A bit more of 200 meters for the battle map... well i though was more
I was used to shoot muzzleloaders with some regularity,
had a Tabatiere .69, and some friends from the club
had some towers 1768 in cal 69, BBs, a BB India musket, b.s roberts cal. 58,
several revolvers, a SS pistol or two, and so on.
Many a time fired winchesters 1892 in 44-40, the most common around, factory and hand loaded ammo.
Never a henry or any of those rimfire from that period, but a Rem rolling block
in 43 Spanish (black powder), similar to a , say, 44-60 from that era, and of course 45-70s.
I was wondering about a cartridge of such performances, as of .56 spencer,
could do at long ranges. Some guys were working on handloads for the centerfire,
and got something (if i remember) around 1300-1400 fps for the modern Rapine 350gr bullet.
Thats pretty impressive. And got some nice grouping @ 100 and 150 m.
Still, again, i never managed to fired those, so i cant quite tell my own experience.
I saw those tiny tiny human figures...
btw, i stumbled upon an old debate over a 1500-yard shot with a sharps and so.
and the “Why don’t you take a crack at them with your ‘Big-Fifty’, Billy?”
on billy dixon shot which from a sharps 50-90 2 1/2" dropped a mounted native chief,
at 1538 yards, finishing the 2nd battle of adobe walls.
o man, i always talk too much