Snakeoil
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I've said this here before. The only thing you can do wrong is miss going slow.
What Did You Shoot Today?
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Snakeoil
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So, today the wind gods had lots of fun with us. It was our monthly silhouette match. I shot my .32-40 High Wall and it was a challenge. Reading the mirage and the wind changes fast enough so my shooter could adjust his hold was a challenge at best. More than once the wind went from nothing to heavy and just as I was about to call the change he would fire and of course, miss the target. Happened to me when he was sighting as well. I started watching the flags with my other eye if they were visible to me.
I managed a 33/40 and used 56 rounds total so, 16 sighers for a 40 round match. My partner shot a 32/40. My buddy Craig shot his .32-40 and he shot a 38/40! That was an impressive feat today. But again, when you shoot plays a role. If the conditions just lighten up a little, you will shoot better than those who shoot in the really bad conditions. I've been lucky on other days and gotten the better conditions. It all evens out in the long run.
I will say that it was a heluva lot of fun. When a spotter at the bench next to you shouts out "Wow!! You hit it!!!", that tends to be a good indication that the conditions are challenging that day.
I managed a 33/40 and used 56 rounds total so, 16 sighers for a 40 round match. My partner shot a 32/40. My buddy Craig shot his .32-40 and he shot a 38/40! That was an impressive feat today. But again, when you shoot plays a role. If the conditions just lighten up a little, you will shoot better than those who shoot in the really bad conditions. I've been lucky on other days and gotten the better conditions. It all evens out in the long run.
I will say that it was a heluva lot of fun. When a spotter at the bench next to you shouts out "Wow!! You hit it!!!", that tends to be a good indication that the conditions are challenging that day.
L Ross
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The shooting is over. In addition to the sighting in by several shooters, then the matches, then casual plinking, then gun porn. There was a Hall rifle here in nearly Museum condition. Then this morning because there was no formal shooting the casual plinking went nuts. Empty brass everywhere. I saw 9 m/m Sigs, Glocks, a SKS, a Henry .22 lever, an AR with a dedicated .22 upper, a Kidd 10-22, a Bergara b-14 .22, a Snider carbine shot with BP, chaos but safe chaos. A young friend compelled to live in the People's Republic of Madison was delighted to have access to a plethora of targets from 15 yards to 210 and he made the most of it.
I am just flat out tired, not exhausted but tired. It was hot and I had a lot to do. I cooked 166 fish fillets last night and I think there were about 15 left that two guys split to take home cold.
I tied for first place with 31 knock downs and one hit. The shooter I tied with the same score also had 5 chickens, so we looked at pigs. I had 10 he had 9, so I won the scoped class. The other 31 and a hit was shooting a Martini with irons. Quite a feat. He also had 17 of 20 targets on the Boy's Rifle Match so he won the overall aggregate.
Everyone pitched in to pick up things and helped me a lot in the clean up process.
Man oh man the food! We did home made buttermilk biscuits and sausage gravy for Friday morning. We went through 10 lbs. of sloppy joes. Friday night's supper was pot luck appretizers and what a spread. Last night was the fish fry and all the fixins. This morning was one of those 18" frying pans full of skillet slop. 2 dozen eggs, a bag of hash browns, a red bell pepper, two pounds of bacon a pound of ham, an onion, and a bag of shredded cheddar cheese.
After supper each night we had a campfire, bourbon, and cigars. What a weekend! Oh and I bought a first year Marlin Model 39 in wonderful condition with bright case hardening, and blueing. I subsequently sold a Marlin 39A. The money I spent on the Model 39 will go toward the purchase of a .58 caliber Roberts conversion.
I am just flat out tired, not exhausted but tired. It was hot and I had a lot to do. I cooked 166 fish fillets last night and I think there were about 15 left that two guys split to take home cold.
I tied for first place with 31 knock downs and one hit. The shooter I tied with the same score also had 5 chickens, so we looked at pigs. I had 10 he had 9, so I won the scoped class. The other 31 and a hit was shooting a Martini with irons. Quite a feat. He also had 17 of 20 targets on the Boy's Rifle Match so he won the overall aggregate.
Everyone pitched in to pick up things and helped me a lot in the clean up process.
Man oh man the food! We did home made buttermilk biscuits and sausage gravy for Friday morning. We went through 10 lbs. of sloppy joes. Friday night's supper was pot luck appretizers and what a spread. Last night was the fish fry and all the fixins. This morning was one of those 18" frying pans full of skillet slop. 2 dozen eggs, a bag of hash browns, a red bell pepper, two pounds of bacon a pound of ham, an onion, and a bag of shredded cheddar cheese.
After supper each night we had a campfire, bourbon, and cigars. What a weekend! Oh and I bought a first year Marlin Model 39 in wonderful condition with bright case hardening, and blueing. I subsequently sold a Marlin 39A. The money I spent on the Model 39 will go toward the purchase of a .58 caliber Roberts conversion.
Snakeoil
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Nice shooting. What do you mean by "1 hit". Do you mean a knockdown that you hit, but did not go over? If so, I remember the old silhouette days. Hate when that happens. We clamped a top shooter's last ram at a match once. He shot a .50-90. The ram went CLANG and just stood there. I was spotting for him. His head whipped around at me and I just shrugged. He was the first guy on the truck to do downrange to reset targets. When he saw the C-clamp he knew he'd been had.
L Ross
Well-Known Member
Yeah, a hit that didn't fall.
