cmillard
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Post by cmillard on Jan 27, 2017 13:48:29 GMT -5
Got ya. That's a nice pic
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Post by rjm52 on Jan 31, 2017 7:44:46 GMT -5
Standing DA at 50 yards...the one shot that missed the plate was less than an inch out...so about a 7" group... Getting harder and harder to do with the eyes however... Bob DA? Holy smokes, cock the hammer and you'll have a one hole group! Nice shootin. ...negative... I can shoot much better groups standing DA than SA... My shots break with much less anticipation than when I shoot SA... Bob
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Snyd
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Post by Snyd on Jan 31, 2017 11:42:38 GMT -5
DA? Holy smokes, cock the hammer and you'll have a one hole group! Nice shootin. ...negative... I can shoot much better groups standing DA than SA... My shots break with much less anticipation than when I shoot SA... Bob Interesting. I've never thought of it that way. Have you worked on the action/timing to where the hammer falls without feeling lockup? I'm having a hard time describing it. You probably know what I mean. With the Redhawk in DA you can "stage" the trigger at bolt lockup. With some smoothing the hammer will fall without feeling it. Either way, nice shooting an it inspires me to work towards that with my own RH.
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Post by Alaskan454 on Jan 31, 2017 13:00:46 GMT -5
For me it depends on the gun and how familiar I am with each mode of fire. I can shoot my Redhawk better in DA mode, but the Super Redhawk I tend to have better groups in SA. Glad I'm not the only one!
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Post by rjm52 on Jan 31, 2017 20:44:32 GMT -5
No, box stock action...just got lucky with that one. The 2.5" one I have breaks later and as a result pinches the meat of the pad between the trigger and triggerguard...
I teach DA shooting during NRA Basic Pistol courses. Have had 18/20 students in some classes shoot better DA than SA once taught the proper technique.
If you master DA shooting with a revolver it transitions right over to shooting DAO, DA and SafeAction semis....
Bob
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Post by Alaskan454 on Feb 1, 2017 11:00:49 GMT -5
I'm very excited today. I will be trying this out with two different guns and hope to make it as close to 50 yards as possible with each.
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Post by Alaskan454 on Feb 2, 2017 8:55:36 GMT -5
I didn't get enough sunlight to try both guns yesterday and only managed to shoot clean out to 40 yards with the 929. Best I could muster at 50 yds was 5 out of 8 on the auto popper. It's a bit harder to see white steel when the sun is setting so I might try painting it blue or red next time for a bit more contrast with the gravel. Either way here's the target I intend to use and one of my 5/8 attempts before adjusting the rear sight. It looks like I'm pulling shots to the right when I miss the steel, with a bit more practice I can probably go 5/5 at 50 yards with this gun.
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Post by webber on Feb 2, 2017 11:10:42 GMT -5
Put up a piece of paper with a Bullseye and see what you can do for a cylinder full. That would be interesting.
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Post by Alaskan454 on Feb 2, 2017 11:15:53 GMT -5
When I dialed in the rear sight I could keep 8 shots in the 4" ring of a D-1 at 30 yards, didn't think to try it at 50 yards at the time. I will probably do that next trip to see where my shots are going before using the steel.
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Post by ProGun on Feb 2, 2017 18:21:13 GMT -5
Webber- you're missing the point. Please stop instigating. Hitting a 6" piece of steel off hand- requires ACCURACY. Might not be the most precise, but this type of shooting translates more to taking game afield than shooting simply for for precision.
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Post by webber on Feb 2, 2017 18:28:33 GMT -5
What am I missing. If One can't shoot a decent group on a piece of paper how can you shoot a decent group in the field? I am not instigating anything. If one can't shoot a group how are you going to sight in? Just Guess where the shot need to go? Explain the mechanics of this exercise so I will understand. Oh yes, shooting a good group doesn't require accuracy? What does it require?
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Post by bigbrowndog on Feb 2, 2017 20:55:00 GMT -5
Rarely do you get to shoot a group on an animal. At the most I would say 3 shots on the same animal, so being able to fire 3 accurately could easily translate to killing game in the field. A cylinder full at the same animal at the same distance would be highly unusual. As to preparing for a hunt, I will shoot one round on a target at 50, 75, and 100 all three shots on the same target just different distances with the goal being all shots landing where they need to for a incapacitating hit. So I guess you could call it a "group". The challenge is whatever the originator wants it to be, and the fact that folks are pushing themselves to attempt it or excel at it should be seen as a good thing.
Trapr
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Post by Alaskan454 on Feb 2, 2017 21:55:31 GMT -5
I didn't see the comment as instigating, more like troubleshooting to see where my missed shots were going.
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Post by bulasteve on Feb 6, 2017 9:12:40 GMT -5
I pulled out the BSBH 480 yesterday and headed for the backyard range. I've yet to get the bore polished out and there is definitely thread choking. We had a break in the weather, mid-30's partly sunny and standing in 6-8" of starting to melt snow. I tried two different loads. Max TB under a Missourri 340gr PC bullet and a Penn TH 335gr seated deep on 8grs of Unique. My backyard is a series of benches dropping down to the River and have to use it diagonally to get distance, so yds are roughly guestimated. I found yesterday that 35 yds was my limit with that gun. The gun easily capable of more. Years back with my well broken in and tuned 44mag SBH would have figured to stay at 6" to 70 yds or so. Here, now, I'm the limiting factor. Do think I can get 6" grouping out to 50 yds,yet. Will try another day. I like this challenge, can't pack a bench around ya know. Reality.
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Post by contender on Feb 21, 2017 12:08:12 GMT -5
Well,,,, I hadn't had time & all to play here a bit until this weekend. Sunday,, I went to play with my FA in 454,,, with some 45 Colt loads,,, and found the Burris FastFire II would not work. New battery,,, nada. Second new battery,,, nada. So,, off it came & a new UltraDot LT was added. So,, off to the range for zeroing it. I got it close & quit,,, as I was getting tired & the sun was setting. But here it is,, 50 yds, from a rest,,, (yes,, I know most are standing here,,, but this is just the beginnings,) my FA 83 in 454 shooting some 45 Colt. A Miha slug,,, PCed & sitting on 10.2 grns Unique. Lit off by Win WLP. Yes,,, those are 1" pasters,,, for a 2" square. And yes,,, there are other pasters over other holes I shot before I got this final group. I'm going to try & go back out & fine tune it a bit,,, off hand & out to 100 yds eventually.
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