325 Yard Patched Roundball in Wind
#1
325 Yard Patched Roundball in Wind
I couldn’t resist, had to play at longer distance with the Lyman GP .54 Cal Patched Ball, Lubed with GENUINE SKUNK, SUPER SKUNK that is , Target is my LARGE 20” Steel Plate, 1/2” Thick AR500, This Thing is HEAVY, like 60 pounds, The 230 Grain ball is NOT gonna Swing this, But you can hear the Hits. I pack this CHUNK of Steel up the Hill and get setup, the Winds Starts in, What's a Guy to do? SEND EM!!
#2
On to 500 Yards, I Need a DEAD CALM Morning for it. I am determined to find where the Ball say’s i Quit This 230 Grain .535 Diameter Ball from my .54 would stil be LETHAL at 325 Yards from what i seen. No one should EVER attempt such a thing on Game Though!!! But if i were in a Fire Fight up there this evening at 325 Yards, i would have Shot my way out of it and made it home
#3
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 532
Lew, that is unbelievable! Especially with that wind, I’m surprised you were even able to hit the target without it being blown off target. What is even more impressive is how flat those bullets flatten. Your right I think they would be deadly on deer.
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After the 2 Shots on Steel, the Wind Became unbearably bad, i Started Packing my stuff up, the Wind was blowing my Things off the Tailgate of my Truck. My gun was loaded, The Wind was Back n Forth, I decided to unload my Gun, i Took another Pop Shot at my Target (Off Camera, it was put away in my Truck) I missed, I didn’t hear the Gong Come back? I get up the Hill and Start Taking my Target Down, That is when I Seen this
3rd shot off Camera, Hit High (BAD WIND) Hit my 2X4 Hanger
It Blew Through the 2X4 Hanger, Remember that Old Blown Down Tree Behind my Target? The Ball is BURIED in it! I can see the Hole, But Not the Ball, it’s gonna take tools to get it out, i will get it next time I’m up there
#6
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jul 2019
Location: SE CT
Posts: 145
I used to belong to a club in VT where we often shot at a full sized buffalo steel target at 500 yards as a tie breaker on our trail walks. Most everyone used patched round ball, and once you got the range down, you could hit the buffalo pretty regularly. I recall, that I had a spot on the hillside in the back ground behind the target that I used as a aiming point. I swear that I was aiming at leats 50 feet above the target, but I am only guessing. If the wind wasn't blowing, I could hit that buffalo 6 out of 10 times.
#7
I used to belong to a club in VT where we often shot at a full sized buffalo steel target at 500 yards as a tie breaker on our trail walks. Most everyone used patched round ball, and once you got the range down, you could hit the buffalo pretty regularly. I recall, that I had a spot on the hillside in the back ground behind the target that I used as a aiming point. I swear that I was aiming at leats 50 feet above the target, but I am only guessing. If the wind wasn't blowing, I could hit that buffalo 6 out of 10 times.
I have a Another Roundball Barrel in the Works, Hope to have it soon, and a Sight with a MOUNTAIN of Minutes I will see just what a Roundball is actually Capable of? All in fun of course
#8
As for velocity, and energy, Only 1 way to Find out, A calm day, Slip a Few over the Chronograph I want to gather a Decent amount of 300 Yard Bullet Data First Through my Mountaineer, I have full confidence getting over the Graph with it, After i get what i want, i will Toss the Chronograph in Harms Way and Send some Long Range Roundball over it
Last edited by Idaholewis; 09-14-2019 at 05:07 AM.
#9
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jul 2019
Location: SE CT
Posts: 145
The biggest thing with shoot long range with the PRB is to know the exact distance. Being off by only a few yards will cause a miss. At the 500 yard target I was shooting at in VT, you could recover the balls at the base of the target. You could see by the bullet splashes on the steel buffalo that the ball was coming down at a pretty steep angle. Definitely not something to try on a live game animal. That would be very irresponsible and UN-sportsman like.