29 for 30

[sixshot]

Yesterday was HOT but I wanted to do some more shooting at 65 yds so I set up my 8X8 steel swinger target made by Bill Fowler (Excellent) and got in my normal sitting position with my knees drawn up, Elmer Keith style, put my piece of leather between my knees so I didn't get an owee & laid out my OM 41, 44 & 45. The 41 & 45's are both shorty's but shoot just fine with powder coated cast slugs in the 1000-1100 fps range that I normally shoot. The 6 1/2" 44 flat top runs a bit faster & lays 5 of Elmer's finest in a palm sized group if I do my part.
Shooting from this position you give up a bit of the best possible accuracy the guns are capable of but you get a more realistic idea of your own ability in the field so this is how I always practice. I ran 10 rounds through each gun before the sun had me beat down, I was painting the steel after every 5 shots & felt like a french fry after the 30 shots. I had to use the black side today, the white was totally blurred out because of the bright sun & the background.
I missed with my very first shot, it went high, the next 29 shots rang steel, the guns are ready I just need to keep shooting & working my way out to 150 yds along the way, that 8X8 piece of steel looks like a poker chip at distance!
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Dick

[Bazoo]

Nice shooting. I can hold on my 6" at 50 yards. I've done some past that but not in a while.

[RJM52]

Great shooting Dick....

[rintinglen]

I feel your pain. Last weekend it was 102 where I like to shoot. But the heat didn't seem to affect your shooting much. That is good shooting.

[GLynn41]

nice shootin Tex… what load are you using the .41?

[sixshot]

Glenn, you can call me Tex, I take that as a compliment since our first 2 kids were born there. My load in the OM 41 shorty is 8 grs of Unique, I tend to baby it a little bit but that load is over 1000 fps in my gun & has accounted for maybe 10-12 deer over the years. In my bisley 41's I run 17 grs of 2400 & it's taken many deer & a couple of elk using the Keith 230 gr bullet. I wish I had 2dogs sights on the 44 & the 45 but I just can't let myself do it.

Dick