The .45 Long Colt at 200 yards.

I can't believe all you guys discussing the merits of a 45 colt rifle for sheep hunting. If you flipped the question around, I would put the 45 Colt in the running for the poorest calibre for sheep hunting.
Even a 30-30 would be far superior to the 45, and I have never heard of too many sheep hunters using a 30-30. The winds that commonly blow around the sheep hills could blow that 45 slug into the next mountain!
Oh well, it's a different thread, anyway, and much better than one more bear defence variety.
 
Gatehouse said:
XS Ghost Ring sights. When I get around to it I will shoot at some paper at various distances and find out proper holds for various distances.

Once that is done and if I sat down and used some shooting sticks I would have a bit more success maybe....:p
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That's what I figured....Pretty optimistic target for big fat sights designed for close quarters stuff.

If you want to fry your buddies brains install a tang sight and zero it at some ridiculous range. When opportunity knocks casually flip up the tang and pop the gong a few times...The bubbas will think you've gone all Quigley on them! :D

Worked for me! :p
 
pharaoh2 said:
Could it be the ultimate 50 YARD sheep and antelope rifle??? :cool:

I recall from various discussions from not long ago and others from awhile back on loading the LC close to .45-70 performance levels. Camp Cook I believe was one who spoke of it and a few others. Has anybody tried the cartridge in a carbine out to 150-200 yards on game? I'm curious what powders, bullets etc were used and how the cartridge performed.
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There. Fixed it for you.;):D
 
pharaoh2 said:
What about the .44-40? :confused:


I was reluctant to mention this before, but Jack O'Connor was writing in Outdoor Life about how vital a good binocular was in sheep hunting. He made the statement that he would rather hunt sheep with an iron sighted 44-40 and a fine binocular, than he would with a scope sighted 270 and no binocular!
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X-fan said:
That's what I figured....Pretty optimistic target for big fat sights designed for close quarters stuff.

If you want to fry your buddies brains install a tang sight and zero it at some ridiculous range. When opportunity knocks casually flip up the tang and pop the gong a few times...The bubbas will think you've gone all Quigley on them! :D

Worked for me! :p
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I usually shoot alone at the range, nobody to impress!:p


280Ackley doens't post much anymore, but I recall he and his buddy went on a goat hunt and his buddy took a .45 Colt rifle. Killed the goat with one shot at about 200 yards, IIRC.
 
Just for a matter of record and the occassional metal gong shoot, I myself found that on my 44 Magnum Winchester Trapper, the factory iron sight, max's out at approximately 200 yards. (using 240 grain JSP factory ammunition)
Certainly not precise, but enough to make noise on a 10 inch x 10 inch plate.
 
that's completely dependant on your ELEVATOR- i can stick a differnt profile elevator in there and get another 50-100 yards- i have the same gun
 
The late Elmer Keith used to put on some pretty impressive demos of long range handgunning with a variety of ctgs, incl the .45 Colt. I recall reading one article titled "Elmer's Little Mortar" or something along those lines. I'm presently re-reading Keith's autobiography. It is a good read, but a bit self-aggrandizing as are most autobios. He was quite a character and always quick to threaten to pull his irons on somebody that offended him(at least in his stories). It would have been good to read some third party accounts of these confrontations.
 
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