Blue Ridge .36 problem

[Flapjack]

Hello all,
well...here's my dilema..About 2 years ago, I purchased a Blue Ridge .36 from cabelas. For the life of me, I cannot get this thing to group worth a darn (best is 3" @ 25 from a solid rest). I hear all the sucess stories with smallbores and know this cannot be the norm. I own 5 other ballshooters (not smallbores though) and shoot them all very well. I have used pretty much all combinations of components...010, .015, and .017 patches..Speer and Hornady .350 balls..BB, crisco, moose milk, spit for lubes...goex 3f and Pyrodex P..swabbing between shots, and not..and 10-40 grains of powder...you get the idea..Crown looks good, etc.

Is there any other ideas I could try? I know from past experience many barrels need to be broken in, but I have about 300 shots through it. I truly enjoy all types of shooting, but to paraphrase Ned Roberts (I think) "only accurate rifles are interesting"

Dont want to give up yet, but I am about to...

thanks fellas..

[crow_feather]

It is hard to try and second guess what is going wrong.  I think I would first ensure that the barrel is in good shape.  I would get the tightest patch possible on a cleaning jag and see if the bore is the same diameter and smooth.  Lube the patch and slide it down the bore slowly feeling for places where the jag has less drag indicating a difference in bore size, and if you can feel rough spots indicating that your patch might be getting torn on it's way out.  After the patch is out, check to see if it has been cut by the lands.

Then I would make sure that my sights are solid.  Next I would check the ball patch combo. Short start a prb. Then pull it out and check to see that the patch material is imprinted on the soft lead of the ball.

I might even take the barrel off the stock and clamp it in a vice. Then check the accuracy with about 10 grains of black powder .

Best of luck

C F