Pedersoli.....excellent??? Yeah,....NAH!
Build quality of Pedersolis is fairly ordinary compared with other brands of blackpowder rifles like Shiloh, CPA, C.Sharps and even Ubertis.
AND, before all of the usual bleating starts,
YES, I do own a Pedersoli Gibbs, bought it brand new from Forbes Wholesale, $2650.
However, while the build quality is fairly ordinary for the price, ( I expected better ), I will give it its dues with regards accuracy.
Throw the Pedersoli sight in the rubbish bin where it belongs, replace it with a good quality long range soule and you can now begin to extract some pretty good accuracy out of them. I run a 530 grain bullet out of a Buffalo Arms Creedmoor mold, cast from 20:1, on top of anywhere from 75 to 105 grains of 1.5F Swiss for really good results from 300 out to 1000 yards.
The Pedersoli Gibbs is
the most popular replica M/L for long range competition and excellent results have been achieved with them. They are also about the only one you can readily get your hands on unless you want to wait a couple of years for a custom made rifle.
Here's a couple of the first targets I shot with mine. The 300m plate was 15 inches square and 10 shots were fired without adjustments or spotting.
The 1000 yard target size is regulation Long Range Muzzleloader, ( 48" aiming mark ), scores at 44, ( I put the first 3 shots over the top ), the average at last World Titles was 37.
Shot according to rules; i.e. prone using sling, iron sights, blackpowder and plain cast projectile, 15 shots for score . Constant adjustments being made to try to centre the shots.
- 1st outing Gibbs at 300m.jpg (138.13 KiB) Viewed 1600 times
- Gibbs 1000 yds.jpg (95.34 KiB) Viewed 1600 times