quote:Originally posted by sheepdog
Sorry I missed the word original---wow-huge shell-big bullet-is the recoil like a 12 ga. slug gun or worse?
I can say, it has thump but with BPCR loads its more of a firm push shooting off cross-stix.
quote:Very intereested in how far you shoot and how tight it prints--overall length----this would not have been a soldier's gun-but maybe a hunters' -right---new world of questions!!
Here is my Rolling Block with its target sights on.
The barrel is 32" and full heavy octagon the over all length is approx 48.5" and weighs 11.5 pounds. With the Ukrainian Soule Sight I can shoot out to 1200 yrds but have kept it down to 750 yrds. It's previous owner was shooting in matches at 1,000 yrds with consistant hits on the target. Consistancy is the key when loading black powder cartridge loads... consistant powder compression etc.
More Rolling Block rifles were issued world wide than any other rifle for military use, and by the time the C Sharps was on the scene for the great bison harvest there were over 60,000 already in the hands of many countries in Europe and South America, Mexico and yes even here in the United States.
Remington is the
OLDEST firearms company in America. Here is an old add for Remington.
And another one...
One day after work, I took several of the guy's I work with out to the range. I set up a 1/8" steel plate that was painted orange and set it up at 200 yards, rechecked with range finder. The following picture shows the result of using a 510-gr Bison Buster bullet and 80.0 gr of Goex FFg.
As you can see the hole is pretty much centered and my target sights were the only thing used. With results like this you walk away smiling.... oh yes, the guy's were in shock and awe, and it was hard wiping the smile from my face.