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Long range black powder shooting

Post by boyou » 26 Nov 2013, 10:11 am

G'day fellas,

Can anyone tell me, do they do "long" range shooting with any black powder rifles?

Been watching a few cowboy movies lately with old 'sniper' rifles like Sharps and those kinds.

Do they/can they do 800-1000m shooting with this kind of gear? Or any rifle like this, doesn't have to be Sharps specifically...

Longer? 1500m?

Is the powder the limit or was the build quality back then the limit on what a rifle could do?
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Post by on_one_wheel » 26 Nov 2013, 12:09 pm

I'm keener than a headmaster with a cane to see some answers to that one too, I'm gonna guess that a quality muzzleloader rifle would be good for 300 yards. I'm equally as keen to hijack your thread and turn it into " Best western long range shots " She might not be a muzzle loader but check out Magnam PI as Quigley at work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73hl--IMoWU and Billy Two Hats Fron the 7 minute point https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQczXLHmYWQ
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Post by AusC » 26 Nov 2013, 5:10 pm

I don't know about 1,500m, but I'm pretty sure there is a club in Aus here that does 800m BP shooting...
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Post by The Brass » 27 Nov 2013, 7:46 am

Not Aussie shooters, but these are the gentlemen you're looking for

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Website here - http://longrangebpcr.com/
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Post by Chickenhawk » 27 Nov 2013, 9:48 am

I get the feeling those particular gentlemen may no longer be around to ask for advice :P
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Post by Carter » 27 Nov 2013, 10:00 am

They do, but obviously modern smokeless rifle powder evolved for a reason.

Long range black powder is more for nostalgia than peak accuracy.

Whatever floats your boat though :)
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Post by Lorgar » 27 Nov 2013, 10:07 am

Carter wrote:Long range black powder is more for nostalgia than peak accuracy.

Whatever floats your boat though :)


Nostalgia is an underrated phenomenon ;)
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Post by Noisydad » 27 Nov 2013, 8:09 pm

Seymour Black Powder Club shoots to 600m with a full size buffalo plate. Chicken, turkey, pig and ram to 500m and they are HARD in the wrong light! Most use Sharps design falling blocks or Remington design rolling blocks. Starting calibre is 38-55. I use a 40-65. Would love to see a big 50-110 artillery shell!
There's still a few of Wile. E Coyote's ideas that I haven't tried yet.
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Post by Techc » 28 Nov 2013, 8:18 am

Noisydad wrote:Seymour Black Powder Club shoots to 600m with a full size buffalo plate.


As in, a life size 2m target shaped like a buffalo?
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Post by Noisydad » 28 Nov 2013, 11:15 am

Yep!
There's still a few of Wile. E Coyote's ideas that I haven't tried yet.
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Post by Techc » 28 Nov 2013, 11:41 am

Noisydad wrote:Yep!


That's awesome :lol:
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Post by GLS_1956 » 13 Feb 2015, 9:52 am

In the mid/late 1800s a US shooting team out shot the vaunted Irish shooting squad at a match shot at Creedmoor New York. The US teams used two different makes of rifles Sharps falling blocks and Remington rolling blocks, all the American rifles were chambered for the .44-77 cartridge and the course of fire reached out to 1000 yards.
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Post by Khan » 13 Feb 2015, 6:41 pm

Well that's embarrassing :lol:
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