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    Dunno yet what kind of shooting is contemplated, but it sounds like the owner just wants the experience of touching the thing off. Hoyt liners, spare barrels, etc seem a lot of bother and are causing a deal of anticipatory anguish if he simply wants to fire the thing. If this is so, he should just load it up, pointed it at a target, and have at it. A tightly patched ball would likely result in satisfactory accuracy at 50 yards. Doesn't sound like he's going for a trophy...or a trophy buck. Just sayin'.

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    Just throwing out some ideas. Very nice looking rifle by the way. I am jealous

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    Give that barrel a good cleaning and try a patched round ball. That's what 54 Mississippi rifles were made for. If there is enough rifling to spin the ball it might shoot better than expected. Those patched balls will actually help clean the barrel even further.

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    A patched round ball out of a smoothbore is nothing you would want to sell short, either!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Fox View Post
    Dunno yet what kind of shooting is contemplated, but it sounds like the owner just wants the experience of touching the thing off. Hoyt liners, spare barrels, etc seem a lot of bother and are causing a deal of anticipatory anguish if he simply wants to fire the thing. If this is so, he should just load it up, pointed it at a target, and have at it. A tightly patched ball would likely result in satisfactory accuracy at 50 yards. Doesn't sound like he's going for a trophy...or a trophy buck. Just sayin'.
    My '41 was previously owned by Doc Chambers. It came to me with a Hoyt .577 reline and is in very nice shape. It shoots like a dream. If it was a shooter for him, it's good enough for me.

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