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Offline Blammer

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Your comfortable shooing distance
« on: February 16, 2007, 08:36:17 AM »
Given a BP with BP, of course.

What distance do you feel comfortable shooting at a deer?

50 yds? 75, 100, 150, 200?

What is YOUR comfort zone?
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Re: Your comfortable shooing distance
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2007, 09:06:16 AM »
I have killed deer out to 125.....Most of my shots come from 25-75 yards....Shooting a .54 flinter and prb over 80grs FF...
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Re: Your comfortable shooing distance
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2007, 11:50:18 AM »
Over the years I have taken 3 whitetails at over 100 yards, but most are inside of 50 yards, and I am using round balls in a .50 cal. I do not like shooting 100 yards but with a good rest and a calm day it can be done.
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Re: Your comfortable shooing distance
« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2007, 01:12:05 PM »
Several years ago I was obligated to take a shot at 220 yards. The Mule Deer had been wounded in the right rear leg and the hunter could not get his gun to work in heavy rain. I had no choice but to put the animal down.

My .54 flinter (PRB) entered on a quartering shot, severed the spine and the critter dropped. The ball had penetrated about 16-18 inches of bone and tissue and was found under the far side skin.

I am not a hunter, just a target shooter. Would I take the shot again? NO........

As a non-hunter I was surprised that the PRB penetrated as well as it did.

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Re: Your comfortable shooing distance
« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2007, 02:18:05 PM »
I have not taken an animal yet with my GPR .54 but I feel comfortable shooting out to 100yrds off hand and 125yrds with a rest or shooting sticks. I do shoot out to 400yrds  with it just having fun and I can't deleave how accurate a PB is, but have to elevate the barrel pretty good.
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Re: Your comfortable shooing distance
« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2007, 07:02:14 PM »
Quote from: Blammer on February 16, 2007, 08:36:17 AM
Given a BP with BP, of course.

What distance do you feel comfortable shooting at a deer?

50 yds? 75, 100, 150, 200?

What is YOUR comfort zone?

150 yards with my inline and up to 85 yards off hand with my flintlock.
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Re: Your comfortable shooing distance
« Reply #6 on: February 18, 2007, 05:00:25 AM »
Bout 75 to 80yds is a long shot for me..even with a good rest, I just can't see the front sight that good anymore.
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Re: Your comfortable shooing distance
« Reply #7 on: February 18, 2007, 05:02:44 AM »
I shoot .50 and .54 patched round balls and very carefully work up loads for best accuracy and zero dead center at 100 yards. I would not knowingly take a shot past 100 yards.  I believe my rifles and loads are good for 125 yards but I'd not chance a shot if I really believed it to be 125. By sticking to the 100 yard limit I have that extra 25 yards as a margin of error in range estimation.
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Re: Your comfortable shooing distance
« Reply #8 on: February 19, 2007, 06:47:40 PM »
With .490 round balls 100 yards, with 245 grain Black Belts 125. I've used that last load only because the bear and Russian boar seasons are between our early and late deer seasons. I really can't see well enough to determine legality at 150 with the naked eye.  :-\
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Re: Your comfortable shooing distance
« Reply #9 on: February 20, 2007, 11:39:22 AM »
100yds with simple open sights, sidelock, and conicals; 125yds with peep sights on a similar gun; 300 yds with scope and sabots.

I've never hunted with a RB not because there is anything wrong with them but because they have not shot well in the twist I own.  I would shoot them to 100 yds just like a conical; I only trust open sights to around 100 yds and that's about where I'd trust the RB to as well.
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Re: Your comfortable shooing distance
« Reply #10 on: February 20, 2007, 04:16:35 PM »
The patched round ball has a bad rep. because most people don't understand that advertisin' is propaganda, and second only to statistics in the lies column.  ;D
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Re: Your comfortable shooing distance
« Reply #11 on: February 24, 2007, 05:16:23 PM »
Open sights -- 75 yards is about my max with my eyesight lately.

Put a 2-7 or 3-9 scope on it, then I'm good to 150 easy. I don't practice shooting much past that point.
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