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.22-5-40 Oldtimer Offline Posts: 774 Joined: Feb 13^th, 2010	How's your off hand skills? Feb 3^rd, 2016 at 8:29pm	Print Post
	I see the 13th annual Sagebrush long range buffalo rifle match has a 1000yd. offhand match!


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colo native Oldtimer Offline Posts: 760 Location: Barren Ridge, Va Joined: Dec 27^th, 2007	Re: How's your off hand skills? Reply #1 - Feb 3^rd, 2016 at 8:35pm	Print Post
	Shaky, very Shaky-------Laffin Hows yours,--------still Laffin


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Schuetzenmiester Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 6707 Location: Cool Wet Side of WA Joined: Apr 27^th, 2008	Re: How's your off hand skills? Reply #2 - Feb 3^rd, 2016 at 8:37pm	Print Post
	Sounds like fun. WE used to have Quigley matches here in the Pacific NW at 500 and 600 yards offhand. Target was about the size of a 5 gallon bucket, just like the movie

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John Boy Ex Member	Re: How's your off hand skills? Reply #3 - Feb 3^rd, 2016 at 10:41pm	Print Post
	At our NJ State Side Matches - we have a 5 gallon pail @300yds. Three off hand shots and each year the winner gets their SASS alias on it. CAS shooters are not good off hand shooters past 12 yds at big steel plates unless they shoot BPCR silhouette at the 200m Chickens!


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Schuetzenmiester Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 6707 Location: Cool Wet Side of WA Joined: Apr 27^th, 2008	Re: How's your off hand skills? Reply #4 - Feb 3^rd, 2016 at 11:14pm	Print Post
	The reason I started the first one at 600 was I timed the horse galloping in the movie and calculated the distance to be about that far. The other range was only 500, so we got a little break but even so nobody ever matched Tom Selleck's record of 3 in a row

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gunlaker Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2243 Location: lower mainland, B.C. Joined: Dec 13^th, 2010	Re: How's your off hand skills? Reply #5 - Feb 3^rd, 2016 at 11:55pm	Print Post
	Up in Kamloops we have a gong match that includes an offhand target at 500m. It's a 36" square plate. I've gone four out of five with my 32" barreled .45-110, but in general my offhand skills are not so hot Chris.


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Schuetzenmiester Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 6707 Location: Cool Wet Side of WA Joined: Apr 27^th, 2008	Re: How's your off hand skills? Reply #6 - Feb 4^th, 2016 at 12:43am	Print Post
	At TRR we shot decent scores on the 600 yd hipower target, but the Quigley bucket being about 14" wide and maybe 24 tall was a different ball game

	"some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence
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boats Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 7478 Location: Virginia Joined: Apr 23^rd, 2004	Re: How's your off hand skills? Reply #7 - Feb 4^th, 2016 at 7:17am	Print Post
	We put a Buffalo behind our 500 meter Silhouette line. Cut out of 48 inch sq plate the center of body is about 40x30 inches. It's on hinges laid flat and locked when we are not around so the AR shooters don't ruin it. Only shot offhand, 10 shots after our monthly Ram Bash Ed Cunningham who's our match director has hit it 10 for 10 no one else has done it. Little background Ed's father started the Ram Bash matches at Fairfax R&G many years ago, Ed carried the format down to Cavalier R&P Montpiler VA. Boats


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Hayface Full Member Offline Posts: 245 Joined: Mar 20^th, 2015	Re: How's your off hand skills? Reply #8 - Feb 4^th, 2016 at 9:11am	Print Post
	My off hand skills are just fine, still steady as rock. It's the unrelenting seismic activity here in Wisconsin that does me in. Yeah, that's it! Hayface


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 15771 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: How's your off hand skills? Reply #9 - Feb 4^th, 2016 at 10:02am	Print Post
	I'm not much good. My friend does it very well, with a levergun, and a pretty strong wind! About 2:15 into this video: (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)

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majorfs45 Full Member Offline Posts: 141 Location: Stillwater, OK Joined: Aug 10^th, 2008	Re: How's your off hand skills? Reply #10 - Feb 4^th, 2016 at 11:58am	Print Post
	I was at Sagebrush last year, but did not enter the 1,000 yard match, but stayed and watched. It is a fun match even to watch. Shooters get to have 5 shots to hit it once. Amazingly, they had many that qualified, like 18 shooters. It then went to sudden death. Everyone missed except for the last shooter, winning the side match. He later went on to win the whole buffalo match too if I remember right. Nice gentleman and a great shooter, sorry I do not recall his name. Harland and his crew run a great match. Well organized and well run.


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calledflyer Frequent Elocutionist Online Posts: 3491 Joined: Mar 9^th, 2015	Re: How's your off hand skills? Reply #11 - Feb 4^th, 2016 at 3:24pm	Print Post
	I might fare decently shooting offhand if it were done in rowboats on choppy days. Oh, yeah, the target ought to be aboard another boat nearby.


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cuslog Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 263 Location: Calgary, Alberta Joined: Dec 29^th, 2011	Re: How's your off hand skills? Reply #12 - Feb 4^th, 2016 at 10:01pm	Print Post
	marlinguy wrote on Feb 4^th, 2016 at 10:02am: I'm not much good. My friend does it very well, with a levergun, and a pretty strong wind! About 2:15 into this video: (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) I'd be interested to know how many grains of Unique he was using.


