BenT wrote:Sixgun has to grow up first .
It might be a while.
Hey, hey there! If I wanted to hear an aszhole, I'd fanny burp.
Come on...that was a good one!
I hear it all the time from everyone and I'm absolutely refuse to act my age. Years ago I decided to act my shoe size and leave it at that.
OK, on to Jason's rifle. Through PM's we discussed the optics and his are just as bad as mine. Like he said, they are from the 1920's. I got mine out the other day for the first time with heavy loads and the rifle really shoots. 10 shots under 2" at 100 meters with 420 grain bullets at 1450. The heavy rifle does nothing to dampen the recoil. With the scope all the way up, it was still about a foot low. JUNK! Even in the bright light we had on Monday, it looked like dusk.
But....the important part, in that the rifle shoots gives me the incentive to buy a high end Nikon ($4-500) with mil dots. The mil dots is probably the best invention since sliced bread, because I don't think there is a scope made that will give elevation from 100 to 1000 meters with the trajectory of the 45-70.
I was shooting at the 500 meter ram and I found I had to aim on a rock about 15-20' in order
to lob those 420 grainers in there.
One thing about the Ruger #1.......no fear of eating steel....that baby will handle a case full of about any powder ever invented. I'm gonna try to load up a few with some C-4 and see if I get flattened primers.
Oh! Jason. Thanks for the compliment. Yes, if you eat your Wheaties, drink plenty of orange juice, shoot a lot, drive a real vehicle (drop the Vet and get a Jeep) and take 4 bottles of aszhole pills everyday, you can be just like me when you,reach the tender age of 59. If you want to reach it a little faster, send Blondie over here for a weekend.....you can stay home!
Good luck brother....we will discuss optics in the near future. I really hate to drill and tap the action but what the hell......life is short.------6
