Navy fake Carbine #2: Range Report & Photos

[Skirmisher]

Howdy,

Thanks for the helpful replies to my prior post. So I confirmed this is a Navy barrel reamed out to .50-70 caliber. I went to the range with two loads. The first is my regular load of 55g Goex 3f & a 425g conical from Buffalo Arms. As usual, I posted a 2" red dot about 18" below the target's bull as these old warhorses usually shoot at least a foot high. My first shot at 50 yards drilled the red dot when the sight was held "pumpkin on a post". Clearly the funky rear sight (see pics) was dialed in at 50 yards! See the picture for the next 4 rounds: three touching each other and one 2" away. I was pleased. The 350g bullets with 59g of 3f were less successful. They hit low (?!) and did not group well. So much for that experiment; I'll stick to the original bigger bullet. The 100 yard target was also less successful with both loads not grouping well I believe largely because I had to hold the sights above the bull to get it in the black at all. I should have just confirmed that it grouped OK at 100 instead of trying to hit the bull. I plan to replace the rear sight with something more original from rollingblockparts.com.
It was a fun day; the range master commented on how the windows in his office rattled every time I set it off. You just cannot beat black powder! See the pictures attached.

Skirmisher

[Skirmisher]

Not sure why the rest of the pictures did not post; trying again in smaller format (GRRRRRRRR!)

[Skirmisher]

More pix, not sure why they don't want to post in larger format...

[Skirmisher]

and more pictures still in the smaller format...

[jbw]

Have a '67 Navy too, look at the pic's and the answer at : viewtopic.php?f=4&t=16634
Yours have a much nice bore than mine.

[ehull]

Carbine rear sights are often available on GunBroker.com. But you have to look at lots of pictures to see the differences in the original sight leaves for .50 RF, .50-70, .43 Spanish.

[jbw]

The sight on mine