[messerist]

Thought maybe this would be a good idea for a thread. Relate your experiences at the range. Tell us about how you shot. What you shot. Post photos of you and your range. Your targets, hits and misses:what:(I never miss!). Bring up any problems you had with your BP gun and what solutions you can offer. You Guys are a fountain of knowledge and have helped me a lot with your advice.

[Sagetown]

Me; well I go out on the Range where the Deer and the Longhorns LAY.
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc281/Sagetown/OntheRange_1.jpg

I'm not a real good shot, but I have fun at it. All I shoot in BP is the 1860 Colts by Pietta. Love the Steel model. The Brass is pretty, but - - - -.
http://www.myhostedpics.com/images/FourBee/doubleyerfun1.jpg

Made some long tailed coyote targets for my new rifle, to check side to side drift. Didn't really need it after all. Set 'em up at 100 yd intervals out to 300 yds. I could hit the one here every time. I hit the others too. :D
http://www.myhostedpics.com/images/FourBee/yotetgts.jpg

[Sagetown]

Seriously; I like GOEX black powder the best of all I've tried, (SWISS) (KIX) (GOEX EXPRESS). And for the subs. I like APP, but I hear that the GOEX substitute, (can't remember the name off-hand), is made by American Pioneer Powder.

[Ratdog68]

http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Yearlings/yearlings06262007.sized.jpg

(another bull, that is) and this younger one says to me... 'Dog, let's run on down there and have us one of them heffers... I says to him, let's mosey on down and have 'em all. :neener:

[Sagetown]

Now Ratdog68; that ole boy in post#2 is a tale of history. His parents came directly from the Longhorn Preserve in Oklahoma where the last cattle drive ended many years ago. If you've ever seen one of those large round bales of hay, this guy is so big his horns can stick out around the end of it.

[Ratdog68]

no disrespect intended to your post. The request for range tales just sparked a notion in me to have a little fun with the topic.

Yup... been around those big ol' bales a couple of times. I'm sure that ol' boy'd shove that bale around a good amount if he was of the mind to do so. :evil:

[messerist]

No apology needed. Loved the pic of the beastie. My uncle had longhorns, brought back some nice memories.:D

[Hungry Seagull]

And two miles distant is a fence. How much endurance does one have to make it one should longhorn get territorial over those hay bales.

Nice imagery.

[Sagetown]

Posted by Hungry Seagull _ should longhorn get territorial over those hay bales.

For now I have his bluff, but he's going on 18 yrs and he's a little cantankerous. He gives a mean look and shakes that head at ya like he's fixen to take you out, but if I stand my ground he'll eventually back off. I've seen him take his horn a flip a calf 10 feet in the air.

[DuncanSA]

I was one of the 2 Range Officers running the pistol and minor rifle range at our club recently.

We had a visitor who very competently fired assorted pistols but then had a problem. He was shooting a pump-action .22 with a scope and was scattering all over a 25 yard target. Much adjustment of the scope, both vertically and horizontally, produced no improvement.

My collegue then spotted the problem - our visitor had mounted his scope THE WRONG WAY ROUND! I forward this not to mock anyone - who among us has never made a mistake?

It simply shows that one can have a quiet smile on the range.

[messerist]

Went shooting today. Lovely weather for this time of year, 50 above!!! and mud below, but when we get weather turning like today the mud is inconsequential. My brother and I made it a blackpowder only day in honor of our other brother who is, as I type, winging his way to Iraq. The firearms we shot were our revolvers and a couple of flinters. We sure had a blast(pardon the pun), especially when our smoke would obscure the rest of the firing line. Not that we were being rude or anything it was just the position we ended up with was upwind from everyone else.:neener: Of course two Walkers going off simultaneously will create alot of smoke. There were only three other shooters with us today and soon they were all gathered around watching the pyrotechniques. I think one will go home, sell his inline and buy a flinter after shooting mine. The Walkers were a big hit especially when they saw just how accurate they could be but the highlight of the day was when the young son of a shooter firing his 1911 remarked that "those guys' guns are cool, they don't got to pick up muddy brass for their dad.":D

[mykeal]

"those guys' guns are cool, they don't got to pick up muddy brass for their dad."
Now THAT'S funny!