750 Yard .50 Cal Sidelock (RICE Barrels, 1:24 Twist)

[Idaholewis]

Here ya go Bob (45-70) You’ve been asking me to Stretch this .50 Cals Legs out, Here it is at 760 Yards Today This is a SERIOUS .50 Caliber Muzzleloader, I Can’t Speak highly enough of this 1:24 Twist Rice Barrel

I chose to use my BACO 615 Grain Paper Patch Bullet for this outing, My 610 Grain Grease Groove Bullet Shoots every bit as good, I just didn’t have any Cast up. The paper i used is Paper Mill Store 9# onion Skin (wood pulp I believe?) it is thin Stuff, This was given to me by Rob (rfd) It’s darn good Patching Paper! Thank you Rob

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[Bushfire]

Unbelievable mate, you are a true talent in muzzleloaders and it's a pleasure to watch. Do you do much competition shooting?

Missed a good red stag at almost exactly 200 yards with my 9.3 and factory open sights yesterday. Think I definitely need to upgrade to a peep with the Hawken.

 

[Harleysboss]

Holy Cow! Fun stuff right there! I might have to sell my white rifles to build me one of those long rangers

 

[roundballorconical]

You are a real inspiration. You also make me feel very lazy and a real underachiever in black powder shooting. Your posts are always extremely pleasant and great information for all shooters novice to advanced.

Thanks again for sharing.

 

[45-70]

Here ya go Bob (45-70) You’ve been asking me to Stretch this .50 Cals Legs out, Here it is at 760 Yards Today This is a SERIOUS .50 Caliber Muzzleloader, I Can’t Speak highly enough of this 1:24 Twist Rice Barrel

I chose to use my BACO 615 Grain Paper Patch Bullet for this outing, My 610 Grain Grease Groove Bullet Shoots every bit as good, I just didn’t have any Cast up. The paper i used is Paper Mill Store 9# onion Skin (wood pulp I believe?) it is thin Stuff, This was given to me by Rob (rfd) It’s darn good Patching Paper! Thank you Rob

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Damn I love it and using the Holy Black , I knew it would work . Damn good shooting , 800 yd. target is 10 inch x ring , 20 for 10 ring

 

[Idaholewis]

Thank you guy’s! I sure enjoy this stuff

 

[Idaholewis]

Unbelievable mate, you are a true talent in muzzleloaders and it's a pleasure to watch. Do you do much competition shooting?

Missed a good red stag at almost exactly 200 yards with my 9.3 and factory open sights yesterday. Think I definitely need to upgrade to a peep with the Hawken.

No I don’t shoot Competition (Not my thing) Just me in the Mountains of North Idaho

I could NEVER shoot like i do if it wasn’t for these Peep sights. Like I’ve said before they are HORRIBLE in Low light, But i shoot them so well that i am Willing to Sacrifice a little time at First & last light so i can use them. I can’t shoot a Regular Bead style Sight worth a darn anymore, i use to be able to when i was a Kid, and a much younger Man. I cut my Right Eyeball REALLY Bad in a Logging accident many years ago, My eyesight has never been the same since, Regular Buckhorn style open sights is a STRUGGLE for me, its actually my vision to the Target, I see the Sights fine, Its The Target out there that’s Blurry, i even see Double to some degree. When i look through a Peep sight, I can see again! About like when i was Kid, Younger Man. They ABSOLUTELY Work

 

[Idaholewis]

Holy Cow! Fun stuff right there! I might have to sell my white rifles to build me one of those long rangers

I happen to know EXACTLY where a Barrel for just the “Rig” is at

 

[Idaholewis]

Damn I love it and using the Holy Black , I knew it would work . Damn good shooting , 800 yd. target is 10 inch x ring , 20 for 10 ring

Bob, I have some of the 800-1,000 Yard Targets, The entire Black Aiming Bull is a HUGE 44” inches, the targets are 2 Pieces That you Tape together. They make My little 20” Square Gong look TEENY TINY in Comparison. I could barely make out my 20” Gong with my Naked eye yesterday, But When i get in my Peep sight, and Adjust my Hadley Eye Cup, i can “Lock on it”

When i made the comment in the Video that I could Shoot my 20” Gong Off hand with a Scope I truly meant that, I know i could do it with my little .308 and Nightforce NXS 22 Power Scope, Standing Flat Footed in the Rd. Open/Peep Sights is a WHOLE DIFFERENT Ball Game, They are an Extreme Challenge at LONG Range, and what Drives me in this Stuff

 

[edmehlig]

OMG Lew your shooting ability is unbelievable! On top of that, shooting in the cold and snow most of us would probably never dream of going out to shoot. You put us to shame!

