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Russian .45 Colt and Two Triangles

Post by PT7 » Thu Feb 21, 2019 3:33 pm

Last time out shooting my Russian top break was on December 18th! Winter weather has kept me mostly close to home. Anyway, no ice on the highways today, so off to the range to enjoy shooting this revolver again.

Shot 35 rounds at two 6" inverted triangles, distance set @ 10 yards, off hand shooting.
Used Choice 200gr & 250gr RNFPs, and Aguila 200 gr. LFNs. All Cowboy Action rounds.

Here are the Triangle Tales.

TRIANGLE TALE ONE. A goal I have every time I go to the range is spot-on placement of my first shot. The arrow shows #1 POI, and I'm content with this one.
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TRIANGLE TALE TWO. I shot 15 rounds at this triangle, and ended up having 16 POIs! Note the "non-round" POI at the arrow; looks like some keyholing there, too. I think the fellow in the booth to my right shared my target. He was doing some type of quals, shooting a 9MM pistol, rapid fire 4-round groups, at a moving tactical target. Just got a little feisty with his outliers!
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End of shooting tales. :)
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Re: Russian .45 Colt and Two Triangles

Post by CT_Shooter » Thu Feb 21, 2019 4:01 pm

Great shooting, as usual, PT7. Thanks for the report.
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Post by RanchRoper » Thu Feb 21, 2019 4:02 pm

Good job. I'm sure that is a real nice revolver to shoot.
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Re: Russian .45 Colt and Two Triangles

Post by JEBar » Thu Feb 21, 2019 4:32 pm

PT7 wrote:TRIANGLE TALE TWO. I shot 15 rounds at this triangle, and ended up having 16 POIs! Note the "non-round" POI at the arrow; looks like some keyholing there, too. I think the fellow in the booth to my right shared my target.

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nicely done and well reported .... understood on someone sharing your target .... I saw that more times than I care to remember when I worked with the prison system and took officers out for their yearly qualification .... :?
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Re: Russian .45 Colt and Two Triangles

Post by fortyshooter » Thu Feb 21, 2019 5:32 pm

Nice shooting! Would that revolver be a Schofield?
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Re: Russian .45 Colt and Two Triangles

Post by PT7 » Thu Feb 21, 2019 6:57 pm

fortyshooter wrote:Nice shooting! Would that revolver be a Schofield?
Spot on, Fortyshooter. It is a Schofield.
Here are some pictures I posted last year. I have a pair of these top breaks. The one I shot today was the blued model.
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Re: Russian .45 Colt and Two Triangles

Post by ESquared » Thu Feb 21, 2019 7:15 pm

Isn't it something how shot #1 of the day is often the best? Winner, winner, chicken dinner right there, PT! Great shooting!
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Re: Russian .45 Colt and Two Triangles

Post by North Country Gal » Thu Feb 21, 2019 7:34 pm

Love that you're able to get out shooting, PT, especially with that fine revolver that you are shooting so, well. Shoot some for me, since we're having one of the worst winters for shooting, ever.
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Re: Russian .45 Colt and Two Triangles

Post by PT7 » Thu Feb 21, 2019 8:31 pm

North Country Gal wrote:Love that you're able to get out shooting, PT, especially with that fine revolver that you are shooting so, well. Shoot some for me, since we're having one of the worst winters for shooting, ever.
Agreed on "one of the worst winters for shooting," NCG. The guns and I have been hibernatin' quite a bit the last months. On top of that, my late Nov thru Dec move into a house kept me away from the ranges, too.

It was definitely a surprise this morning when I looked at my shooting spreadsheet, and saw that it was over 3 months since I last shot the Russian. Same thing last week....3 months wait for the SGC as it sat in the gun cabinet. Spring will be most welcome this year!
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Re: Russian .45 Colt and Two Triangles

Post by fortyshooter » Thu Feb 21, 2019 10:44 pm

Yep....I had one too but sold it and bought an old used Ruger SBH .44 Mag that is an incredible shooter.
I couldn't seem to shoot the Schofield very consistently maybe due to the design of the grip.
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