Ian
Notorious member
I feel like a slacker. All I did Saturday was barbeque a bunch of chicken legs for our postponed Memorial Day remembrance feast, processed a couple pounds of black powder, and was worthless the rest of the time. Today I baked two racks of pork ribs and finished on the propane grill with some smoke, did vehicle maintenance, and put 30 balls in and out of my Kibler southern mountain rifle, cleaned up, went to a co-worker's ranchette a few miles up the valley to diagnose an inoperative gate controller keypad, watched a nice sunset from there and now back home going to get ready for the sack.
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
462
California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
This morning's shoot was a bit of Uberti .45 Colt Cattleman and Lyman's 454190 load testing.
First test was 9.5-grains of HS-6. Pretty fair 12-yard off-hand accuracy and fairly stout recoil. Also loaded some rounds with 10.0-grains, and though not recoil sensitive I just don't need more recoil than the 9.5-grain load, so didn't shoot them.
I've never used the powder, before and bought it specifically to test in the .45 Colt, so reckon it'll be used for some other cartridges. .357? .44 Special? .45 ACP?
The second test, and the day's accuracy winner, was 8.0-grains of SR 7625 and the 454190.
Lube-snotted targets indicate I ought to lube only one groove.
First test was 9.5-grains of HS-6. Pretty fair 12-yard off-hand accuracy and fairly stout recoil. Also loaded some rounds with 10.0-grains, and though not recoil sensitive I just don't need more recoil than the 9.5-grain load, so didn't shoot them.
I've never used the powder, before and bought it specifically to test in the .45 Colt, so reckon it'll be used for some other cartridges. .357? .44 Special? .45 ACP?
The second test, and the day's accuracy winner, was 8.0-grains of SR 7625 and the 454190.
Lube-snotted targets indicate I ought to lube only one groove.
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
Ian
Notorious member
9.5 grains of HS-6 is one of my many "Pet" loads for the SAA clones. I found the load to be dirty but but extremely accurate and since it didn't clean up or group any smaller at 10.2 I settled on 9.5 (IIRC that's based on published data and what the nearest Lee disc would throw for in between min and max). 9.5/250-grain cast is also a great load for the leverguns.
L Ross
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Because I am down to my last 12 lbs. of 4759, I sort of stopped using it. That is a mental problem I inherited from my Dad. If you don't use something and wear it out or use it up you will still have it. That was his and his father's logic from having survived hard times during the Depression and WWII on the farm. I mean, after all as bad as it is it can always get worse right?
I need to slap myself upside the head and ask, "Why did you buy this in the first place?" I like 17 grains in my .308 and when I realized it was truly never coming back I panicked and switched to 4227 and 2400. What I need to do is hurry up and shoot up all of this crap before it ends up in an estate sale or a dumpster. Boy howdy can I ever be a dumbass some times.
As far as what did I shoot today? Well so far one round of Pacoed .22 Hi-Vel short from my Remington Model 6 boy's rifle into a coon melon.
Winelover
North Central Arkansas
Purchased a 8#er of 4759 right after I relocated here. Only use was for the 308W & 338 Winchester Magnum. Can't shoot it up in the years I have left. Don't shoot much rifle calibers, once I find my loads. So, figured I'd try it in pistol calibers. Plus, it conserves my supply of 2400, which is extremely hard to replace, in today's society.
smokeywolf
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I'm into my last pound of 4759. Wish I'd had the foresight to get an 8 pounder when the gettin' was still good.
462
California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
Took the .38 Special Uberti 1866 sporting rifle in anticipation of George, the 80-year-old range regular who enjoyed shooting the Garand, the 03A3, and the .45 Colt Uberti Cattleman, showing up, as well as testing two HS-6 loads. George did a no-show Jones, and 5.8-grains of HS-6 shot better than 6.0-grains.
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richhodg66
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I wish I had a bunch of SR4759, nothing has ever matched it for accuracy with cast in the '06.
How far are you from Omaha- I have an unopened 8pounder
richhodg66
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Close enough I could make a trip for that at some point.
Snakeoil
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.22 match at Wilton today. Thought for sure it would be a day with many perfect scores. No wind, very little mirage, clear skies. Gorgeous day. But I was wrong. Only 1 perfect score and shot with a Anschutz benchrest .22 and that thing is more like shooting a rail gun. Granted, the shooter still had to figure out the conditions and luck plays a role with all of us. Luck favored him today and his rifle certainly removed any equipment variables.
Conditions were very strange given how gorgeous the day seemed. Wind flags were barely moving most of the match. But they would flair up every so often. But the shots would not go where you expected them to go. My 2 misses were at 200 and both went high. Later when I was taking sighter shots at the 12" buffalo at 300 (offhand tie breaker) off the bench, I put one right into his eye and then the next one went a foot high. Others experienced the same thing. We have yet to figure out what is going on down range. One of the members said he wants to put smudge pots all over the range to see what the smoke does.
Conditions were very strange given how gorgeous the day seemed. Wind flags were barely moving most of the match. But they would flair up every so often. But the shots would not go where you expected them to go. My 2 misses were at 200 and both went high. Later when I was taking sighter shots at the 12" buffalo at 300 (offhand tie breaker) off the bench, I put one right into his eye and then the next one went a foot high. Others experienced the same thing. We have yet to figure out what is going on down range. One of the members said he wants to put smudge pots all over the range to see what the smoke does.