 

[Bushfire]

No I don’t shoot Competition (Not my thing) Just me in the Mountains of North Idaho

I could NEVER shoot like i do if it wasn’t for these Peep sights. Like I’ve said before they are HORRIBLE in Low light, But i shoot them so well that i am Willing to Sacrifice a little time at First & last light so i can use them. I can’t shoot a Regular Bead style Sight worth a darn anymore, i use to be able to when i was a Kid, and a much younger Man. I cut my Right Eyeball REALLY Bad in a Logging accident many years ago, My eyesight has never been the same since, Regular Buckhorn style open sights is a STRUGGLE for me, its actually my vision to the Target, I see the Sights fine, Its The Target out there that’s Blurry, i even see Double to some degree. When i look through a Peep sight, I can see again! About like when i was Kid, Younger Man. They ABSOLUTELY Work

That's a bugger about your eye mate, lucky to not lose it.

One thing I notice is that on paper standard V or U notch sights with a post or bead are fine, even as I stretch out the distance (within reason). But as soon as you put a big stag in front of me and adrenaline kicks in I get the classic tunnel vision and lose my depth perception. As I said I missed a good one this weekend and that exact thing happened. I can control my excitement to the extent I don't shake and what have you but as I extend the range i notice how hard it is to keep the deer and sights focussed.

I remember a few years ago bow hunting and I roared before it was fully light just hoping to hear a stag talking back so I could plan a stalk. Of course before I'd finished my second roar out bursts a stag from the thick bush 20 yards away. I drew my Bow, looked through the peep and it may as well have been bloody midnight it was so hard to see through. He waited a couple of minutes then busted off, 5 mins later I could see through the peep fine. Sometimes you just have to accept the limitations.
In terms of what to do I'm still not set, maybe a similar set-up but with a painted bead or
something. That's a discussion for another thread though I don't want to drag this away from your great shooting.

Speaking of, my brother is a medium/long range rifle shooter and I told him about your videos. He didn't believe you were shooting as well as I said, can't wait to show him the sub MOA 760 yard one. It'll be a kick in the Fierce Rifle and Schmidt and Bender scope of his I bet!

 

[Ninering62]

Here ya go Bob (45-70) You’ve been asking me to Stretch this .50 Cals Legs out, Here it is at 760 Yards Today This is a SERIOUS .50 Caliber Muzzleloader, I Can’t Speak highly enough of this 1:24 Twist Rice Barrel

I chose to use my BACO 615 Grain Paper Patch Bullet for this outing, My 610 Grain Grease Groove Bullet Shoots every bit as good, I just didn’t have any Cast up. The paper i used is Paper Mill Store 9# onion Skin (wood pulp I believe?) it is thin Stuff, This was given to me by Rob (rfd) It’s darn good Patching Paper! Thank you Rob

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As always, nothin but respect for your shooting skills & I appreciate you sharing it all.

 

[Idaholewis]

As always, nothin but respect for your shooting skills & I appreciate you sharing it all.

Thank you nine

 

[mulemauler]

Here ya go Bob (45-70) You’ve been asking me to Stretch this .50 Cals Legs out, Here it is at 760 Yards Today This is a SERIOUS .50 Caliber Muzzleloader, I Can’t Speak highly enough of this 1:24 Twist Rice Barrel

I chose to use my BACO 615 Grain Paper Patch Bullet for this outing, My 610 Grain Grease Groove Bullet Shoots every bit as good, I just didn’t have any Cast up. The paper i used is Paper Mill Store 9# onion Skin (wood pulp I believe?) it is thin Stuff, This was given to me by Rob (rfd) It’s darn good Patching Paper! Thank you Rob

Short Patched

Thank you for posting this! Very impressive.! I have a very similar rifle I built up using a Green Mountain .45 barrel with a 1-18" twist but have never tried it at 750. Really amazing!

 

[Idaholewis]

Thank you for posting this! Very impressive.! I have a very similar rifle I built up using a Green Mountain .45 barrel with a 1-18" twist but have never tried it at 750. Really amazing!

I have one of them as well (1:18 .45 Cal)

This was last Summer, 825 Yards

 

[Idaholewis]

Thank you for posting this! Very impressive.! I have a very similar rifle I built up using a Green Mountain .45 barrel with a 1-18" twist but have never tried it at 750. Really amazing!

Welcome to the Modern Muzzleloader Forum

 

[mulemauler]

Welcome to the Modern Muzzleloader Forum

That rifle is almost a twin to mine! It really inspires me to find a place where it might stretch out a bit. Thank you for posting the video.

 

[bow_hunter44]

About all I can come up with is....

WOW!

 

[idahoron]

That's great shooting. I was going to try to shoot today but tge wind was 30 mph. Saturday it was perfect but I had to bury a guy and when I got done it was too late to get out.

 

[Smyrnagc]

WOW!!! U DA MAN LEWIS!