ASSRA Forum - Black Powder Accuracy

ASSRA Forum › General › Reloading the Single Shot Rifle › Black Powder Accuracy

(Moderator Group: Moderator)

‹ Previous Topic | Next Topic ›

Page Index Toggle

Pages: 1 ... 3 4 [5]

Very Hot Topic (More than 25 Replies)

Black Powder Accuracy (Read 28076 times)

svartkruttgris#369 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2980 Location: Colorado, Norway, Sweden Joined: Oct 28^th, 2014	Re: Black Powder Accuracy Reply #60 - Nov 9^th, 2018 at 10:46am	Print Post
	Bent_Ramrod wrote on Nov 9^th, 2018 at 7:29am: So far, I’ve gotten two Chickens in BPCR Silhouette matches by skipping the bullets off the ground. It takes Minnesota Fats skill plus a Euclidian knowledge of geometric angles, not to mention a solid understanding of the effect of the ground impact on bullet shape and remaining velocity. The geological composition of the ground in front of the target also has to be taken into effect. Also, the Coriolus Effect. It’s actually more difficult than mere holding and squeezing and a successful demonstration always rouses the observing crowds to a fever pitch. The kids want to be just like me when they grow up; the women all want to be with me; the men all want to be me; autographs and product endorsements sought, etc. I just wish I could do it more consistently. Yep! It really works! I scored a 100M ram in a Pistol Cartridge Metallic Silhouette match that way last month. Gun is a Ruger Single Six shooting .22WMR Federal 50gr bullet load. Nitro powder. My most recent contributions to the BP vs Nitro investigation have been shooting 40M chickens and 100M rams in the horizontal feet they stand on. Figure that is as good as a 25 in 200M schutzen. Gun and load same as above. Still trying to get it all together for shooting 40M chickens and 75M turkeys in their little tails. Provides a very dramatic take down of those targets -- almost like those drama-queen rodents that Westerner shoots. Gun and load same as above.


	IP Logged

oneatatime Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4473 Location: Rocky Mountains Joined: Oct 30^th, 2011	Re: Black Powder Accuracy Reply #61 - Nov 9^th, 2018 at 12:10pm	Print Post
	There was a schuetzen game in which the bullet had to be skipped off a pond to hit the target.


	IP Logged

svartkruttgris#369 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2980 Location: Colorado, Norway, Sweden Joined: Oct 28^th, 2014	Re: Black Powder Accuracy Reply #62 - Nov 9^th, 2018 at 3:23pm	Print Post
	oneatatime wrote on Nov 9^th, 2018 at 12:10pm: There was a schuetzen game in which the bullet had to be skipped off a pond to hit the target. Sounds like a happy confluence of some bored schuetzen shooters and a pond.


	IP Logged

BP Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 8039 Location: Westside Joined: Aug 27^th, 2006	Re: Black Powder Accuracy Reply #63 - Nov 9^th, 2018 at 3:31pm	Print Post
	svartkruttgris#369 wrote on Nov 9^th, 2018 at 3:23pm: oneatatime wrote on Nov 9^th, 2018 at 12:10pm: There was a schuetzen game in which the bullet had to be skipped off a pond to hit the target. Sounds like a happy confluence of some bored schuetzen shooters and a pond. This is sounding like a golf thread. How well do your bullets skip in the sand traps?

	There are three kinds of men: The ones that learn by reading, the few who learn by observation, and the rest who have to pee on the electric fence and find out for themselves. Proud Noodlehead
	IP Logged

oneatatime Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4473 Location: Rocky Mountains Joined: Oct 30^th, 2011	Re: Black Powder Accuracy Reply #64 - Nov 9^th, 2018 at 3:48pm	Print Post
	No, this was serious shooting. Wish I could find the source which had photos. I did find this description that someone remembered: The actual competition was set at a lake which was down in a ravine or for lack of better terms between two mountains. Shooters on one side, the targets on the other, backed up by the rise of the mountain. The wind was not an issue and the lake usually was mirror smooth. The targets were set so that they mirrored on the face of the lake and the shooters were to aim at the reflection, where as the bullets skipped off the reflection and then into the target. The rifles used were of the Schützen variety, and launched round balls in order to achieve the best "skip" off the water.


	IP Logged

svartkruttgris#369 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2980 Location: Colorado, Norway, Sweden Joined: Oct 28^th, 2014	Re: Black Powder Accuracy Reply #65 - Nov 9^th, 2018 at 5:08pm	Print Post
	I have a small sack of 44-40 round ball loads that I used to shoot in a revolver at CAS. Maybe I should try those at a 100M Metallic Silhouette shoot. No pound to serve as mirror, probably just have to find right sight setting and aimpoint or put a protractor and angle arm on the barrel and find right barrel angle to get skipping angle that gets good hits.


	IP Logged

underhammer Newbie Offline Posts: 8 Location: Belgium Joined: Sep 2^nd, 2017	Re: Black Powder Accuracy Reply #66 - Aug 7^th, 2019 at 5:48am	Print Post
	this is a 330 yard target I shot with 45-90 blackpowder loaded hiwall, 15 shots prone with sling only, no rest


	IP Logged

Page Index Toggle

Pages: 1 ... 3 4 [5]

‹ Previous Topic | Next Topic ›

« Board Index ‹ Board Top

Top

ASSRA Forum » Powered by YaBB 2.6.12!
YaBB Forum Software © 2000-2026. All Rights Reserved.

Valid XHTML

Valid CSS

Powered by Perl

Source Forge

Page completed in 0.6822 seconds.