tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post5673087270577002961..comments2024-03-28T17:41:34.315-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : Bangity, BangityComrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-22374865879477268412011-08-24T15:14:12.902-04:002011-08-24T15:14:12.902-04:00Depending on the gun and your eyes and available l...Depending on the gun and your eyes and available light, 21' is a nice 'general practice' range. The indoor range I use has a 30-yard section rated for rifles, but with some sights I have to use it for 'general shooting' only; I wouldn't dare test a load for other than general functioning and an idea of accuracy because the light just isn't good enough.<br /><br />Stewart, the .44 and .45 cartridges of the time threw a bullet of 200 to 250 grains at around 800-900feet per second; even if they don't penetrate, that's a fair amount of energy to soak upFirehandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-8594692551400395802011-08-15T17:16:16.688-04:002011-08-15T17:16:16.688-04:00Yep and every time I think about I smile, a lot.
...Yep and every time I think about I smile, a lot.<br /><br />Eck!Eck!https://www.blogger.com/profile/13890237094647111653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-82648344336153609822011-08-15T15:20:15.216-04:002011-08-15T15:20:15.216-04:00Actually, I liked that series, and I liked the mov...Actually, I liked that series, and I liked the movie Ed Harris made from it. But I like Parker's stuff.<br /><br />Yeah, he doesn't care about getting his gun stuff right. Even in his modern novels, Spenser has four firearms, a S&W .38 snubbie, a Browning 9mm, a S&W pump shotgun (which they might have made, but I would have expected a Mossberg or Remington) and a lever action rifle of unspecified caliber.<br /><br />That's not the point, the point is the relationship between Hitch and Cole (or Spenser and Hawk). I like them. But chacun a son gout.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-63702705088805063552011-08-15T12:38:06.653-04:002011-08-15T12:38:06.653-04:00Well, that was your first time ever shooting one.Well, that was your first time ever shooting one.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-41349833598048927682011-08-15T11:49:51.415-04:002011-08-15T11:49:51.415-04:00Having had the chance to shoot that Vaquero It'...Having had the chance to shoot that Vaquero It's not a target shooter with fixed sights but at distances I can barely see without glasses and indoor low lighting hitting the target was fairly reliable. Its a fine shooter and plenty accurate for those unsocial types.<br /><br />I'd say thats pretty good looking target. Way better <br />than mine. <br /><br /><br />Eck!Eck!https://www.blogger.com/profile/13890237094647111653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-4856317777745208622011-08-15T07:12:08.891-04:002011-08-15T07:12:08.891-04:00Oldfool, some people prefer dog shit in their yard...Oldfool, some people prefer dog shit in their yards over having their yards chewed up by ground hogs.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-29572432719636460382011-08-15T07:10:47.349-04:002011-08-15T07:10:47.349-04:00Mostly indoor ranges around here, Stu. 50' ra...Mostly indoor ranges around here, Stu. 50' ranges are far more common than 25 yard ones.<br /><br />FBI studied gunfighting a long time ago and found that the vast majority of such unsocial activities takes place in less than seven yards.<br /><br />The Vaquero isn't a target-grade gun. It has fixed sights and they are 19th-Century style ones, to boot. I'm near-sighted with presbyopia, the fact that I can even hit the damned target says something.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-21819355421219923422011-08-15T00:26:02.037-04:002011-08-15T00:26:02.037-04:0021 feet? 21 FEET??
We shoot pistol, even rapid fi...21 feet? 21 FEET??<br /><br />We shoot pistol, even rapid fire pistol, at 25 meters here.<br /><br />And yes, I do know that in the West duelling was done effectively at point blank ranges, Hollywood notwithstanding.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-30811964611446663472011-08-14T22:06:01.825-04:002011-08-14T22:06:01.825-04:00Reading Lous L'amour cured Ms. Oldfool and I o...Reading Lous L'amour cured Ms. Oldfool and I of reading westerns. We really got tired of multiple lessons in how to build a campfire that doesn't smoke. <br />I tried max pressure loads in my 44 mag once. I loaded them myself back when I did that sort of thing. Couldn't hit any part of the barn unless I was in it. The next time I used a target load and I could hit the knot hole in the barn. Hmmmmmmmmm. <br /><br />I use light loads in big bores. Bring some big corks if you plan to surprise me bandaids won't work.<br /><br />I shot some targets this morning but out of five shots I only hit the target once. I hit a brown dog at 100+ feet with a 1950 Red Ryder BB gun. You can always tell when you have reached out and touched them because they go into warp 8 speed.<br /><br />So satisfying and no living thing was hurt. They do find my yard an uncomfortable place to crap.Oldfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14688289425207257034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-90391549790484332202011-08-14T18:36:33.120-04:002011-08-14T18:36:33.120-04:00There was, of course, a round for which both the C...There was, of course, a round for which both the Colt SAA and Winchester Model 1873 were chambered: the .44-40. However, Colt didn't chamber the Peacemaker for it for several years (late 1870's, IIRC - perhaps 1878?). So, Parker's description of the 'common round' as a .45 wouldn't work for the .44-40 anyway.<br /><br />Later, other rounds were chambered in common, such as the .38-40 and .32-20.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-32185034021609638402011-08-14T17:59:34.979-04:002011-08-14T17:59:34.979-04:00More worrisome would be the fact that the cowboys ...More worrisome would be the fact that the cowboys had Peacemakers in 1873. I don't know how soon after the Army's adoption that they were sold to civilians, but I'd have expected the Army to have taken the first few thousand or so produced.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-47029959807163982002011-08-14T17:53:26.784-04:002011-08-14T17:53:26.784-04:00The aliens seem to have a hardened exterior. You ...The aliens seem to have a hardened exterior. You may note that when one had Emmett Taggart (sheriff's grandson) trapped in a tiny cave, the alien pressed its belly up to the cave mouth and opened its belly door, revealing a set of hands that apparently were used for micro-manipulation. Emmett shoved a Bowie knife into the alien's belly and killed it.<br /><br /> <br />The movie is science fiction; whose to say what the slug from a .44 Colt would have done to the aliens? handgun bullets don't know people flying. If they did, then shooting a gun would send the shooter flying (Newton's Third Law of Motion).Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-59095693985010399362011-08-14T16:57:15.337-04:002011-08-14T16:57:15.337-04:00Have you seen Cowboys and Aliens? The guns go pop...Have you seen Cowboys and Aliens? The guns go pop, pop and hardly make the aliens even stagger. I'm not much on the guns of the time, but IIRC, the loads and lead were substantial. What say the experts?Stewart Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06830186006689502072noreply@blogger.com