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Shot Smallbore Lever Action Silhouette at the Los Angeles Silhouette Club today. It been months since I shot seriously and LASC HAS the only local sanctioned match.
There were 7 small bore shooters, 4 shot Henry H001Ts.
Without a spotter I had an impossible time sighting in. The recent rain prevented the dust we usually have to show were it went when you miss. Had a great time any ways.
Score;
3 Chickens, 5 pigs, 0 turkeys, 5 rams.
Shot the 1958 39 Mountie it shoots. Same sighting issues.
Also tried a new 45-70 350 Berry plated over 16g Trail Boss. Easily shoots out to 200yds.
They have a well stocked reloading store in the Range Complex. I found and bought some Speer 35 Remington bullets, 180 and 220s.
I was in the SF Valley so I stopped by my Son's house and saw my Granddaughter.
Then stopped by two LGS.
LIKE WHAT A DAY!
Shooting, gun stores and my Granddaughter a trifecta!

Sounds like fun.

good day indeed .... I'd appreciate hearing more about your 45-70 loads

JEBar wrote:good day indeed .... I'd appreciate hearing more about your 45-70 loads

I've been trying to get a consistent low pressure load for 45-70.
Started with H4198 at less than 60% fill would at times drop, or to high left or right.
I looked at and some H4895 but I want a 1150fps and H4895 can't deliver that.
So I'm trying a near max load of Trailboss. Today was just 5 shots but it lobed those 350g Plated Barry's hitting the 50yrd chicken swingers and the 100yrd pig swingers. And a 350grain bullets kicks up a lot of wet sand so I could see were the went when I missed.
I'll need shoot them a lot more.

Ojaileveraction wrote:I've been trying to get a consistent low pressure load for 45-70.
Started with H4198 at less than 60% fill would at times drop, or to high left or right.

info appreciated .... I'm trying to come up with the same type load and experienced the same performance with 4198 .... please continue to report your findings as your search continues

I shot my Henry Octagon today for the match . I Had to reset all the targets I hit and was able to see were I was connecting. The rifle did a fine job and I'm very happy with it.

Yeah, I remember those *#@* turkeys all too well from my silhouette shooting days. Tricky little buggers.

Glad you had such a great time, though. Minus 18, at breakfast this morning for us, so I won't be hitting the range anytime soon.

I shot my first rimfire silhouette on 1/12/19...I shot a 37 out of 40 (missed 2 turkeys and 1 ram). I won the smallbore...with my H001TLB. A friend of mine and I tied the pistol cartridge with 31's. The shoot Boss gave that win to my friend as he had more rams than I....BobGinVA
PS: I shoot a Marlin CB in 45C for that match.

PSS: I should have said my first rimfire silhouette match of 2019....I shoot Master Class in both the rimfire and Pistol Cart. sorry 'bout that..