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Black Powder Fun....1800 style
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Black Powder Fun....1800 style
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.
50 yds off hand, left it on the wood so you can see there were not other rounds fired....
50 yds off hand
50 yds 1 kee....smaller target, I like these little targets quite a bit, they make me dial in
100 yds, 1 knee....pretty happy with this one but the next one is even better....
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.
Great fun today!!!
Shoot safe, RR
.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.
50 yds off hand, left it on the wood so you can see there were not other rounds fired....
50 yds off hand
50 yds 1 kee....smaller target, I like these little targets quite a bit, they make me dial in
100 yds, 1 knee....pretty happy with this one but the next one is even better....
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.
Great fun today!!!
Shoot safe, RR
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Re: Black Powder Fun....1800 style
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
Now if the beaver will just shine again....
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1860 Colt SA Richards Conversion Revolver .45C
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Re: Black Powder Fun....1800 style
You are definitely one with the gun as in perfectly matched! Fantastic shooting RR!
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Re: Black Powder Fun....1800 style
Nice shootin RR.
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Re: Black Powder Fun....1800 style
Thanks guys.....waaaaay too much fun.
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1860 Colt SA Richards Conversion Revolver .45C
1860 Henry .45C
1885 High Wall .45C
1820-1840 Frontier Percussion .50
1790-1820 Frontier Flintlock .50
Ohkínohkomit - Shoot skillfully
1860 Henry .45C
1885 High Wall .45C
1820-1840 Frontier Percussion .50
1790-1820 Frontier Flintlock .50
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Re: Black Powder Fun....1800 style
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
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1860 Colt SA Richards Conversion Revolver .45C
1860 Henry .45C
1885 High Wall .45C
1820-1840 Frontier Percussion .50
1790-1820 Frontier Flintlock .50
Ohkínohkomit - Shoot skillfully
1860 Henry .45C
1885 High Wall .45C
1820-1840 Frontier Percussion .50
1790-1820 Frontier Flintlock .50
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Re: Black Powder Fun....1800 style
That is some good shooting! You're getting along with your firearms nicely RR.
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Re: Black Powder Fun....1800 style
Fantastic shooting RR. I think you've got that rifle zeroed in.
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