You will notice the group (actually 4 shots) to the right of the bull.

The other round was a hang-fire, which I sometimes get with the Knoch ammo.

Looks like I need to drift the front sight a little to the right, to get it on target.

I then tried some reloads I loaded with some 150 grain Hornady Spitzer bullets over some IMR-4895.

Not much better.

I shot several more groups, and they were all about like these.

So, am I disappointed with these groups?

Not in one way.

They definitely need to be "better", but that's half the fun of shooting C&R rifles.

I now get to play around with various tricks and try to shrink the groups a little.

But it shot just fine and was a pleasure to shoot. I'm going to enjoy playing around with it.

One last thing and I'll quit boring you guys with this.

I have often found that shooting and cleaning and shooting and cleaning an old rifle barrel will smooth the bore out, if cleaned properly.

I got home from shooting and did my usual at-home cleaning.

I ran a patch with Shooter's Choice/Kroil down the bore and then scrubbed it with a .35 caliber brass brush.

I then ran another wet patch with copper solvent down the bore and let it sit for a while, about 1 hour.

I then ran another soaked patch down the bore and got this green stuff.

That green residue means that the copper solvent is removing copper from the bore, which is a good thing.

I then ran the brush down the bore 8 strokes both ways and then a wet patch and got this:

That stuff means that there is still fouling and gunk in the bore.

So, another wet patch and let it soak.

I will do this several times and the patches will get cleaner and cleaner.

I expect that just doing this will help the accuracy of this fine old rifle.