Roadking65
Senior Member
Okay, This being the first season I've had to prepare for BP week, I have been trying to sight in my hawken. I am using iron sights which I am familiar with. I killed 2 bucks with my iron sights on my 30-30 last year. One at 70yds the other at 40.
I'm using a plastic fold out table and a pair of molded sandbags from wally world.
I cant seem to get the gun to pattern at all. Its all over the place. I switched back to fffg goex from the BH209. I'm shooting .495 PRB's with a pre lubed patch. Started with 80 gr. reduced to 70gr. I have not adjusted the sights. I keep shooting at the center of the bulls eye. I run a patch with a tiny bit of solvent and several dry patches thru the barrel after ea shot. Is that wrong to do?
I also allow the barrel to cool for 10-15 min between shots. (95 deg OAT) I erected a shade umbrella over the table and gun during cool down.
I'm starting to think maybe the barrel bedding/mount is too loose? It has a flat pin to remove and barrel comes out of the stock.
Any pointers would be appriciated. Should I switch to maxiballs packed with lube? No patch?
I'm using a plastic fold out table and a pair of molded sandbags from wally world.
I cant seem to get the gun to pattern at all. Its all over the place. I switched back to fffg goex from the BH209. I'm shooting .495 PRB's with a pre lubed patch. Started with 80 gr. reduced to 70gr. I have not adjusted the sights. I keep shooting at the center of the bulls eye. I run a patch with a tiny bit of solvent and several dry patches thru the barrel after ea shot. Is that wrong to do?
I also allow the barrel to cool for 10-15 min between shots. (95 deg OAT) I erected a shade umbrella over the table and gun during cool down.
I'm starting to think maybe the barrel bedding/mount is too loose? It has a flat pin to remove and barrel comes out of the stock.
Any pointers would be appriciated. Should I switch to maxiballs packed with lube? No patch?