Author Topic: October Online Shooting Match (Read 2696 times)

Pukka Bundook · « **Reply #25 on:** October 07, 2024, 04:35:03 PM »

Just north a bit and it would be a grand target, Daryl!

D. Taylor Sapergia · « **Reply #26 on:** October 07, 2024, 09:08:18 PM »

You would think that with a target that size one could do better than this, but it is what it is.
I used my A. Verner copy .50 cal., 48" Getz barrel, 70 gr. GOEX 3Fg, .020" cotton denim patch lubed with Ballistol/water 1:~10. Shot from sitting at 50 yards, rifle in my hands, no muzzle or forearm rest. Good thing we're allowed five targets! I score the first one 50/50 but of course, defer to the sponsor.
I had several targets like #2 with four good hits and then ruin the target going for the head shot. Next time.....

rigger · « **Reply #27 on:** October 07, 2024, 10:37:05 PM »

Here's my try at this match. This is my fourth try. I had 2 others with four in but missed the ram trying for a head shot. I shot this with a 40 cal Vincent replica with a 36 inch Green Mountain battel I just acquired. Load was 390 round ball, 30 gr of 3f Swiss, and 017 pillow ticking.

okawbow · « **Reply #28 on:** October 08, 2024, 01:32:16 AM »

Quote from: D. Taylor Sapergia on October 07, 2024, 09:08:18 PM

You would think that with a target that size one could do better than this, but it is what it is.
I used my A. Verner copy .50 cal., 48" Getz barrel, 70 gr. GOEX 3Fg, .020" cotton denim patch lubed with Ballistol/water 1:~10. Shot from sitting at 50 yards, rifle in my hands, no muzzle or forearm rest. Good thing we're allowed five targets! I score the first one 50/50 but of course, defer to the sponsor.
I had several targets like #2 with four good hits and then ruin the target going for the head shot. Next time.....

50 and 40. Closer to the eye than Dphariss.

okawbow · « **Reply #29 on:** October 08, 2024, 01:33:24 AM »

Quote from: rigger on October 07, 2024, 10:37:05 PM

Here's my try at this match. This is my fourth try. I had 2 others with four in but missed the ram trying for a head shot. I shot this with a 40 cal Vincent replica with a 36 inch Green Mountain battel I just acquired. Load was 390 round ball, 30 gr of 3f Swiss, and 017 pillow ticking.

50, and closest to the eye so far!

Moleman · « **Reply #30 on:** October 09, 2024, 01:33:04 AM »

I tried it with my newest NW Trade gun. She's tuned in at 30 off the bag but never tried 50 until today........offhand non the less. I finally found my sight picture on the last shot....I think.
If I worried about missing I'd have to find a new hobby.😁
At least I'm on the board with a cool 10 for a score.
I'll give it a go again later this week.

foresterdj · « **Reply #31 on:** October 10, 2024, 02:49:55 AM »

My submissions not too good.
Target 1 4 shots on, no idea where 5th went.

? Hmm, it acts like picture loading but preview shows no picture. It was a 40, none near the eye, 5th shot not even on page.

Tried a second and got worse.

No picture here either. It was a 20, shot the willy, a low gut shot, 2 just below belly and one just below page.

It was breezy, enough so that I had to shield pan or it would blow out before frizzen could be closed. Shot sitting, elbows on bench, Jaeger .535 RB .018 patch, 70 gr. 2 Fg

okawbow · « **Reply #32 on:** October 10, 2024, 09:23:41 PM »

Tried out my new bullet catcher backstop. My target doesn’t count, so I shot from a sitting position, unrested, 50 yards. (I’m over 70, so it’s ok🤠.) I just finished coning the muzzle of my .50 caliber Bedford percussion rifle. It doesn’t seem like it hurt the group size, but it now shoots a little high and right. I’ll have to re-do the sights before hunting season. I wasn’t trying to get that close to the eye, but it worked out.

rigger · « **Reply #33 on:** October 11, 2024, 12:20:21 AM »

Nice one okawbow. I bet getting up from sitting to reload was the hard part.

Daryl · « **Reply #34 on:** October 13, 2024, 06:27:22 PM »

That up and down part does suck.

