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Great day at the range today. Makin' smoke with my Frontier .50 cal. 33F with a 25 mph light breeze today.

Shooting off hand standing at 50 yds. Yup, gotta learn to shoot that way instead of from 1 knee all the time. Can't go around on 1 knee at rendezvous'. Have to shoot with the big dogs.

A dozen or so .490 balls on a 12" target. I changed out the primitive rear fixed factory sight last week to a Skinner ladder sight like on my 1860 Henry. Ya not period correct but style won't mean squat if the bear kills me. I am much happier with this rear sight, and feel more confident with it.
The flyer at the top is me accidently toughing the trigger after I had set the rear trigger. So I will be adjusting that trigger so it's not beyond feather light. Too dangerous for me. I want at least a tiny pull on it. The top part of my trigger finger is gone thanks to a big mama cow years ago, so I have some nerves there but not near enough for that light trigger. Rifle shoots awesome, dry patched a couple of times during the shoot and gave her a good clean at home.

Hope you like the report, what a fun way to spend a day...






Shoot safe, RR

Thats some great shooting off hand RR congrats. I know I cant even come close to that you are truly amazing .

saying OUTSTANDING sure isn't adequate .... period correct or not, that ladder sight is spot on

Frustrating I could not get the hang of that factory buckhorn sight. Maybe try it again another time.

Great shooting RR! Hang it back on the wall....it's good!

Congrats RR!!! Great shooting. I am envious.

Thanks all, it is certainly an experience shooting one of these old timers. Think the Henry might get a workout tomorrow.

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Sat Jan 16, 2021 9:03 pm

Great shooting. If that .50 is a 1 in 66 twist, try some hornady conicals they are heavier than roundball and are better for hunting. They are extremely accurate in my TC Hawken.

It's a 1:48

That target is as “hang it on the fridge” worthy as any of our kids school work art projects. Pretty incredible shooting.

Every time I go to our local range there is this one guy shooting his muzzle loader at 50 while standing. I have never looked at his target but I will so so next time I’m there. I bet he is really good with as much practice as he gets.

Even with the 39" barrel the rifle is amazingly well balanced, obviously designed for off hand shooting. I think it weighs about 7 lbs. Those old gun builders knew what they were doing.