Big Boy 45 Colt at the Range

[RanchRoper]

I'll cowboy up and shoot my best!

yeehaw....off to the range tomorrow night!

[RanchRoper]

At the range tonight. 25 yds off hand. Windy! A little tough to know how much to compensate. Didn't do 50 yds or more, figured in the wind I'd waste a bunch of lead.
Ps. Shot the Hornady cowboy action loads. 255 gr LFN. Shot the Winchester ammo last time and it definitely goes kaboom compared to this stuff. Huge difference in power feels like.

[daytime dave]

That is nice shooting. I'd take that all day long.

You should have "wasted some lead" at 50 yds to see what would happen. I like to shoot in real world conditions. I'll bet you would have done better than you expected.

Thanks for posting today's results. The only thing I've "pulled a trigger" on lately was on Ebay.

[RanchRoper]

That is nice shooting. I'd take that all day long.

You should have "wasted some lead" at 50 yds to see what would happen. I like to shoot in real world conditions. I'll bet you would have done better than you expected.

Thanks for posting today's results. The only thing I've "pulled a trigger" on lately was on Ebay.

Ya I probably should have. The good news is the wind blows here all the time! So I'll give it a go next time. Likely Sunday. Thanks.

[JEBar]

25 yds off hand, even without the wind, that's not bad at all .... the Big Boys are certainly fun to shoot

[RanchRoper]

I am really enjoying it. A rancher friend of mine says bring my horses over sometime, put them in his big pen and we can shoot rifles off into the hill opposite them. That way they'll get used to the sound. First round fired will certainly get their attention. Don't want to be too close though, they have very good hearing. Not for long maybe.

[daytime dave]

If you learn to shoot effectively from horse back, that would be AWESOME!

[RanchRoper]

If you learn to shoot effectively from horse back, that would be AWESOME!

Haha...that would be a "hold my beer and watch this" moment for sure. the sort of trick I could do 1 time only. The next time my Henry comes out to play is after the Will gets read....

[PT7]

DD has a really excellent point there, Ranchroper....shooting in real world conditions. If your Big Boy is going to ride along with you on your horse, that's your shooting bench then. It makes sense. And it sounds like you have some good opportunity for trying that out.

I'll be really interested in hearing how you do.
Later in the thread DD said it would be awesome to learn to shoot from a horse. John Wayne would probably agree on that one!

Work the Big Boy hard, and Enjoy!

That is nice shooting. I'd take that all day long.

You should have "wasted some lead" at 50 yds to see what would happen. I like to shoot in real world conditions. I'll bet you would have done better than you expected.

[RanchRoper]

DD has a really excellent point there, Ranchroper....shooting in real world conditions. If your Big Boy is going to ride along with you on your horse, that's your shooting bench then. It makes sense. And it sounds like you have some good opportunity for trying that out.

I'll be really interested in hearing how you do.
Later in the thread DD said it would be awesome to learn to shoot from a horse. John Wayne would probably agree on that one!

Work the Big Boy hard, and Enjoy!

That is nice shooting. I'd take that all day long.

You should have "wasted some lead" at 50 yds to see what would happen. I like to shoot in real world conditions. I'll bet you would have done better than you expected.

You bet, next time out I'm throwing caution to the wind along with a bunch of lead. The daunting 100 yard backboard beckons....