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Thanks Sup. for the scoop.{on the Buccanner] shes a beaut!!!

Everyones eyes are different. The 70 year old owner did not know if his lack of accuracy was due to his vision or not.Therefore having eyes 15 years younger to check his sights is the reason why. I then start adjusting to find a baseline to start before "Dialing In" the sights. Obviously after more than 3 hours of sight fiddling it turned out not to be the owners eyes, nor the sights, and my intuition in checking the crowns is what solved the problem. If any experienced gunsmith had seen those crowns he probably would have said "ya they bored the rifling ok but it looks like they missed cutting the crowns properly. If not at all. You can "Believe It Or Not" Hope that answers your question Gippeto. Cheers /AGG

As it was you doing the shooting over 3 hours, his eyesight shouldn't really be a factor.

Was it not hitting the paper? Had to be hitting something for a "bad group" to be made. What I'm not understanding, is why you were adjusting the sights in the first place.

I've always found it much quicker to simply "get on paper" then find ammo that groups...then adjust the sights to that poi. Or was poi shifting THAT much with different ammo?

Curious situation,

Al

I am selling my HB22, anyone interested?

Oh jeez, I just never replied to this. I hope that OPs travels went well, and that he had plenty of amazing adventures. And that he carries enough water. 2L of water is indeed very minimal, and one has to plan according to where they are going and on how frequently they will encounter water sources. A water filter, if backcountry hiking/biking across the country, would be essential. Some of them can even screw on top of Nalgene bottles (I've had one of them, and used it, also travelling across Canada).

As far as hunting goes, with a pistol, a well tuned 1322 would be a good choice. Make sure it goes right short of 500 fps, and get good sights for it, and while you're at it, use the shoulder stock. HB22 was a cool little pumper, but a 1322 is just way easier to mod to suit your needs, and it's light, and it's common. Regarding hunting out of season, you have to look for each provinces rules regarding invasive species. In BC, Eastern cottontails can be taken at any time of the year, with no bag limit, and with any weapon you want, including a "pistol" (a 1322 with a shoulder stock and an 18" barrel is still classified as a pistol), as long as you are in a place where discharging a firearm is allowed (most big cities and municipal areas ban it, and that includes slingshots, bows, etc.).