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    Musketoon load for Carbine class

    Does anyone on here shoot a Musketoon in the Carbine match? I have a Zoli JP Murray that i have started playing with and I was using 45gr of 3F Goex, shoots about a foot low at 50 yards. Trying to figure out what a good starting load to bring the POI up. This load is what I use in my other rifles and it shoots like a champ, but obviously too much for this gun
    Anyone got any suggestions?
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    Jim is right. Group first. Then, after you have a one hole group and it?s still low, file the front sight down to raise point of impact
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    Try 40 grains of 3F and also 45 grains of 2F and 40 grains of 2F. That could give the muzzle a little more time to rise before the bullet leaves the barrel, much like .357 Magnum rounds strike lower than .38 Specials out of the same gun. Other than that, get good groups and file the sight. jh

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lou Lou Lou View Post
    Jim is right. Group first. Then, after you have a one hole group and it?s still low, file the front sight down to raise point of impact
    Cant file it much more than it already is. It has a super small front sight already, It does me no good to get a good group with it if I am a foot low and cant adjust the POI other than by reducing the powder charge. I am more looking for a minimum starting charge to work from. This is not my gun, but a similar one so you can see the front sight on it


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    Replace the rear sight. Don't needlessly keep adding powder. There should be some Italian nearby to help you with this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eggman View Post
    Replace the rear sight. Don't needlessly keep adding powder. There should be some Italian nearby to help you with this.
    I was actually looking at Reducing the charge to bring it up.
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    That ain't going to do it. You need to get your sights into the game.

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    Just an estimate: Sight Radius = 20 inches. 20/1800= 0.0111 X 12 inches = 0.13 inches in sight adjustment. About a eighth of an inch. Yeah it doesn't look like there is much room for adjustment.
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    Quote Originally Posted by noonanda View Post
    Does anyone on here shoot a Musketoon in the Carbine match? I have a Zoli JP Murray that i have started playing with and I was using 45gr of 3F Goex, shoots about a foot low at 50 yards. Trying to figure out what a good starting load to bring the POI up. This load is what I use in my other rifles and it shoots like a champ, but obviously too much for this gun
    Anyone got any suggestions?

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