June 1st, 1860

[RanchRoper]

The smoke cleared away so I made some of my own today at the range....

My 1860 Henry in 45 Colt. Ammo is my reloads, 7.0 gn of Universal with a 200 gr LRNFP bullet. Punchy little round for sure. Took a box of 50 to the range with me. Open sights.

50 yds shooting from 1 knee, which has evolved into my shooting position most of the time now. 2 targets, 12 rounds on each target. No wind to speak of, so if I do my part, the rifle does too.

100 yds from 1 knee too, the rest of the rounds. Starting to get it figured out at longer distances. Ladder sight up and on first notch.

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Shoot safe, RR....pics are sideways but oh well...maybe JEBar will fix

[Ojaileveraction]

Good shooting.

I have to get out and practice more.

[JEBar]

nice .... I know you've loaded 2 different weight bullets .... 200 gr and I believe 250 gr .... just curious as to what difference (if any) it makes in your sighting at longer distances

[RanchRoper]

I don't sight any different than normal with either bullet. At 50 yds, the POI you want will sit exactly on top of the front blade sight. Exactly dead center on top of the blade. At 100 yds, the paper is so small it is very difficult to be precise. But with 12 rounds in the 4" ring of a 12" target at 100 yds, I was ok with that today. I really don't see or feel much difference in the 200 or 250 grain lead. I believe the 250 gr will shoot better in my 1885 High Wall but we'll see.

[RanchRoper]

...not sure where the targets went....

[JEBar]

...not sure where the targets went....

my ooooops .... they were lost when I tried to rotate them for you .... like I said, the inserting your avatar .... did some weird things but I didn't realize it would delete the targets .... you should be able to edit your post and put them back

[RanchRoper]

haha...now you see it now you don't.....they are back

[Henry88]

...not sure where the targets went.......didn't realize it would delete the targets .

Now if you could just delete my targets.

Good solid shooting RR. Glad the reloads are working out for you.

[JEBar]

haha...now you see it now you don't.....they are back

OK, they are now rotated and back in the same order .... just not in the same place ....

[deano5150]

Excellent shooting!

[RanchRoper]

haha...now you see it now you don't.....they are back

OK, they are now rotated and back in the same order .... just not in the same place ....

Thanks, I labeled them.

[Vaquero]

RR, nice shootin sir.
That 100 yd target is impressive to me.
Keep it up.

RP

[Firefly]

Funny thing that I just got back from the range where I put a few rounds through my .44 BBB, I was shooting at 50 metres using a 1.5-5x20 simmons whitetail scope.
First attempt using 240 gn cast in front of 10.3 of Vit N340 gave a the beginings of a group although it was difficult to see the crosshairs on the target, I then tried 240 gn copper jacket PPU with the same powder load see picture.
Not the best 50 metre group but in my defence I could barely make out the spot and cross even through the scope and the sighters to get on the target using cast bullets looked pretty good for a group. I will try again on wednesday with both cast and jacketed.

[JEBar]

that group isn't bad at all .... looking forward to following your progress in fine tuning your rifle-ammo combo

[RanchRoper]

Group looks good but can't offer anything about the scope. As Quigley would say "never had much use for one"...

[North Country Gal]

Great shooting, guys.

RR, I still haven't gotten around to that kneeling position, so there's a great excuse to get the range, right? Given the weight of that 1885, yeah, I think you'll be a lot more comfortable shooting it from a kneeling position. As for the scope thing, there are days when I really do need a scope, now. Those are the kind of days when those iron sights are saying they don't have much use for me.

[Ojaileveraction]

Group looks good but can't offer anything about the scope. As Quigley would say "never had much use for one"...

He also said, "I said 'I didn't have much use for them', not 'I didn't no how to use them'."

[RanchRoper]

I think shooting from 1 knee will be the 1885 high wall position. Will try off hand but that's a long barrel out there at 30"...