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Black Powder Fun....1800 style

Post by RanchRoper » Sun May 02, 2021 6:01 pm

Pedersoli Frontier .50 cal
.490 lead ball with .015 patch
Triple 7 powder, 50 grains

45F and only a slight breeze. A little rain on & off. Had the range to myself for several hours. Awesome. A variety of targets today and have to say this is now my favorite rifle to shoot. The smoke, the kaboom, the big thump when it hits the backboard and the whole primitiveness of it all is exhilarating.

In order of distance although this is not necessarily the order I shot them in:

25 yds, off hand...tried to do it with 1 but it took 2....this is not even a target it is one of those dots for filling target holes, left it on the wood for the pic so you can see no other rounds fired. But I tried one last range trip and could not get it so today I got even. :twisted:

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50 yds off hand, left it on the wood so you can see there were not other rounds fired....


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50 yds off hand

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50 yds 1 kee....smaller target, I like these little targets quite a bit, they make me dial in


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100 yds, 1 knee....pretty happy with this one but the next one is even better....


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200 YARDS...this is from sitting at a bench resting my elbows, base of the front sight almost at the top of the buckhorns....lucky there was no breeze at all when I shot these...think I called it a day after that. Anything close to a bullseye would a wild stroke of luck only. Just happy to hit the paper.


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Great fun today!!!

Shoot safe, RR


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Re: Black Powder Fun....1800 style

Post by BigAl52 » Sun May 02, 2021 7:25 pm

Nice targets especially the 200 yd. Dont blame you at all on the favorite rifle to shoot as I really am liking shooting black over smokeless anymore.
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Re: Black Powder Fun....1800 style

Post by RanchRoper » Sun May 02, 2021 7:30 pm

Now if the beaver will just shine again.... :)
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Re: Black Powder Fun....1800 style

Post by fortyshooter » Sun May 02, 2021 7:52 pm

You are definitely one with the gun as in perfectly matched! Fantastic shooting RR!
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Re: Black Powder Fun....1800 style

Post by Vaquero » Sun May 02, 2021 7:59 pm

Nice shootin RR.

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Re: Black Powder Fun....1800 style

Post by RanchRoper » Sun May 02, 2021 8:05 pm

Thanks guys.....waaaaay too much fun.
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Re: Black Powder Fun....1800 style

Post by armycat » Sun May 02, 2021 10:30 pm

Nice shooting! Seeing things like this really makes me want to try blackpowder. Wish it was more common where I am. I actually have a .50 Lyman flintlock kit collecting dust. Really have to get the courage to build it.
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Re: Black Powder Fun....1800 style

Post by RanchRoper » Sun May 02, 2021 10:38 pm

armycat wrote:
Sun May 02, 2021 10:30 pm
Nice shooting! Seeing things like this really makes me want to try blackpowder. Wish it was more common where I am. I actually have a .50 Lyman flintlock kit collecting dust. Really have to get the courage to build it.
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Re: Black Powder Fun....1800 style

Post by Rifletom » Mon May 03, 2021 4:42 pm

That is some good shooting! You're getting along with your firearms nicely RR.
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Re: Black Powder Fun....1800 style

Post by Headhog » Mon May 03, 2021 5:29 pm

Fantastic shooting RR. I think you've got that rifle zeroed in.

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