Rifleball36
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Which caliber smoothbore would give the best accuracy at 60 to 75 yds. on paper targets.
Keb said:I built a .54 / 28 ga by 47 1/2" long barreled smooth rifle a few years back and sold it to a friend from down Florida way. He cleaned the course at the SEPR the 1st time he shot it and has consistently done so since then. I was down to his place a few weeks ago and we were shooting. He stepped off 135 paces (roughly 110 yds.) and was shooting and hitting a cardboard pizza box every shot. The group was all in a 6" circle. This was also done offhand. I was totally impressed.
Ask Spence.....I think he has a .30 cal that's a tack driver.Rifleball36 said:Which caliber smoothbore would give the best accuracy at 60 to 75 yds. on paper targets.
Which caliber smoothbore would give the best accuracy
I suppose it's possible. Much depends on you, the shooter. Half the fun is figuring all this stuff out at the range. Bring plenty of powder and ball and ...well...have a ball. :haha:Rifleball36 said:Thanks to everyone for your response. I was thinking of building something that a 74 + old man could enjoy shooting paper without wasting powder and lead. Would a 45 cal. to 54 cal. hold a 6" pattern at around 50 yds. Also with the smoothbore would accuracy be better with more or less powder to get away from the knuckle ball effect.
Keb said:He stepped off 135 paces (roughly 110 yds.)
He paced off 135 steps (roughly 110 yds.)...Toomuch said:Keb said:He stepped off 135 paces (roughly 110 yds.)
Not to split hairs but, don't you mean 67 1/2 paces, as a pace is not a single step but instead as the distance of space between the same foot striking the ground (roughly every 5 feet)?
As such 135 paces would be approx. 675 ft. or 238 yd., and 110 yd. would be approx. 66 paces or 132 steps.
All my dictionaries define both pace and step in terms of the movement of one foot, distances given are 3 feet/91.44 cm, 30 to 40 inches, etc.Toomuch said:Not to split hairs but, don't you mean 67 1/2 paces, as a pace is not a single step but instead as the distance of space between the same foot striking the ground (roughly every 5 feet)?
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