Not a biggie with the left side POIs, RR. Your target looks great. Remember, it is only 8 inches, and you're shooting off hand.
Do you remember the late winter/early spring chats we had about your challenge to yourself using your 1860 factory sights?
Ranch Roper wrote:So far, I really like the challenge of the 1860 factory sights. My rifle is pretty accurate with the ladder down out to 50 yards, and it's fun to play with the ladder out to 100+ yds. I shoot lots of 8" splash targets which I can spot up to 50 yds, but I need to get some larger paper splash ones for the longer shots. Or a set of binoculars. My plan this summer is to get on some sort of a target at 200 yds from a one-knee position. Old time cowboy shot. We'll see....three times in a row in less than a minute from 100 yards.”
I had copied your comment above into a new thread I wrote, where I also posted my 2014 story from ShotGun Forums on my challenging Hickok45 in shooting long-distance 1-oz. slugs with a Benelli 12-ga pump shotgun. Self-challenges are a lot of
fun.
http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.p ... ate#p58773
All this to say was that I was looking for the "gold standard" of off-hand shooting I had written about, and found it in this thread. Sending it your way as a reminder.
I'm certain you have the skill with your 1860 to do this:
PT7 wrote:Recently read an article in Outdoor Life magazine titled “Shooting Off-Hand,” and the writer was Jim Carmichel. First time I’ve read of an achievement level or standard for testing oneself when shooting off-hand:
“The gold standard of unsupported, off-hand shooting with a hunting rifle is hitting a target the size of a dinner plate (roughly comparable to a whitetail's vitals) three times in a row in less than a minute from 100 yards.”
Bet you can! Sure would like to see 3 big holes at 100 yards....even if a little to the left side!
PT7
(Mr. Bad Guy if you are 100 yards away please move a little to the left.)
