100 yd Flintlock Snipeing
04-26-2011, 08:05 AM
#11
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 21,193
Yesterday I was shooting my Lyman .54 caliber Flintlock Trade Rifle (among others) and the range was 75 yards. My target was a white board with a spray painted red dot in the center. I too use a 6 o'clock hold. They Lyman likes 90 grains of Goex 2f and a .530 patched ball with moose milk lube. I was surprised at how accurate the thing really is at that distance.
I have been shooting a lot of flintlock rifles this week. A couple of Lyman's, a couple Thompson Centers, and even a traditions woodsman flinter I have. But I can not stress the need to follow through your shot. When that rifle goes off, I still do not move. I stay on that gun, look through the smoke, until I am sure its hit the target and the smoke is blowing off.
Personally from shooting sticks at that distance.. good shooting. Its nice to know you can shoot that far. Now just keep shooting.
With the melt off here, I can finally get some distance to shoot. The bench is no longer frozen to the ground!!
I have been shooting a lot of flintlock rifles this week. A couple of Lyman's, a couple Thompson Centers, and even a traditions woodsman flinter I have. But I can not stress the need to follow through your shot. When that rifle goes off, I still do not move. I stay on that gun, look through the smoke, until I am sure its hit the target and the smoke is blowing off.
Personally from shooting sticks at that distance.. good shooting. Its nice to know you can shoot that far. Now just keep shooting.
With the melt off here, I can finally get some distance to shoot. The bench is no longer frozen to the ground!!
04-26-2011, 01:53 PM
#12
Nontypical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 1,392
Yesterday I was shooting my Lyman .54 caliber Flintlock Trade Rifle (among others) and the range was 75 yards. My target was a white board with a spray painted red dot in the center. I too use a 6 o'clock hold. They Lyman likes 90 grains of Goex 2f and a .530 patched ball with moose milk lube. I was surprised at how accurate the thing really is at that distance.
I have been shooting a lot of flintlock rifles this week. A couple of Lyman's, a couple Thompson Centers, and even a traditions woodsman flinter I have. But I can not stress the need to follow through your shot. When that rifle goes off, I still do not move. I stay on that gun, look through the smoke, until I am sure its hit the target and the smoke is blowing off.
Personally from shooting sticks at that distance.. good shooting. Its nice to know you can shoot that far. Now just keep shooting.
With the melt off here, I can finally get some distance to shoot. The bench is no longer frozen to the ground!!
I have been shooting a lot of flintlock rifles this week. A couple of Lyman's, a couple Thompson Centers, and even a traditions woodsman flinter I have. But I can not stress the need to follow through your shot. When that rifle goes off, I still do not move. I stay on that gun, look through the smoke, until I am sure its hit the target and the smoke is blowing off.
Personally from shooting sticks at that distance.. good shooting. Its nice to know you can shoot that far. Now just keep shooting.
With the melt off here, I can finally get some distance to shoot. The bench is no longer frozen to the ground!!
HA
04-26-2011, 03:55 PM
#13
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 21,193
Now after seeing your post, I just got to get out there and try that myself. Would a standard sized white paper plate be the same size? I think I will use the Trade Rifle and then try the Traditions Flintlock as well. Thanks for the great idea.
04-28-2011, 05:07 PM
#14
Nontypical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 1,392
HA
