06-14-2008, 11:03 AM
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| The Mayor   | .45-70 While digging through my stuff, I found this article. It's a good read and quite eye-opening. Enjoy: .45-70 at Two Miles
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06-14-2008, 11:21 AM
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| Interesting, thanks for sharing that. |
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06-14-2008, 01:29 PM
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| I remember reading about a test like this but they fired several rounds and the bullets penetrated the wood at two miles range. sam. |
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06-14-2008, 04:10 PM
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| Really an amazing hit . . . . when you add it the quality of the metallurgy at the time, the inability to consistently machine one gun to the same specs as another, the quality control on black powder ratios, and the variaton in bullet weights. Note: I am not saying it was all horrific but I am saying what they had in 1880 fo rmass production does not compare to what we have today. Yes, they did a good job but the tolerances were not what we have today. It would be fascinating to see what the shooter could do today. |
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06-14-2008, 08:12 PM
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| Thank Bob I wonder what speed the bullet is traveling the last thousand feet?
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06-14-2008, 08:29 PM
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| Until very recently the Standard Deviation between shots was much lower with black powder than Smokeless. Some very incredible shots were made with some of those old BP guns. For years the US army disputed Billy Dixon's legendary shot at Adobe Walls. About 12 years ago at Aberdeen they duplicated the ability of the rifle to both shoot that far and to shoot that well. At Creedmoore long range competitions out to 1000 yards were the norm in the late 1800s.
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06-15-2008, 08:17 AM
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| Nice post Bob, thanks for the info.
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06-17-2008, 12:27 AM
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At 2300 yds it takes about 801 MOA of correction (depending on sight arrangement)or if you rather, that equates to 19467.89 in of drop with velocity at 375 fps at that range Mid-range trajectory at this range computes 653 ft. I'm not sure how they got to 3200 yds. Dave | |
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