marlinman93 wrote:Well.........So how did it shoot Ken?-Vall
Very good I think.
I started with a plinking load my Rossi likes, 5.5 GR red dot under a 158 gr Rem sp. Was very controlable & after a few shots easily held 4" offhand at about 30 feet or so but shot a little high.
Then I moved up to a 16 gr Li'l gun load under a 158 gr nosler HP. That one barked a little more but shot to point of aim & when I really tried kept them in the same 4". I think with practice I should be able to improve quite a bit. I'v not done much handgun shooting. I supose I'm competent enough but there is alot of room for improvement. I was able to connect pretty regular on bowling pins at 50 yards when I sat down. Scared the heck out of them standing up but couldn't whack them regular. Its alot easier to hit with than my Beretta tho. I'll burn up a 15 round mag & not kill a pin with that at 50 yards. When I do hit one its mostly luck.
I was going to save the targets to post but my boy put a few dozen more holes in them when I was talking.
Anyway I'm a bit surprised the sights are so well regulated, being fixed & all. I believe I'll carry it hunting this year, I'll still be useing a rifle as my main gun, but if bambi pops up close enough & I'm confident enough I'd like to take a deer with it. It'll be a first for me.
The single six shot pretty well too but the triggers nothing like the Vaquero. Much heavier but it breaks nicely. I may start accumulating revolvers for awhile. I'm pretty set on buying a 44 Red hawk I found at a local shop. Its mostly an archery & fishing place but he sells a few guns. This particular Redhawk he took to Africa & killed a few things, now he's done with it & if we can come to terms I'll buy it.
It'll have to wait a bit tho while I accumulate some gun money. These two bout tapped me out.
Shot my 336 for the first time in awhile & it still loves 36 grains of Blc2 under a 150 grain pill.
The first target I was adjusting a bit. The first 3 were high. I moved the williams 5P down a few lines & got the other two slightly right but ok elevation wise. Another small adjustment gave me the second target. I was tempted to try & move the group a bit to he right but talked myself out of it. For me thats pretty good with open sights at 50 yards.
Also had my 1889 32/20. What a nice gun to shoot! Its tough to get little groups with the carbine sights & my eyeballs but its sure a fun plinker. Took awhile to get the rear sight low enough but now busting clays at 50 yards with it is simple. No recoil to speak of, its just nice.
Heres my oldest with it, he looks awkward but thats because he dont want to lose my brass. We have a deal, he can shoot anything I bring unless he loses brass. That ones easy, it lust dumps them out on the bench if you go slow. If he loses any brass he cant shoot that one next trip. It works pretty good & he tries like heck to keep track of it.
A couple pics of guns on the bench,
I brought my 1895 45/70 too to check zero but didn't take any pictures of it. Its quite the bowling pin killer tho.
All in all I had a great time! I'm very slow at work so hopefully I can get more shooting time in. It dont pay good but its sure alot more fun than work!
