Grumpy Bear,  Your handle doesn't fit. I believe I met you there and you are correct, that is the Restwel. You didn't come off as grumpy at all.

My wife has hit I think 6 out of 8 on the buffalo at Quigley with her .38-55.  We're using a bit more bullet, a 360 grain at 1375 fps.  The load is either 21 or 24 gr of 4198; don't have my book to check it.  Either is a safe load, I have used much hotter loads than that in it.  The final load was selected to match the ballistics of the .38-72 using black powder.

The windage and elevation settings are identical to my 540 grain .45-90 at the same velocity.   

The disadvantage of the .38, as mentioned by others, is that it's hard to spot the misses, particularly in the grass or if it's muddy.  And, harder to spot the hits on the steel, particularly in the white.

The accuracy of the .38, and the ballistics, are equal to the larger bullets.  But, doing well at Quigley is about spotting, and the .38 is harder to spot for.

She is a Happy Camper for sure.  Hope to see you all again next June, probably going to stay at the Restwel again, convenient for 
getting dinner at the area restaurants and a very nice place to stay.

knobsmt wrote on Sep 18^th, 2018 at 9:59am:


Yes, but don't mention anything about how you two shoot at the Baker or the Ekalaka shoot with those things...    The wind with it's multiple directions and intensity there dwarfs what the Quigley ever sees and one of you is generally on top...   
(This last weekend his sister took first - womens, #10 in the overall with 47 total shooters?)
Greg

"Look at match equipment paired up with results larger caliber guns generally do better distances longer  than 500 yards. There are exceptions, again generally , under 500 heavy recoilers more power than needed is a disadvantage. "

Boats,
All of what you are saying is very true, what we see time and again, is the heavy bullet, heavy caliber, have their wins by those (like me) that shoot occasionally- generally due to our schedule and life - don't get me wrong, a majority of the shooters following this religion shoot a 45 cal of some variation including those on top regularly.  Those that use their discretionary time to practice and become very familiar with their rifles, practice in the wind - not just on the nice days - make these small calibers like the 38-55 very effective out to 1000 yds - it's not occasionally that it happens.  So the  OP asked will it go, yes it will, if your not going to spend a little time with it though, go with the 40 or the 45 - I have a 45-60 with a 485g Postell that is showing a lot of promise and the recoil is very moderate.   
I shot a 40-65 Win at a long range match a few years ago, 800, 900 and 1000yds and did as well with it as I've done with my 45-90 - the winds were not light.  I practiced several times leading up to it, had to hold L or R because my sight only had 16 minutes of wind so it can be done - and I had a great spotter -  
Greg

Old-Win wrote on Sep 17^th, 2018 at 11:59am:


Nice Hepburn. Doesn’t look very muddy, must have been before the rains.

Man it was a mess wasn't it, couldn't believe how quick it got that gummy, and how quick it turned around after the rain quit.

Glad I had my muck boots with me.