of 5 rounds-5 groups-after the firelapping,a couple of them were 2″ groups,the others were 3-3 1/2 inches.

That’s one hell of an improvement in accuracy for a made in the mid 1980’s CVA Woodsman!

Extra bonus is the thing is much easier to load now too.

My original post on firelapping/improving your muzzleoader’s accuracy is here

The source for the firelapping kits is Beartooth bullets-their  site is here

I believe the process makes a heck of an improvement for the $50.00 or so it costs.

Due to the rain-I couldn’t take pics-I’m not trashing my phone or my digital camera to take a pic of a falling apart, soaking wet target with a few bullet holes in it.

The process works,at least with older muzzleloaders.

I wholeheartedly endorse firelapping for older muzzleloaders-the difference in my CVA Woodsman was amazing. The thing was never as accurate as it is now,and I’ve shot it a lot over the years.

My brother in law swears it worked wonders for a couple of his centerfire rifles-so if you have an older rifle that’s not shooting as god as you would like it to-spend the fifty bucks,and firelap the thing-you just may turn it into a super accurate rifle.

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