August 1824 buffalo hunt

[RanchRoper]

Temps in the 50's, set up camp for a few days and did some buffalo hunting. Pedersoli Frontier .50 cal.

130 yds off hand, primitive sights, 67 year old eyes. Dead center, straight through the heart. Rang a bunch of other steel too 50-130 yds.

Aug 11th 130 yd Buffalo.jpg (167.56 KiB) Viewed 1850 times

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[fortyshooter]

Love the buffalo target RR and great shooting! I'm having fun tinkering with my 1851 .36 cal Pepperbox blaster. Ordered a paper cartridge kit to roll my own!

[daytime dave]

Very cool Buffalo target. Congratulations on the dead center shot.

[BrokenolMarine]

Nice. I love the open sight shooting.

[RanchRoper]

I have both my flintlock and caplock sights dialed in now. If I miss it’s all me.

[Sir Henry]

Nice offhand shooting with iron sights. At 130 yards I might be able to hit it using a bench and glass.

[BigAl52]

Was that a Flinter shot or a capper shot. Either way great shooting. How big is the Buff?

[Hatchdog]

Thanks for taking us back. Great shooting.

[RanchRoper]

Was that a Flinter shot or a capper shot. Either way great shooting. How big is the Buff?

Buffalo is about half of the size or less of a real one I’d figure. That was the caplock. That metal disc is maybe 10”.