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Maybe my best ever group...

Post by Noisydad » 30 Jun 2019, 6:14 pm

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My group is high on the shoulder
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Today was a Mid range gong shoot at Seymour Black Powder Club.
This 4 shot group is possibly the best I’ve ever shot!
It’s a smidge under 6 inches at 600 yards. Shot off cross sticks with my (Pedersoli) Sharps .40-65 loaded with 57 grains 3F powder (compressed), an over powder card wad, wax based grease cookie, 2 tissue wads and a loose seated, cast 420 grain bullet.
Don’t ask me to ever do it again...coz I’m retiring :lol:
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Post by bigpete » 30 Jun 2019, 6:20 pm

Very nicely done mate
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Post by Tank » 30 Jun 2019, 6:22 pm

That’s a group to be proud of Noisy!
You’ve earnt yourself a stout or 2 I’d reckon!
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Post by on_one_wheel » 30 Jun 2019, 7:29 pm

That's incredible!

I'd be happy with that if it were my accurised .243 with handloads from prone with a bipod and rear bag.

It's about time we started calling you Quigley

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Post by Noisydad » 30 Jun 2019, 8:23 pm

The "Big Buff" was the first event for the day. My subsequent targets went to hell in a hand basket...like, BIG time! lol
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Post by bigpete » 30 Jun 2019, 8:37 pm

It's only the first 6 shots that count.....
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Post by Bent Arrow » 01 Jul 2019, 9:21 am

That's awesome shooting mate
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Post by JimTom » 01 Jul 2019, 9:41 am

Definitely nice work mate.
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Post by marksman » 01 Jul 2019, 4:45 pm

that's really good shooting :thumbsup:
I've watched the line up at little river when only one or two shooters can hit the buff at all at 500m :unknown:
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Post by Noisydad » 01 Jul 2019, 6:21 pm

marksman wrote:that's really good shooting :thumbsup:
I've watched the line up at little river when only one or two shooters can hit the buff at all at 500m :unknown:

Were they shooting off a bench or cross sticks? We only shoot shoot off cross sticks.
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Post by marksman » 01 Jul 2019, 9:40 pm

the guys were shooting off crossed sticks with all sorts of buffalo type single shot smoky guns
I must say I was impressed with the guys who did hit the buff
one guy sitting shooting off his knees shot then looked up and started to count till he heard the gong :thumbsup:
all very good fun :drinks:
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Post by Noisydad » 01 Jul 2019, 10:15 pm

It’s a lot more fun than modern rifles and highly addictive!
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Post by marksman » 01 Jul 2019, 11:32 pm

I believe that without a doubt :thumbsup:
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Post by TassieTiger » 02 Jul 2019, 9:27 am

Not bad off hand lol.
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Post by Noisydad » 02 Jul 2019, 1:27 pm

Quigley is one of my favourite movies but it irritates me to hell that they dubbed in the Winchester lever action noises when he opens and closes the falling block. Sharps actions are nearly silent.
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Post by bladeracer » 02 Jul 2019, 5:00 pm

Noisydad wrote:
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Today was a Mid range gong shoot at Seymour Black Powder Club.
This 4 shot group is possibly the best I’ve ever shot!
It’s a smidge under 6 inches at 600 yards. Shot off cross sticks with my (Pedersoli) Sharps .40-65 loaded with 57 grains 3F powder (compressed), an over powder card wad, wax based grease cookie, 2 tissue wads and a loose seated, cast 420 grain bullet.
Don’t ask me to ever do it again...coz I’m retiring :lol:


Bloody hell, Noisy, I think you've just set smokeless powder technology back by a century shooting black like that :-)
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Post by duncan61 » 02 Jul 2019, 7:38 pm

I watched a cool western the other day and every time a bullet hit the rock it made a ricochet sound.I would of thought a lead bullet would go splat.Its a bit like the squealing car tires and they are on a gravel road
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Post by bladeracer » 02 Jul 2019, 10:44 pm

duncan61 wrote:I watched a cool western the other day and every time a bullet hit the rock it made a ricochet sound.I would of thought a lead bullet would go splat.Its a bit like the squealing car tires and they are on a gravel road


The audible ricochet is an effect of a deformed bullet spinning through the air, lots of ricochets don't make any noise, but are at least as deadly. I've had richochet's off dirt, branches, fencing wire, all sorts of stuff will deflect a bullet if it hits it just right, without always being audible.
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Post by duncan61 » 02 Jul 2019, 11:39 pm

The movie was Winchester 73 with James Stewart I would of thought a big fat slow moving lead bullet would go splat rather than ricochet like a copper plated projectile doing around 3000 fps
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