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Old January 27, 2014, 07:57 PM   #1
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So You Think You Can Shoot

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Old January 27, 2014, 11:50 PM   #2
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Nice, thanks for sharing. I enjoy the old guys and what they could do.

Me? No, I don't think I can shoot. I'm luck if I can hit the ground! But I have fun.
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Old January 27, 2014, 11:57 PM   #3
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That's some mighty fine shooting.
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Old January 28, 2014, 07:56 AM   #4
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That's some mighty fine shooting, I'm happy when I break into the 90's.

Are you sure the Ruger Old Army uses the same barrel as a .45-70? Mine slugs at .452, essentially the same barrel Ruger uses for its .45 Colt revolvers.
Most .45-70 barrels have a .458 groove diameter. I can push a .457 roundball halfway down my .45-70 barrel and look through it and see daylight in each groove past the ball.
I've thought about experimenting with patched roundball loads in a .45-70 for informal plinking, since you can't buy the .460 roundballs that would be ideal for a .45-70 roundball load, I'm thinking of maybe .445 or .451 balls patched with .020 cloth seated in the case, wads or cornmeal taking up the extra space between the light powder charge and the ball.
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Old January 28, 2014, 10:03 AM   #5
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What I posted was "My Old Army Has A 45-70 Barrel. Which it does. I know
because I put it there. Factory has a 1-16 twist. Back in 1973 I ordered a
45-70 barrel from Numrich Arms. I think it was a Douglas barrel. Mr Carver had
convinced me that it was best. I think the groove dia is .465. I also reamed out
the chambers to same dia. My accuracy load in it was 40 grs. Hodgdon FFF.
The powder which I still have a couple lbs. is made in Scotland by Curtis & Harvey.

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Old January 28, 2014, 11:09 AM   #6
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I should have figured your ROA wasn't stock.

I imagine you have a custom roundball mold too. If the barrel has a .465 groove diameter, you roundballs would likely have to be .470 or so.
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Old January 28, 2014, 01:22 PM   #7
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Yep.
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Old January 28, 2014, 03:10 PM   #8
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That is 'very' fine shooting. One handed too! Gives us all somthing to aim 'for' ... don't ya think?
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Old January 28, 2014, 07:37 PM   #9
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Nope, I know I can' t shoot. Best I've done is cutting 4 1/2 out of five playing cards at 10 yards
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Old January 29, 2014, 02:55 PM   #10
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Oh, I know I can shoot. Hitting what I'm aiming at sometimes is another story all together.

Smart-aleckiness aside, thanks for sharing. It's cool that you found a good mentor who obviously knew what he was doing.

As someone's signature line on one of the forums I read says: "Young guys should hang out with old guys. Old guys know stuff."
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