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Post by 2 Dogs on Jul 16, 2016 11:43:37 GMT -5
Here's a picture of my 45. My poor phone can't take a clear picture to save it's life. Could be the operator... This 45 is a Great shooter! Puts bullets where you ask it to. I'll almost be sad when I have to send it off to be bored out! If it's a good shooter, consider keeping it and look for a donor instead.
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Post by bradshaw on Aug 13, 2016 8:36:04 GMT -5
I shot black powder cartridge rifle silhouette for about fifteen years (until I lost the vision in my right eye). They had side matches for black powder revolvers (fixed sights, single action, and black powder or substitute). The pistol matches ranged from silhouettes to score matches. I really got into those after I bought the Ruger Bisley Vaquero pictured, here. Using the home cast Lyman 452664 bullet ahead of a case full of black, the .45 Colt is a serious load. Alloy is important, bullet size critical as is a good black powder lubricant. Accuracy runs about 2" at 25 yards and about half that with smokeless. I won a number of matches with this revolver but my best day was at Friendship, IN (home of the National Muzzle Loading Matches) when I won seven of eight score matches (my lone defeat was at fifty yards where I only managed a 92x100 to place second). Naturally, I have "feelings" for this fine piece. It is the only fixed sighted revolver I've shot that shoots to the sights at 25 yards with a full load: FWIW Dale53 Dale.... beautiful revolver, made better by putting it into action. The spiritual aspect comes with use. Has your Bisley Vaquero been refinished since you campaigned it? The dramatic case color seems at variance with the banal palette of the faux case colors of the factory chemical process, which produces no surface hardening at all. Also, would you please describe the grip scales and the bullet you used in black powder competition? Obviously, yours is a fine example, accurate and shooting to Point of Aim. David Bradshaw
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