40/65 shiloh sharps
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The 40/65 as we know it today is primarily a sillywet cal. as the various black powder .45 and .50 cals. are more effective on big game. The 40/65 will do a good job however with the right bullets, a 400gr. big flat point we are playing with, will be tried in a friends 40/90 shiloh when it arrives, if the bullet is cast soft, it would be great for deer. Orig. 40/65 loads used a 260gr. bullet and BP, todays 40/65s have diff. dimensions and faster twists to accomodate the 400+ grain bullets.
Shiloh had some in stock so I ordered one. hehe I ordered the equpment and 400 grain bullets from Buggalo arms
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The same reason it is popular with the sillywett crowd, is the reason I figure it to be a good pick for my next build.
Plan is to plant a .40 barrel onto a Rolling block action, and chamber it in 40-65.
There is lots of load info, molds, and components available, as well as there being few or no likelihoods that some yob down the road, will try to fit something WAY to hot into it to shoot.
If it can whack a steel ram, at 500 with authority, it'll work just fine, for anything I want to point it at.
Overkill for deer, I figure it will work just fine as a moose and coyote gun.
Cheers
Trev
Plan is to plant a .40 barrel onto a Rolling block action, and chamber it in 40-65.
There is lots of load info, molds, and components available, as well as there being few or no likelihoods that some yob down the road, will try to fit something WAY to hot into it to shoot.
If it can whack a steel ram, at 500 with authority, it'll work just fine, for anything I want to point it at.
Overkill for deer, I figure it will work just fine as a moose and coyote gun.
Cheers
Trev
500 yards
Cheers
At 500 yards? You guys must be super shots. I wait for deer and plug them at usually under 250. I will much more range time I sposeThe same reason it is popular with the sillywett crowd, is the reason I figure it to be a good pick for my next build.
Plan is to plant a .40 barrel onto a Rolling block action, and chamber it in 40-65.
There is lots of load info, molds, and components available, as well as there being few or no likelihoods that some yob down the road, will try to fit something WAY to hot into it to shoot.
If it can whack a steel ram, at 500 with authority, it'll work just fine, for anything I want to point it at.
Overkill for deer, I figure it will work just fine as a moose and coyote gun.
Holy Toledo. At 500 yards? You guys must be super shots. I wait for deer and plug them at usually under 250. I will much more range time I spose
Cheers
Trev
Cheers
Shooting silhouettes is not hunting. The ranges are known in advance and sighters are allowed. Even though the rams are quite large when seen at 500 metres they are small enough that considerable time is needed to determine just which one of the string one is looking at. This becones important when one of the string is missed. The rules require you to shoot at the next animal. A hit on any other is called a miss.
It is a learned behavior and very addictive as the rams either react to the shot by falling over or a miss is called. Also ,unlike hunting , a fallen target which gives the shooter a point may be the result of a poor bullet placement. A bullet half an inch inside the perimeter can and often does result in a knock down while in real life it is a wounded animal.
With wind conditions in Sask it is not unusual to need 4 or 5 feet of windage, hence the sighters at each stage. Something not usually available to a hunter
Great fun but still a game.
It is a learned behavior and very addictive as the rams either react to the shot by falling over or a miss is called. Also ,unlike hunting , a fallen target which gives the shooter a point may be the result of a poor bullet placement. A bullet half an inch inside the perimeter can and often does result in a knock down while in real life it is a wounded animal.
With wind conditions in Sask it is not unusual to need 4 or 5 feet of windage, hence the sighters at each stage. Something not usually available to a hunter
Great fun but still a game.
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