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It was a cool day today with a bit of a breeze, but not too bad. Took a box of 50 of my reloads. 200 gr LRNFP, 6.6 gn of Universal. Loaded them in April. Very nice to shoot.

As usual my 1860 Henry 45 Colt rifle. Set up 3 twelve inch targets side by side at 50 yards. Maybe the reloads, but the Henry was dialed in today. Open sights, shooting from 1-knee as I mostly do. I just find it comfortable, and as mentioned before I am sure that position was used lots on the frontier for hunting and such. Hope ya'll enjoy the report!

the good news is, you now have 50 more casings that you can reload .. .. the even better news is the bullets sent down range out of them performed extremely well ..

Targets might be a bit hard to see so here they are in full color. Might keep these ones for posterity...

Yup Badger and Dakota will welcome those targets on there house walls for sure.

Dang RR, that right there is some fine shooting! Next time I go to the desert, I will be trying that kneeling shooting . Normally, in the desert, I'll just sit on my butt and prop the rifle on my left knee and wang away. We shall see. Soon.
Yep, left knee. Left handed shooter. Left eye works better.

Nicely done, RR - that is some phenomenal shooting with iron sights from 50yds - almost looks like NCG 22LR targets with bigger holes...

I second tractortad. Yep

RP

Thanks guys. I peeled those ones and stuck them on the gun cabinet. A good reminder for me of what I can do when I get all the parts correct: breathing, trigger squeeze, don't overthink it, etc.

Great shooting RR !! Looks like you found a great bullet and load for that ol' Henry!
Around my place only the rain drops are hitting the target and several more days of that yet to come.

We love rain around here...last summer was too fire scary.

Love it, RR. You look very comfy and natural in that particular shooting position. I've been experimenting with the kneeling position at home with some dry firing, but having trouble getting comfy with it ... and then there's standing up again. At this point, I'm more inclined to go to a full sitting position, since's I'm already halfway there, so to speak. That field sitting position was my most used position back in my hunting days and field shooting days. Anyway, you have, as always, greatly impressed me with your shooting skill. Well done, cowboy.

...the getting up part is no fun. I hear ya.

North Country Gal wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 09, 2019 1:08 pm

At this point, I'm more inclined to go to a full sitting position, since's I'm already halfway there, so to speak.

now that's getting more into my comfort zone .. .. well, closer but I prefer to take it a bit further .... seated in a chair behind a table with my rifle resting on sandbags ..

One of my preferred shooting positions!

now you are talking ...

It's awkward packing a Lazy-Boy horseback...