JBJ · « **Reply #35 on:** October 18, 2024, 07:59:45 PM »

One of those Fall days that was bright, and crisp! Wonderful! My thanks to Marc again for spotting and the encouragement. Thought I had gotten the ram's eye, but when I got home, I found that the paper was folded under rather than shot away. My backer cardboard needs replacing.

Powder smoke lingered close to the ground this morning and we had a lot of fun.
J.B.

Age 81.
25 yards rested in hands. 42" x 7/8" Rice barrel, .40 SMR. 55 gr. GOEX FFFG, .390 ball, .015 canvas patch. Garmin says MV 2150fps.

Stoner creek · « **Reply #36 on:** October 18, 2024, 08:02:34 PM »

Good shootin’ Pops!!!

Daryl · « **Reply #37 on:** October 18, 2024, 08:30:42 PM »

Great! Looks like a winner to me.

okawbow · « **Reply #38 on:** October 19, 2024, 12:31:23 AM »

Nice shooting! Still a chance to get closer to the eye,

Tony N · « **Reply #39 on:** October 19, 2024, 12:24:10 PM »

Good shooting, that’ll be a tough one to beat!

Tony

rigger · « **Reply #40 on:** October 19, 2024, 05:49:11 PM »

Mighty fine shooting JB.

okawbow · « **Reply #41 on:** October 21, 2024, 05:55:23 PM »

JBJ leads so far with a 50 and about 3/8”from the eye. Can shoot up to 5 targets; so get out and shoot before winter comes.

Daryl · « **Reply #42 on:** October 21, 2024, 08:17:43 PM »

Had our first sprinkle of snow on the ground this morning. It's still there, meaning it's still freezing.
Made me think of hunting/shooting, when I dragged the garbage can out to the curb this morning.
Still -2 at 10:15. 0 is freezing.

Dphariss · « **Reply #43 on:** October 22, 2024, 04:57:21 AM »

Great shooting. I am off the hook.

Daryl, we missed snow on the ground by a few hundred feet elevation the other night. We are about 4400+here and it must have been about 4700.

Daryl · « **Reply #44 on:** October 22, 2024, 08:01:10 PM »

My daughter's "diggins" in Dawson Creek, B.C. got 6 inches of snow a couple days ago & I see Justin got about 4".
The skiff we got yesterday, is still there in our back yard & it's colder today, about -5.

JBJ · « **Reply #45 on:** October 23, 2024, 01:21:11 AM »

Good grief! You guys are freezing! They are calling for 81F here tomorrow. Trade with you!

J.B. aka "Pops" . Thanks Stoner!

Daryl · « **Reply #46 on:** October 23, 2024, 05:46:22 AM »

Naaa - that's OK, JB, as about anything over about 75 or 76 and I just melt.
Can't take the heat anymore.

Martin S. · « **Reply #47 on:** October 24, 2024, 07:17:42 AM »

Quote from: okawbow on October 10, 2024, 09:23:41 PM

Tried out my new bullet catcher backstop. My target doesn’t count, so I shot from a sitting position, unrested, 50 yards. (I’m over 70, so it’s ok🤠.) I just finished coning the muzzle of my .50 caliber Bedford percussion rifle. It doesn’t seem like it hurt the group size, but it now shoots a little high and right. I’ll have to re-do the sights before hunting season. I wasn’t trying to get that close to the eye, but it worked out.

Can you tell us more about your backstop? If you posted about it before, do you have a link?

I have some land I can hunt, but it is quite open, and I need to build some sort of small range on it for shooting when I go down there. I want to be safe so I don't scare the neighbors.

okawbow · « **Reply #48 on:** October 24, 2024, 02:54:46 PM »

I use a simple 3/8” steel plate in a wooden frame. The plate is angled at 45 degrees. The lead balls are diverted down into sand or dirt, and can be recovered and melted back down again.

Martin S. · « **Reply #49 on:** October 24, 2024, 08:54:11 PM »

Quote from: okawbow on October 24, 2024, 02:54:46 PM

I use a simple 3/8” steel plate in a wooden frame. The plate is angled at 45 degrees. The lead balls are diverted down into sand or dirt, and can be recovered and melted back down again.

I appreciate the tip.

I am thinking three foot square? Is that big enough for a 50 yard range? Of course, that depends on how bad a shot I am, I guess. Now I need to find a source for steel plate.

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Author Topic: October Online Shooting Match (Read 2696 times)