Target Records...............
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200Apples
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Looks like some good shootin', there, sir!
I have on layaway a 3rd Gen Colt SAA 5-1/2" in .44 Special and my commitment to it's purchase has gone back and forth due to my uncertainty of how it might shoot... your target for your Colt gives me some hope. When was your .44 New Frontier manufactured?
I have on layaway a 3rd Gen Colt SAA 5-1/2" in .44 Special and my commitment to it's purchase has gone back and forth due to my uncertainty of how it might shoot... your target for your Colt gives me some hope. When was your .44 New Frontier manufactured?
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BobWright
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I know this sounds crazy, but I don't know when it was made. Never occurred to me to enquire. It is of the current production with the Eliason rear sight, if that tells you anything.
As to questioning the accuracy of these fine revolvers, no reason to doubt until you bust the caps.
Bob Wright
I do the same. I've got a stack of targets marked with the load, gun and distance recorded. All my shooting is done off hand unsupported so I don't bother marking that down. Once in a while (as in the target under the trigger guard of the FA97) I'll mark semi rapid fire , or rapid fire. If not noted it's slow fire.
GBExpat
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Excellent idea!
I do the same type of thing.
I mark them with the Chrony# which can be easily cross referenced with my caliber-specific Excel loads/targeting logs. After so marking them I digifoto them and save them as JPGs in the reloading directory on my NAS.
It is a bit more labor-intensive but it is oh so handy.
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BobWright
I have been doing the same thing for many years. Still think it's a great way to keep a record of that particular gun, load development, sighting on target, and of course, distance to target.
I have been doing the same thing for many years. Still think it's a great way to keep a record of that particular gun, load development, sighting on target, and of course, distance to target.
Panzerschwein
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Bob Wright you are a GOD among single action revolverman.
loose noose
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I just got rid of a bunch of targets that I had marked with load data, as my gun room was getting too cluttered, and mama was giving me he!!, however I've got so many handguns it is just about impossible to keep tract of all the different loads. I do keep tab on the more accurate loads and duplicate them in my hand loading manuals, when I've found an extremely accurate load.
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BobWright
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That is why I print the data on my targets in very large letters. I can photograph the target and keep it on a memory card or in a computor file.
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loose noose
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I thought of that Bob, but generally I reload for quite a few different calibers, so when I find a load a particular handgun or rifle likes, I'll mark it down in one of my reloading manuals along with all the particulars, in fact I've got reloading manuals that date back to the early 70's as well as one that goes back to the mid '60s with little notes in it. The 45TH Lyman Edition, and an old Speer manual, in a spiral note book style. I can see how it would be beneficial to photo the info and put in the computer though.
doctorjohn
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I keep load data and relevant targets in spiral notebooks. I cut the impact area out of the sheet and tape it in my notebook with appropriate data.
tipoc
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Here's another one. I was shooting some Ultramax commercial ammo. 10 yards, 15 rounds 5 of which were one handed duelist style. Colt New Frontier in 44 SPl. 5 1/2" barrel gun is from about 1980.
Handloading works best here. I keep pics as my log.
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