My somewhat worn but still accurate Sedgley '03. It has a barrel that is a bit worn in the throat and was what I thought was a so-so bore. It cleaned up well and after some shooting two things happened. First,,it didn't explode :o. Second, the bore cleaned up even better as some more old fouling was able to be scrubbed out. Some jacketed bullet shooting seemed to help loosen the old fouling up a bit for some reason.
It now shoots 1 inch, 5 shot groups at 75yrds for me with the Lyman 48 with my light cast bullet loads (Lyman 311291 & 10gr RedDot). That rear sight is cranked up a little to be able to launch them out at that range! So much for those accuracy killing forend barrel bands.
Great smooth working rifle. It gets mostly the lighter load stuff because of me and my recently broken bones,, not because of it's own reputation.
Top of the recv'r ring is matted. Sedgleys number is stamped into the sear channel at the rear of the receiver and on a few of the other parts inside IIRC. It's missing the front sight hood, but I can live with that. I'll probably find a replacement or make one. If I still hunted, this is one that would definetly go along.
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