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Shooting in the wind....

Post by RanchRoper » Sun Apr 09, 2023 3:54 pm

A very windy day here in the foothills. Wind gusts up to 65mph but it was blowing steady around 35. 50F today.

My Frontier flintlock .50 cal. Had to pick my moments to shoot.

50 yds off hand on my 8" gong. Not too bad all things considered. There were 3 or 4 that missed.
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Re: Shooting in the wind....

Post by Sir Henry » Sun Apr 09, 2023 5:32 pm

Hard to handle powder in that wind.
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Re: Shooting in the wind....

Post by RanchRoper » Sun Apr 09, 2023 5:57 pm

Have to huddle over it, you get pretty good at it after a bit.

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Re: Shooting in the wind....

Post by BigAl52 » Sun Apr 09, 2023 8:56 pm

Nice going. I spent the winter with a guy who lives 3 hours north of Edmonton. His name was Fred and he owned a land clearing business of some sort. Hes about 75 and lost his wife to cancer a few years ago. Quite the character and fun to talk to
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Re: Shooting in the wind....

Post by fortyshooter » Mon Apr 10, 2023 8:31 am

Maybe mount a stabilizer wing on the long 50 cal, for those high wind days! Great shooting as always RR.

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Re: Shooting in the wind....

Post by daytime dave » Tue Apr 11, 2023 8:31 am

Great shooting in the wind. Brings a new meaning to shooting the breeze.
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