Cowboy Silhouette ?
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Cowboy Silhouette ?
Can someone give me the short answer to the following:?
Cowboy Silhouette/Pistol Caliber Rifle - What are the distances and what targets are used?
Cowboy Silhouette/Rifle caliber - Distances and targets?
BPCR Silhouette - Distances and Targets?
BPCR - Distances and Targets?
I feel like I'm playing alphabet soup!
Thanks!
Cowboy Silhouette/Pistol Caliber Rifle - What are the distances and what targets are used?
Cowboy Silhouette/Rifle caliber - Distances and targets?
BPCR Silhouette - Distances and Targets?
BPCR - Distances and Targets?
I feel like I'm playing alphabet soup!
Thanks!
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I just know the first two,
Pistol Caliber is half size targets at 40, 50, 75, and 100 meters.
Rifle Caliber is full size targets at 50, 100, 150, and 200 meters.
I would bet Black Powder is same as rifle caliber, with people using black powder in their 38-55's and 45-70's. But that's just a guess.
Pistol Caliber is half size targets at 40, 50, 75, and 100 meters.
Rifle Caliber is full size targets at 50, 100, 150, and 200 meters.
I would bet Black Powder is same as rifle caliber, with people using black powder in their 38-55's and 45-70's. But that's just a guess.
"I'll tell you what living is. You get up when you feel like it. You fry yourself some eggs. You see what kind of a day it is."
Grizzly Adams,
BPCR Silhouette -
full size
chickens - 200M
pigs - 300M
turkeys - 385M
rams - 500M
w30wcf
BPCR Silhouette -
full size
chickens - 200M
pigs - 300M
turkeys - 385M
rams - 500M
w30wcf
aka John Kort
aka Jack Christian SASS 11993 "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Philippians 4:13
aka w44wcf (black powder)
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aka Jack Christian SASS 11993 "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Philippians 4:13
aka w44wcf (black powder)
NRA Life member
.22 WCF, .30 WCF, .44 WCF Cartridge Historian
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That's the way I shot it last Sunday.sobenk wrote:I just know the first two,
Pistol Caliber is half size targets at 40, 50, 75, and 100 meters.
Rifle Caliber is full size targets at 50, 100, 150, and 200 meters.
I would bet Black Powder is same as rifle caliber, with people using black powder in their 38-55's and 45-70's. But that's just a guess.
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I can't see that far. If "danger Close" for chickens is 200M, I think I'll just call for fire.w30wcf wrote:Grizzly Adams,
BPCR Silhouette -
full size
chickens - 200M
pigs - 300M
turkeys - 385M
rams - 500M
w30wcf
C2N14... because life is not energetic enough.
מנא, מנא, תקל, ופרסין Daniel 5:25-28... Got 7.62?
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Gott und Gewehr mit uns!
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Thanks for the info, guys!
We are trying to get started with both the CB and the BPCR, and .....well you know what it's like working with a committee!
We are trying to get started with both the CB and the BPCR, and .....well you know what it's like working with a committee!
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Then, there's always "the source": APPENDIX AGrizzly Adams wrote:Thanks for the info, guys!
We are trying to get started with both the CB and the BPCR, and .....well you know what it's like working with a committee!
GENERAL REGULATIONS FOR NRA APPROVED
SILHOUETTE TOURNAMENTS.
Griff,
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NRA Patron
GUSA #93
There is a fine line between hobby & obsession!
AND... I'm over it!!
No I ain't ready, but let's do it anyway!
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NRA Patron
GUSA #93
There is a fine line between hobby & obsession!
AND... I'm over it!!
No I ain't ready, but let's do it anyway!
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Grizzly Adams: my local club, Upper Nisqually Sportsmans Club (Eatonville WA), has a BPCR silhouette match 10X a year.
www.uppernisquallysportsmanclub.com/
It is a rather "recent" program @ the club. I think the 1st match was approx. 3 years ago.
Steve & Beth Morris run the matches, got the program rolling, & convinced the club to build a silhouette line & expand it early this year.
