The rifle finally arrived, was promptly reduced to bits and pieces, and reassembled again....
Here some pics of the rifle:
The bore, as received - before thorough cleanup:
Some action views:
And here, the 'mutilated' date marking on the Nock's form:
And also, some detail pics of the Francotte insides:
Finally, some general pics:
And finally, the 1st target shot with the rifle
Ammo was as follows:
NDFS cases
WLRM primer
85grs of Fg Swiss
Lubed felt wad, sandwiched between card wads
420gr CBE 'carbine' bullet
This is actually the ammo reserved for my ZAR carbine, but it chambers just fine in this rifle, so chambers must be quite close.
All shots were fired from the prone position, without support or sling, at 75m (the longest my club alllows).
The 3 rounds above the black, in the black circle were the 1st ones, to get a feel of the rifle and find the POI-POA relation. After these, I dropped the front sight a bit more in the rear sight, and shot the rest...
Unfortunately, I did pull a shot (the one with the black square around), but obviously I am very happy with the other shots!
The target is the 100m ISU rifle target, BTW
