It was a great day here - I really needed to go shoot something... Long-Shot and I have been talking about shooting PRB's at some of the local Rondy events in the area so I decided I would take one of the Renegades that I use for shooting PRB's and head out to the Dinger farm.

I really was not planning on shooting all that much but when I got to the farm there were unbroken birds all over the place on the hillside. So I just walked out into the field and looked for unbroken birds, set them up where I found them. According to the range finder the birds near the crest were 80-82 yards out and the closet bird was about 25 yards. The majority of the birds were in in the 25-35 yard area. When I got back to the truck and looked the hillside over there were a lot of available birds! The challenge was on...

The birds from 50 yards in were really not much of a challenge, they broke rather easily. The birds out there at 80+ were much more of a challenge. When looking through the peep and across the fiber optic front sight they are darn small.

The rifle... just a regular TC Renegade 50 cal. 1-48 twist.



This is a collection of pictures taken during the shooting



Long-Shot - you should have come down and help break birds with that 54 of yours!!!

That's cool!!... Have you fellas ever considered putting some of the mini-clays out at those distances and having a try at them?

BPS

That is some good shooting. My New Englander has 1/48" twist: It also shoots patched round balls well.

Looks like fun. I haven't made any smoke since I dropped that big old doe back about the first week in Jan. I'm about to go into withdrawl.

excellent rifle and nice shooting.

Shoot BP! the mini clay is just over 2" in diameter - I have a hard enough time with a 4" bird and open sights at the longer ranges.

With a scope it certainly would be doable and of course close ranges - maybe to 50 yards. Member my eyes are old really old!

I have never had a New Englander, my first side hammer was a Lyman Trade Rifle - then 3-4 TC Hawkens, but when I got my first Renegade - I really like them... Traded of the Lyman and the Hawkens and no have several (way to many according to one member of this family) Renegades - but each has a specific job! They are unionized!

You need to go shoot - you a refreshed outlook on life! it is good for the soul!!!

Dave I have never actually hunted with a PRB and the load I am shooting was developed for Rondy shooting. 60 grains of T7-3f seems pretty skimpy but sure works for Rondy shoots. But, what about hunting? I have a couple of reasons for the 60/70 grain area, 1. do not want to burn up the patch with the heat created by T7 2. I am always worried about shooting a RRB to fast for a 1-48 twist and loose accuracy. 3. the 60/70 grain load is really accurate.

This is a target with velocities - this might help with my question...

Sabotloader, I would have no concern using that load of T7 for hunting. Your chronograph results indicate you are getting velocities equal to what I get with a load of 100 grains of GOEX FF under a patched ball. Those velocities will do the job on a deer quite nicely.