Question for FA Shooters

[Jay HHI6818]

What the farthest distance you have shot your Freedon Arms revolver?

What kind of groups did you get?

[Graybeard]

Shot the FA83 in .454 Casull out to 400 yards but not for groups. Was shooting at a gong about the size of a ground hog roughly. Didn't hit it every time by any means but enough to know it would if I held right. Since I was holding the bottom the scope image at the top of the plate to hit it the hold wasn't as consistent as it would have been if I could have seen both target and cross hairs better.  :eek:

GB

[TScottO]

Hello Jay,

I’ve only been shooting the 475 for a short while and haven’t put time in with a scope and a steady bench to see what it will really do. So everything I have done is with open sights and mostly offhanded shooting.

At the range where I shoot there is a 250 yard gong, about 12-14 inches in diameter, standing freehanded I’ve put as many as 3 out of 5 shots on the gong but usually I only hit it once or twice out of 5.

Shooting 100 yards open sights I average 5 inch groups shooting off a rolled up towel to support my wrist and a rear sand bag support for a rifle to support the frame. This is awful unsteady. I feel my gun with a scope, a solid comfortable rest in the hands of a better shooter 2 inch groups wouldn’t surprise me. The factory target that was shipped with this gun shows 4 shots at 25 yards is only a bullet and a half diameter wide with the 5th shot making it 2 full diameters wide. The factory is shooting 400gr XTP Hornady ammo @,I think, ~1250-1300fps. My 454 factory target is a 5 shot group that is 1.5 bullet diameters wide. Both of these guns have 6 inch barrels.

FA guns really do shoot.

Have a good one,
Scott

[Jay HHI6818]

I shot my highest silhouette revoler score of 36 & 6 yesterday. Missed two &%$#^ chickens and two rams. What really surprised me was the hitting 6 of the 10 shoot off targets. The range uses big bore chickens @ 200 M. and with open sights they look like a pin head. I shoot the Sierra 250 gr. silhouette bullet @ a little over 1400 FPS out of the 10 inch barrel.

[DelGue]

The guns will out preform anything that Delgue try's to attempt.  My eyes are getting to old to go out much beyond 50-100 yards.

At twenty five, I can get one ragged hole from a sand bag rest, with my 83 and 97.

DelGue.

[tecrsq]

50 yards so far

But next time to the range I will be hopefully be punching paper and steel at 100 yards.

[oso45-70]

tecrsq,

First let me welcome you to GBO and say you made a good choice with the purchase of a FA revolver. The only limit you will find is within your self. You need to let your dog in , he is about to wag his tail off. Have a good day...........Joe...............

[cbrick]

200 meters is the furthest. Have fired numerous cast bullet 40x40 and a 60x60 cast bullet State Revolver Championship in silhouette.

Recent load testing with a Burris 3x12 it shot 3 consecutive 5 shot 2 inch 150 meter groups (benched) (cast bullet).

Before I bought it the wife said if I buy one more gun she was leaving. I kinda miss her but there is a definate love affair with my shiny shooter and she never nags and doesn't mind if I let someone else fondle her.

[Dusty Miller]

GEEZE!  I wish I could get a commitment like that from MY wife!! :grin:

[cbrick]

No no no . . . . Not the wife, she's gone. The love afair is with the shiny shooter. The shiny shooter never ever nags, doesn't complain when I put her away, doesn't ask if her grips make her look fat, doesn't complain when I play with other guns.

Yes, my FA's name is shiny shooter !!

[oso45-70]

cbrick,

My wife told me if i didn't stop buying guns she would leave me too,( Ya know ) I almost miss her but not much.......Joe........