Jerry M
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For $300 that would definitely, absolutely, without question be a project gun for me. It'd be sent off to become a minimum spec .45Colt, or something.
$300 plus a new barrel, cylinder, and fitting. Sounds experience.
For $300 that would definitely, absolutely, without question be a project gun for me. It'd be sent off to become a minimum spec .45Colt, or something.
$300 for a large frame Old Model is cheap. Linebore rechamber the cylinder to minimum spec .45Colt with proper throats and a new barrel. Good, cheap custom for less than the cost of a nice OM .45.$300 plus a new barrel, cylinder, and fitting. Sounds experience.
@dredd You bought someone else's madness- and that's kinda cool. Gonna leave it as is?
I doubt it. With an aftermarket barrel, let alone a scope, that revolver would be against the rules for use in any sanctioned IHMSA silhouette match in the "Production Revolver" class, and there's a heck of a lot better handguns for use in the IHMSA "Unlimited" class. Besides, the "steel rams" are at 200 meters - not 100 yards.My guess would be your gun was purpose built to knock over steel rams at 100 yards.
Yes.
The current plan is to run it as is.
I have a few different mfr's ammo and hand loads to try out.
If turns out to be a shooter, I'll have to leave it alone.
That being said.... I have a serious question.
What kind of consistent grouping would a person consider necessary to put a gun like this in the field.
Say.... 100/yrds or less. The preferred target would be pigs.
I have not ever played with a scoped revolver / pistol.
I also am not a pistol hunter by habit.
I have taken a couple of pigs with a 10MM, but that was flushing them out of close cover while heading to a stand.
I was not sitting and waiting for them.
Edit: I guess I need to provide an example.
Is 3MOA or better a reasonable expectation if all of the planets line up.
I expect better out of a rifle, but this is a new platform for me.
I'm open to any advise.
Thanks.
It's the birthplace of H110. Powders are chosen for pressure range and capacity, not barrel length.There's a reason the former owner put a longer barrel on it. 30 Carbine ammo is loaded for optimum performance from an 18 inch carbine barrel. When fired from a pistol barrel less than half that length, there is an enormous flash and the sound is unbelievable. I first heard (and saw) one fired at the range. It was all the way at the other end of the table, but the flash was dazzling and the sound made me jump. It was a "Holy #$%#, what was that?!" kind of thing, even though I was 25 feet away wearing plugs and muffs. Putting a 12" barrel on it was a good idea.
3 MOA or less.What kind of consistent grouping would a person consider necessary to put a gun like this in the field.
Say.... 100/yrds or less. The preferred target would be pigs.
Two totally different purposes.It was designed as a tool of war afterall...
Not really. A 200 pound thin skinned animal is a 200 pound thin skinned animal, whether it walks on 2 or 4 legs.Two totally different purposes.
…30 carbine is fine for anything thin skinned up to about 200 lbs. It was designed as a tool of war afterall...
…Two totally different purposes...
…Not really. A 200 pound thin skinned animal is a 200 pound thin skinned animal, whether it walks on 2 or 4 legs...
Sizes of the intended target has nothing to do with it.Not really. A 200 pound thin skinned animal is a 200 pound thin skinned animal, whether it walks on 2 or 4 legs.
Its not like i said 30 carbine is a 400 yard deer slaying machine...
Point accepted.Sizes of the intended target has nothing to do with it.
Strawhat nailed it. When hunting, you want your quarry dead as quickly as possible and with smallbores, you're hunting with expanding bullets.
Weapons of war, especially those carried by artillery and support personnel, which the carbine was intended, have a completely different mission. The goal is to take the enemy out of the fight and a wounded soldier is actually preferable to a dead one. Completely different set of circumstances. Also note that the main battle rifle was not a .30 carbine.