Cawlin posted:
vn_anon63xxx posted:
The one I shot was really tasty. The hams, pork chops and sausage was exceptional. Not very gamey at all.
Of course, I shot it through the heart and both lungs with 45-70 hotload. That may have helped. Even the guys at the ranch were impressed with the shot.
I can't really take credit for it. It was only 150 yards. The Sharps is so damn accurate that 150 yards is not even fair. 400 yards open sights is not even fair. You have to get out to 500 yards for it to be a challenge.
I can take a novice out to the range and have them hitting 400 yards with only four rounds. I've done it maybe 4-5 times.
It is that accurate.
I believe that about the rifle. For 400 yards, did you shoot it off of a rest or bipod or something?
The issue I have with open/iron sights at longer than 100 yards or so is that I can't make out a small enough target on the animal given the size of the front sight post/ring and how small an animal like a boar would look relative to the post/ring. Even the peep sights I use on the 50' indoor 22 matches I will be shooting this winter make a dime sized bullseye seem like the head of a pin relative to the front sight ring.
The bead on the top of the post on the semi-buckhorn sights on my 45-70 pretty much covers 12 inches at 100 yards...
Never had a problem. Creedmoor sights with a front bead.
The hard part with more than 400 yards is keeping the barrel level. It's easy to roll the barrel to one side.
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