I'd drop them an e-mail for any information, advice, ideas, etc. Tell them I referred you.
Their e-mail is:
scmorris@centurytel.net
You also might want to post this over on the Shiloh Sharps board & the BPCR.net as there are number of silhouette shooters there who ave developed silhouette shooting programs.
www.shilohrifle.com/forums/
http://bpcr.net/forum/index.php?sid=ecd ... 3ec8a496d7
www.uppernisquallysportsmanclub.com/
It is a rather "recent" program @ the club. I think the 1st match was approx. 3 years ago.
Steve & Beth Morris run the matches, got the program rolling, & convinced the club to build a silhouette line & expand it early this year.
I'd drop them an e-mail for any information, advice, ideas, etc. Tell them I referred you.
Their e-mail is:
scmorris@centurytel.net
You also might want to post this over on the Shiloh Sharps board & the BPCR.net as there are number of silhouette shooters there who ave developed silhouette shooting programs.
www.shilohrifle.com/forums/
http://bpcr.net/forum/index.php?sid=ecd ... 3ec8a496d7
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Caliber/velocity question for Pistol Caliber?
Question: I will be starting Cowboy Lever Action silhouette, and 2 clubs within 2 hours drive have smallbore and pistol caliber matches. Would full-bore .25-20, .32-20 or .357 Magnum loads be likely to damage their targets? Are there any velocity limits or projectile requirements (such as soft point, cast lead/gascheck), etc?
I'm thinking a .25-20 with 75 gr. Speers or 86 gr. Remingtons should shoot pretty flat and still take down the rams, but haven't yet gotten to try. Am sure the .357 would do it, but just would prefer to use an original 92 if possible.
Thanks much,
John
I'm thinking a .25-20 with 75 gr. Speers or 86 gr. Remingtons should shoot pretty flat and still take down the rams, but haven't yet gotten to try. Am sure the .357 would do it, but just would prefer to use an original 92 if possible.
Thanks much,
John
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-Col. Jeff Cooper, 1968
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Re: Caliber/velocity question for Pistol Caliber?
Some clubs have a max velocity of 1400fps for Pistol/Cowboy calibers.John in MS wrote:Question: I will be starting Cowboy Lever Action silhouette, and 2 clubs within 2 hours drive have smallbore and pistol caliber matches. Would full-bore .25-20, .32-20 or .357 Magnum loads be likely to damage their targets? Are there any velocity limits or projectile requirements (such as soft point, cast lead/gascheck), etc?
I'm thinking a .25-20 with 75 gr. Speers or 86 gr. Remingtons should shoot pretty flat and still take down the rams, but haven't yet gotten to try. Am sure the .357 would do it, but just would prefer to use an original 92 if possible.
Thanks much,
John
All want soft lead, or at least SJSPs.
All I know is that I broke at least 3 25yd chickens (break the weld) with a soft lead 158 at just about 1400fps...
OTOH, they didn't get mad at me, so I guess it wasn't my load that did it. Who knows.
C2N14... because life is not energetic enough.
מנא, מנא, תקל, ופרסין Daniel 5:25-28... Got 7.62?
Not Depressed enough yet? Go read National Geographic, July 1976
Gott und Gewehr mit uns!
מנא, מנא, תקל, ופרסין Daniel 5:25-28... Got 7.62?
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The 32-20, 25-20 and .357 are all legal and highly effective. You DONT need to worry about knocking down the rams with a highpowered max load of some kind, load for ACCURACY, if you cant hit 'em you cant knock 'em down. Any reasonable load for any of these cartridges will do the trick. Some clubs may require lead loads, best to call first.
Yep I agree, I've shot a lot of matches with my Winchester 1892 in .25-20. In my humble opinion it is just about the perfect pistol cartridge silhouette cartridge. Never seen a Ram yet that was hit anywhere that did not go down with the .25-20. Couple of local guys use .22 Magnum and it does the job well too. Heck even .22LR takes them down about 1/2 the time but kinda need high hits to do it.
Geoff
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