What did you SHOOT today?

[whitworth]

Went shooting with Rob Rowen again this afternoon. Took my Huntington-built .500 JRH Bisley out today. Had two boxes of Buffalo Bore's new 440 grain WFN load (claimed 1,325 fps -- and feels every bit that). Painted the ramp of the front sight white this morning, in hopes that I will actually be able to see it this time around, and it worked well. Sighted in at 20 yards with first cylinder. Second cylinder, I put the first two shots right on top of each other. I was surprised and pleased.



I finished the cylinder with this group.





Then moved out to 25 yards:

[BigBore44]

Nice shootin, Whit...
Did you use any particular/spl paint or anything on that F-sight?

Thnx
BB44

[whitworth]

Sept 7, 2016 15:01:27 GMT -5 BigBore44 said:

Nice shootin, Whit...
Did you use any particular/spl paint or anything on that F-sight?

Thnx
BB44

I just used a Pentel whit paint marker. Works like a charm!

[zeus]

How do you keep the muzzle blast from tearing the paper at that distance??

[whitworth]

These rounds are loaded with pixie dust.😀😀

[lscg]

great shooting Max!

my SBH had the front sight painted orange and at first I didn't like it but after shooting it I can say it really helps when aiming at dark targets or in lower light conditions. I need to do the same to my flat top 44spl.

[whitworth]

Thanks!

I put a scope (Bushnell 2x6) on Lucy today for editorial purposes, and took her down to the range for some dialing in. I had a mixed bag of results, but think it's all me as I don't particularly get along with scopes on handguns. That said, I shot this five-shot group at 25 yards with Federal 250 grain XPB loads.





Moved out to 50 yards with the Federal 300 grain Swift A-frame loads and shot this five-shot group.

[frankenfab]

Sept 7, 2016 20:21:37 GMT -5 zeus said:

How do you keep the muzzle blast from tearing the paper at that distance??

Yeah, that looks like at lot less than "20 yards" to me!

[BigBore44]

Max
It looks like Lucy & you were getting along just fine dancin today
I wouldnt kick her outta bed after that. Looks like you got some good pokin in with her... lol
She done good!

BB44

[seancass]

yup, Max's 25 yard groups match pretty well with my 0.2 yard groups!

Upon further review, Max's 50 yard groups match pretty well with my 7 yard groups, so I think i'm doing just fine!

[whitworth]

Back to the range this morning for some more practice. Broke out Lucy and her new scope and was able to shoot this five-shot 50 yard group off the bench.





Next it was my Huntington .45 Colt Bisley with Grizzly 335 grain +P loads and shot this group at 25 yards off the bench:



Shot these two groups at 25 yards with Garrett 365 grain +P loads. The bottom one first and then I made a slight elevation adjustment and shot the top group.



Lastly, I shot this group off of my shooting sticks with Garrett's 365 grain load.

[paulg]

Mighty fine Whit, mighty fine!

[Markbo]

I made it to the range today. No pics but I shot my Ruger 1911 9mm lightweight commander. Fewer hiccups (failure to go into battery). Getting more broke in.

Now I just have to figure out if the shooting low and left is actually the sights or me. Doesnt happen with a 2nd 1911 in .45... but could I be jerking the trigger? Could I not be aligning the sigbts correctly? Its possible I suppose.

I have to make one more trip and pay r e a l l y close attention and see whats what.

[sixshot]

Started out on a grouse safari this afternoon but the chickens didn't want to cooperate. Tried talking to a sheep herder from Peru but my Spanish & his English was enough to make the dogs crawl under his sheep wagon, should have taken a photo. Anyway, made a 6-7 mile circle through the high mountains but couldn't find any live targets to unleash my favored 32 maggie on so I just did some plinking along the way at informal targets.
I always try to take some photo's every trip in the mountains, all you take home are the memories. I was alone on this hunt so I was taking my time & using up some ammo that had been bouncing around in my 4 wheeler box for a while & also studying tracks in the dry, dusty trail I was riding on. Mostly moose & coyotes but a few deer as well.
In this photo I'm somewhere above 7,000 ft. elevation & you can see my much photo'ed 32 maggie that goes everywhere I go, as does my walking stick. In the background is one of our favorite canyons for some nice muley bucks, its actually better for a rifleman than a sixgun because the shots can be looooong!


Three of my grandson's were bowhunting 2-3 miles north of me, they didn't know I was grouse hunting & it would have been easy to sneak into their camp after dark & spook them a bit but with all the bear activity we've had in the last 2 weeks I figured it was best to leave them alone. One of my all time favorite things to photograph in the outdoors is old tree stumps, when the light is just right they can almost look like they are on fire. It was a little late in the day on this one but you can still see the dark orange, burnt color. I have lots & lots of photo's of these going back many, many years. Again, my lovely little 32 maggie.


I did shoot a few holes in it just for fun.

Dick

[AxeHandle]

Spent a good 30 hours on the range this week. While I didn't fire one single round, outside of shooting customer guns, I spent every lull on the range dry firing. After a few 100 dry fire shots it Becomes painfully obvious why I'm not shooting well. Most times when the hammer falls the dot moves the width of the 10 ring. That is cool enough if the dot is on one side or the other and moving toward the center. Sometimes that is the case sometimes it is not. Good thing I am retired and have nothing to do but work on my trigger control...