Range Report: wheel gun flashes at dusk

[Sir Henry]

Cofisher‘s post about muzzle flashes got me thinking I should do the same. My choice was a SA revolver so I could see not only the muzzle but also where the gap leaked. To increase the flas I went with hyper velocity. It was well worth the the time.

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[JEBar]

years ago I tried to take some night pictures of the flash of our 44 Mag .... ended up wasting a bunch of film, never could get the timing down

[Mags]

Nowa days one can do a frame grab from a digital video to get the flash.

[JEBar]

Nowa days one can do a frame grab from a digital video to get the flash.

sadly, for this one whose technology level can best be seen in the fact I still use a flip phone, something like that is way above my pay grade

[Sir Henry]

I’m going to try it again tonight to get some pictures. I was thinking of getting up early before sunrise but my friend in Alaska called and we talked til 2 am.

On a side note I will be flying up in early July and camping along the Mackenzie River for 2 weeks.

[JEBar]

On a side note I will be flying up in early July and camping along the Mackenzie River for 2 weeks.

looking forward to following that trip

[Vaquero]

That's a nice lookin Pistola, Gene.

RP

[Sir Henry]

On a side note I will be flying up in early July and camping along the Mackenzie River for 2 weeks.

looking forward to following that trip

Thanks. I now have four 2-week trips planned for 2023. Plus 30 to 35 days trips with my 9-passenger van.

[fortyshooter]

Well here is some daylight fire with the Alaskan! https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxN8DzKJgByS ... -uNxOiyBJ4

First time shooting the Alaskan with some really hot Underwood 45 Colt +P 250 XTP rated at 1450 FPS.

[Rifletom]

Well here is some daylight fire with the Alaskan! https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxN8DzKJgByS ... -uNxOiyBJ4

First time shooting the Alaskan with some really hot Underwood 45 Colt +P 250 XTP rated at 1450 FPS.

Ohh, wheee! Thems some hot loads!

[Sir Henry]

I can remember shooting a Mosin Nagant M44 at dusk. They are sometimes referred to as flame throwers.

[Travlin]

Any one who wants to see a lot of " flash" from a handgun should shoot a cap and ball black powder revolver in subdued light.You will see a little flash when the cap ignites, one in the cylinder gap and a good flame coming out of the muzzle. My late friend had a Walker Colt replica loaded with 60 grains of fffg and we shot it at dusk. What a show.

[BigAl52]

Does this count at all. I realize its not a wheel gun

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[Sir Henry]

I can remember seeing Puff shooting from the air at night. The tracers could be seen and the rate of fire was so high it looked like a beam of light that could bend.

[Hatchdog]

Does this count at all. I realize its not a wheel gun

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Back in the day when I hunted a little bit with a traditional Hawken sometimes we would be out past dark. Rather than using a ball puller we would just touch off the load in the barrel. Now that was a “ball of fire”

Awesome picture BigAl