Some ol' frontier pistol work...

[RanchRoper]

Wind 70mph today, a little more than yesterday. Instead of the Henry rifle, thought I'd just take my 45 Colt revolver with me today. The 1871 Colt Richards cartridge conversion. 8" barrel, V-notch rear sight in the cocked hammer. Love shooting this pistol. Not quite the Davis Tutt /Bill Hickock 75 yd duel but I bet they didn't have a windy day...

20 yds, 1-hand, 20 rounds of 200 gr LRNFP with 6.6 gn of Universal. Real nice pistol load.

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The revolver...

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Short report today, but I had a great deal of fun.
Shoot often and safely.....RR

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[Ernie]

You seem to have done very well despite the conditions, with 70 mph winds I might have had to tie myself down. Good looking gun.

[RanchRoper]

Thanks, the real challenge was walking out to the target board and back....holy smokes...but this pistol is 10" from rear sight to front and that helps a lot.

[BigAl52]

The grip on that looks to be a little bigger than the cattleman do you know if it is RR

[JEBar]

I've fired a few rounds that if shot into a 70 mph headwind, the bullet may well not have had the get up and go necessary to get out to the barrel .... the design of the V notch in the hammer does give you a longer sight plane but its not easy for me to use .... nicely done indeed

[RanchRoper]

The grip on that looks to be a little bigger than the cattleman do you know if it is RR

Yes, this has the SA Army grip, I believe the cattleman or regular Peacemaker style has the smaller Navy grip.

[RanchRoper]

I've fired a few rounds that if shot into a 70 mph headwind, the bullet may well not have had the get up and go necessary to get out to the barrel .... the design of the V notch in the hammer does give you a longer sight plane but its not easy for me to use .... nicely done indeed

Wind was more or less at my back today, so the bullets were not fighting it as much I guess.

[CT_Shooter]

Great shooting, RR. We're definitely a bunch of snowflakes down here. Seventy mile per hour winds in CT would cause a statewide advisory.

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Beaufort Wind Scale
0 --- Calm	less than 1 mph (0 m/s)	Smoke rises vertically
10 -- Whole gale	55 - 63 mph 24-27.5 m/s	Trees uprooted, considerable damage to buildings
11 -- Storm	64 - 73 mph 28-31.5 m/s	Widespread damage, very rare occurrence
12 -- Hurricane	over 73 mph over 32 m/s	Violent destruction

http://gyre.umeoce.maine.edu/data/gomoo ... nd_2_speed

[GunnyGene]

You're pretty good with that big iron.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWpSeuPzsKI

[RanchRoper]

You're pretty good with that big iron.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWpSeuPzsKI

Great tune, haven't heard it for awhile, thanks.

[RanchRoper]

Great shooting, RR. We're definitely a bunch of snowflakes down here. Seventy mile per hour winds in CT would cause a statewide advisory.

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Beaufort Wind Scale
0 --- Calm	less than 1 mph (0 m/s)	Smoke rises vertically
10 -- Whole gale	55 - 63 mph 24-27.5 m/s	Trees uprooted, considerable damage to buildings
11 -- Storm	64 - 73 mph 28-31.5 m/s	Widespread damage, very rare occurrence
12 -- Hurricane	over 73 mph over 32 m/s	Violent destruction

http://gyre.umeoce.maine.edu/data/gomoo ... nd_2_speed

70+ is a wind warning here, basically do your coat up....we had one day here last summer at 116mph....knocked the highway wind advisory sign in the ditch.

[JEBar]

we had one day here last summer at 116mph....knocked the highway wind advisory sign in the ditch.

that's hurricane wind territory

[Vaquero]

RR, you certainly makes us look bad, and consistently.
Nice shooting sir.
I definitely need more practice.

RP

[Mags]

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Nice shooting. That windy, I wouldn't.

[North Country Gal]

With a wind like that at your back, probably pushed those 45 Colt bullets into magnum country.

Great shooting, as always.

[BrokenolMarine]

Very nice RR...
In the bad ol days, you would have been one to ride with...
A feller would know he could depend on your guns.

[RanchRoper]

Someone shooting back is a whole other story....hope I never have to find out.

[PT7]

Wind at 50 mph one day and the next at 70 mph and nary any difference when shooting a rifle or revolver. If you posted some targets shot with zero wind no one would know the difference.

What is the windiest day so far that you've shredded your targets?
The big Q is what would be the windiest day you'd venture out to the range and shoot?
For instance, how close to last summer's 116 mph Alberta breeze might that be?

Thumbs-up-top-notch shootin' again.

PT7

[RanchRoper]

Anybody who lives in southwest Alberta will tell you that 50-60 mph winds are pretty normal. We get regular wind warnings issued. The good news is in winter these Chinooks bring warm air from the Pacific ocean.
As for shooting, sometimes it's not too bad when I leave home but 15 min later at the range it's crazy windy. I certainly would not go shoot at 100 mph...stay home and listen to the house creak...

[Mags]

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I'd be hunkered in the basement...

... I certainly would not go shoot at 100 mph...stay home and listen to the house creak...