BLACK POWDER

next shot was more favorable. Three more shots were fired at the same target and those produced a ragged hole where the second shot had been. Something held the rear sight too far to the left for the first shot on that target, but then the four-shot group with the .50-70 is a nice reward. Following that, more adjustments were made in both windage and elevation, and my attention went back to the first target. Seven more shots were fired with the .50-70 Sharps, all with the Bear Grease lube, and those seven shots centered rather well in the bull’seye, where scores of 9s or 10s could be claimed. Then, after firing 17 rounds without wiping the bore, the muzzle of the .50-70 rifle was looked at. There was what we call a “lube star” – in black powder cartridge shooting, if you don’t have a lube star at the muzzle of the rifle, you simply don’t have enough lube. In this case, the lube star looked quite nice. My shooting with the new Bear Grease black powder bullet lube was rather informal. I only used it in the way that I’ll be shooting with it in the near future. Let me say that I like it.

Bear Grease is priced at $8 for the 2-ounce metal can (which I used to panlube my bullets in) or $18 for a ½-pound block. For more info about SPG’s Bear Grease, visit blackpowderspg.com.