.50/90s aren't accurate......

[RMulhern]

is the common theory amongst a lot of BPCR shooters....but recent testing using a 710 gr. elliptical bullet gave this result for 10 shots from 1000 yards off the sticks!

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b67/Sharps110/BPCR%20SHOOTING%20RELOADING/th_68999d9b.jpg (http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b67/Sharps110/BPCR%20SHOOTING%20RELOADING/?action=view&current=68999d9b.jpg)

The inner plate is 20" diameter so that will give you some idea of the vertical dispersion of this bullet.

This was fired shooting a C. Sharps '74 Sharps using a Hoke rear tang and a Distant Thunder aperture front sight.

:castmine::drinks:[smilie=1:

[Don McDowell]

NIce shootin Rick:drinks:

[BPCR Bill]

Nice shootin' indeed. Paper patch or grease groove? Weight of rifle?? Just gotta know!

Bill

[kodiak1]

860 GRN Paper aPatch is the biggest mould I have but haven't really loaded any of them yet.
That is some fine shootin.
Ken

[405]

Very impressive, fine shooting! :roll::roll::roll:

[RMulhern]

Nice shootin' indeed. Paper patch or grease groove? Weight of rifle?? Just gotta know!

Bill

Bill

Here it is...compared to a .45 Money bullet and a .308 155 Palma bullet:

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b67/Sharps110/BPCR%20SHOOTING%20RELOADING/th_e76ca99b.jpg (http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b67/Sharps110/BPCR%20SHOOTING%20RELOADING/?action=view&current=e76ca99b.jpg)

Rifle has 32" barrel and weighs in at 14# 15 oz.

:drinks:[smilie=1:

[RMulhern]

NIce shootin Rick:drinks:

Don

I have two scopes and my grandson was watching me shoot this and as we both watched these big ole slugs slam into the plate.....I wouldn't have traded the grin on his 'kisser' for anything else!! He's 10 going on 11 and I think maybe I can entice him into the game of BPCR!!:drinks::):castmine:

[RMulhern]

Don't think I've posted this on this forum so here's a photo of my range. I have a pretty nice place to shoot which is only about 500 yards north of my homesite. Took this last Fall just before corn harvest. This taken from the 1000 yd line.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b67/Sharps110/RicksRangefrom1000yd.jpg

[Don McDowell]

Don

I have two scopes and my grandson was watching me shoot this and as we both watched these big ole slugs slam into the plate.....I wouldn't have traded the grin on his 'kisser' for anything else!! He's 10 going on 11 and I think maybe I can entice him into the game of BPCR!!:drinks::):castmine:

Aw jeez Rick you're gonna corrupt that kid but good, first you got him shootin poor defenseless deer, now you got him breathin burnt black powder.:brokenima

Might not be a good idea to get him started , I mean you'ld probably have to buy another rifle[smilie=1:

[RMulhern]

Don't think there will be a 'shortage' of rifles!![smilie=1::drinks:

Spoiled rotten he is; likes 'fried backstrap' almost as well as his granddad!!:mrgreen::castmine:

He has 'casting lessons' on the horizon!!:-D[smilie=1:

[cajun shooter]

My hat is off to you sir; not for the shooting which is great but for having that grand son by your side. You are one lucky man. Took my two grand sons fishing in the Gulf and after 2 hours of catching fish they announced they were BORED. I could not believe it. Never knew what that word was when I was growing up. They wanted to watch TV and play video games. I told them that we had three things to pick from, FISH, EAT or SLeep and that was the entire selection. Just don't understand!

[RMulhern]

My hat is off to you sir; not for the shooting which is great but for having that grand son by your side. You are one lucky man. Took my two grand sons fishing in the Gulf and after 2 hours of catching fish they announced they were BORED. I could not believe it. Never knew what that word was when I was growing up. They wanted to watch TV and play video games. I told them that we had three things to pick from, FISH, EAT or SLeep and that was the entire selection. Just don't understand!

cajun shooter

Let me 'splain' it to ya! WE'RE DINOSAURS....the LAST OF A DYING BREED....just like the ole boys that rode the High Plains of Texas killing buffalo!! I feel so far displaced from so-called 'modern society' and thinking....hellsfire...I may as well be on the backside of Mars!!:???::(:twisted: