Fearnaught Range Report-Offhand

[Trench]

I finally found what this rifle likes to eat, and that's a .020 patch with a .440 ball with either 50gr or 70gr of FFFg Goex.

So, it was time to get back in to off-hand shooting. I've been away from this sort of practice for about a year. This target was very instructive. I thought I might have a learning curve with the single trigger on the rifle. I've been spoiled with set triggers on all my other rifles. As you can see, I need a little work to stay consistant. The three-shot group on the right shows where I got sloppy with the trigger. Otherwise, with some more practice, I've got one heck of a shooter here.

50yds Standing, Off-hand. 52gr of 3F, .020 patch and a .440 ball. The target is a 4in bull:

 

[gizamo]

Excellent... :hatsoff:

Roy builds a heck of a gun,... But this shows your its equal!!!

 

[wattlebuster]

Good shootin Trench :thumbsup:

 

[Trench]

Excellent... :hatsoff:

Roy builds a heck of a gun,... But this shows your its equal!!!

If I was an equal to a Roy Stroh gun, the sunlight would make my skin glimmer, women would want to meet me, and men would want to be me. :wink:

 

[gizamo]

True, very true... :wink:

But did you know.... Roy shoots as good as his guns look. I shot a couple of woodswalks with him, this Spring. He cleaned our clocks.

 

[hanshi]

I think you've got a real shootin' machine, there. :thumbsup:

 

[msuspartan]

Trench,
Your skin shimmers when your out shooting in this heat, your wife wants you AND men want to hang out and have a beer or some cherry bounce. Two out of three ain't bad. :rotf:

Cheers, DonK

P.S. keep shooting it will save you a lot of trouble.

 

[roundball]

Good work Trench...takes more than just the gun to do that !
:thumbsup:

 

[Roy]

:thumbsup: Nice shooting

 

[William O.]

I'd say that was respectable shooting, good job!

 

[Bob J]

Good shootin', Trench!! :hatsoff:

 

[Number19]

35 year old eyes and steady nerves. That's some fancy shooting. Sets the bar for when I start shooting.

 

[Number19]

I went back over your original thread introducing us to Fearnaught and didn't find it - how much does she weigh? 44", 'B" weight, 45 caliber - should be about 9 pounds.

 

[Trench]

She comes in at 8.5 lbs. Good guess!!

 

[BigDogg]

It's not just the gun, it's also the nut behind the butt! Good shootin' my friend!! :hatsoff: