Shooting the 221 Fireball and 460 S&W - filmed with my drone
09-17-2017, 06:45 AM
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Typical Buck
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Shooting the 221 Fireball and 460 S&W - filmed with my drone
Yesterday, I decided I really needed to get back into a regular shooting regimen. Since it was so warm out, I waited till later in the afternoon when it cooled off a bit. That didn't leave me much time to shoot, so I narrowed down my choices to my 221 Fireball Encore and my recently returned S&W Model 460.
The Fireball was pretty easy. Apart from being slightly high, it's still sighted in. Even though I haven't shot it in months, I still managed a decent group.
My Model 460 required quite a few adjustments, but toward the end of my range session I sent three 200 grain FTX handloads into this group:
Still needs a bit of adjustment, but I was running out of daylight.
Just for the heck of it, I had my Phantom 4 hovering nearby to capture the shot and recoil of the two handguns. I pulled three frames from the video showing the moment prior to the shot, the moment of the shot, and the peak muzzle rise following the shot. First with the Fireball:
As you can see, there's not much recoil. Now with the 460:
As the sun came close to setting, I began to wonder whether I could use the drone to capture the 460's muzzle flash. While filming 1080p at 30 frames per second didn't capture the flash in the first video, I decided to set it to 1080p at 120 frames per second. Additionally, I had the drone hover about 10 feet in front of me and 2 feet above my line of sight. I was quite pleased with the results:
I honestly didn't expect it to work so well.
The Fireball was pretty easy. Apart from being slightly high, it's still sighted in. Even though I haven't shot it in months, I still managed a decent group.
My Model 460 required quite a few adjustments, but toward the end of my range session I sent three 200 grain FTX handloads into this group:
Still needs a bit of adjustment, but I was running out of daylight.
Just for the heck of it, I had my Phantom 4 hovering nearby to capture the shot and recoil of the two handguns. I pulled three frames from the video showing the moment prior to the shot, the moment of the shot, and the peak muzzle rise following the shot. First with the Fireball:
As you can see, there's not much recoil. Now with the 460:
As the sun came close to setting, I began to wonder whether I could use the drone to capture the 460's muzzle flash. While filming 1080p at 30 frames per second didn't capture the flash in the first video, I decided to set it to 1080p at 120 frames per second. Additionally, I had the drone hover about 10 feet in front of me and 2 feet above my line of sight. I was quite pleased with the results:
I honestly didn't expect it to work so well.
