Premiere with my own black powder muzzle load match pistol

Today, Saturday, 11th December 2010, along with fellow club member P. André (and later, at the range, with the company and wisdom of M. Cruz), I made it - my "première" shooting my own black powder muzzle load match pistol - a custom made Tilo Dedinski Billinghurst under hammer in .36" caliber.

Using loads of 10 grains, I made a total of 20 shots (from first ever "sight in" - up to a mini match simulation) - and the last sequence of today's shots - a 5 impact series ("match simulation"), scored 47 / 50 ! Overall I was deeply impressed with both the pistol and my skill - almost no horizontal shift... and verticals all in a very decent and "predictable" range.