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JS47 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1265 Location: Arizona Joined: Oct 12^th, 2012	Re: How's your off hand skills? Reply #13 - Feb 4^th, 2016 at 10:50pm	Print Post
	Schuetzendave wrote on Feb 4^th, 2016 at 9:15pm: My offhand scores are great since I can still beat my boys. Not so good if I have to bring home the bacon. But there should be age classes for offhand shooting. Unfair for us old timers who have lost half their muscle mass to be compared to the youngers. At 68 I don't think I've quite lost half my muscle mass. What I think has slowed down is the circuitry between the eye, the brain, and the trigger finger. In other words, by the time the shot goes downrange, the sights have moved off the target. Is this real or just an alibi? JS


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Hammer47 Junior Member Offline Posts: 54 Joined: Jul 16^th, 2008	Re: How's your off hand skills? Reply #14 - Feb 9^th, 2016 at 2:44am	Print Post
	OFFHAND??????????? More like AWFULHAND.


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 15771 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: How's your off hand skills? Reply #15 - Feb 9^th, 2016 at 10:11am	Print Post
	cuslog wrote on Feb 4^th, 2016 at 10:01pm: marlinguy wrote on Feb 4^th, 2016 at 10:02am: I'm not much good. My friend does it very well, with a levergun, and a pretty strong wind! About 2:15 into this video: (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) I'd be interested to know how many grains of Unique he was using. Same load I use. 4.0 grs. of Unique, with a 115 gr. cast lead.

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jy3855 Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 368 Location: California Joined: Jul 13^th, 2015	Re: How's your off hand skills? Reply #16 - Feb 9^th, 2016 at 1:23pm	Print Post
	Oops - Vall, they're shooting 45-70s in the video. Can't remember their load with a 405 grain cast - I wan't to say 11 grains, but it might be more, like 14 - just don't remember. My offhand a pretty darned shaky. Yesterday with my 38-55 High Wall, 240 cast/10 grains Unique I was hitting a 9" dinger about half the time (maybe a little less) at 100 yds offhand.


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Ol_Deuce Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 343 Location: Billings,Montana Joined: Nov 19^th, 2008	Re: How's your off hand skills? Reply #17 - May 1^st, 2017 at 2:33pm	Print Post
	My off hand skills are right on ,My only issue is my 16lbs Shiloh Sharps It has gotten way heavy these last few years Ol Deuce

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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Online Posts: 2493 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Re: How's your off hand skills? Reply #18 - May 1^st, 2017 at 3:27pm	Print Post
	Dave At 67 that eye trigger finger issue sounds like as good an excuse as any 😃😃😃 Jack

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watchthewind Oldtimer Offline Posts: 903 Location: Phoenix, AZ Joined: Mar 10^th, 2015	Re: How's your off hand skills? Reply #19 - May 1^st, 2017 at 3:38pm	Print Post
	I don't even think I could see out to 1000 yards well enough! Let alone hold that steady....

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Lefty38-55 Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 364 Location: New England Joined: Sep 11^th, 2013	Re: How's your off hand skills? Reply #20 - May 3^rd, 2017 at 12:47pm	Print Post
	Offhand shootin' ability? I'll let you know ... as I got into an on-line (muzzleloading) shootin' contest to see who can split (by shooting) a std kiln-dried 2x4 in half with the least number of shots! I'll be using my 1680s Dutch flintlock club butt musket of 75-caliber, wearing a 60" barrel by Greg Christian. Oh, I guess she is a black powdah 'cartridge gun' as I load 90-loads using paper cartidges ...

	All of my single shots shoot one tiny ragged hole with cast bullets ... it's just the following shots that tend to open up my groups ...
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shovel80 Oldtimer Offline Posts: 896 Location: Sonora,CA Joined: Jun 6^th, 2011	Re: How's your off hand skills? Reply #21 - May 3^rd, 2017 at 8:52pm	Print Post
	Mine need Improvement! Terry

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Ol_Deuce Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 343 Location: Billings,Montana Joined: Nov 19^th, 2008	Re: How's your off hand skills? Reply #22 - May 5^th, 2017 at 6:04pm	Print Post
	westerner wrote on May 1^st, 2017 at 10:21pm: Where is Kenny Wasserburgers when you need him? Joe. Eating his Wheaties before the match LoL Ol Deuce

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n.r.davis Oldtimer Offline Posts: 563 Joined: Dec 3^rd, 2015	Re: How's your off hand skills? Reply #23 - May 5^th, 2017 at 8:54pm	Print Post
	Mine is getting better, kind of... Don't have time to shoot but have been doing a lot of "Dry Firing" each day. Can tell that I am getting steadier, and see improvement if only through the forming of a habit. Have tried different stances and holds. Keeping what works, letting go of what doesn't. Some day I'll be able to shoot but for now this has been helpful. Yes, I am very new at this.


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John Boy Ex Member	Re: How's your off hand skills? Reply #24 - May 6^th, 2017 at 4:50pm	Print Post
	Only if I could shoot offhand like Agnes on Life Below Zero. Caribou on a dead run - about 300 plus yds - with her Mosin Negant ... drops 2 caribou


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Ol_Deuce Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 343 Location: Billings,Montana Joined: Nov 19^th, 2008	Re: How's your off hand skills? Reply #25 - May 7^th, 2017 at 7:41pm	Print Post
	n.r.davis wrote on May 5^th, 2017 at 8:54pm: Mine is getting better, kind of... Don't have time to shoot but have been doing a lot of "Dry Firing" each day. Can tell that I am getting steadier, and see improvement if only through the forming of a habit. Have tried different stances and holds. Keeping what works, letting go of what doesn't. Some day I'll be able to shoot but for now this has been helpful. Yes, I am very new at this. For me ........ Every day Is a New Start Damn rifle is still too heavy Tehehe Ol Deuce

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