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I almost forgot to post this even though it blew my mind.
A couple weeks ago I went to Water and Wings range in PA to shoot my 308 handloads at 500 yards. We arrived and while we were inside signing in I could hear a rifle being discharged out side. It had an enormous percussive effect on the building and I said to my friend that it had to be a 50 cal.
Lo and behold there was a Griffin style 50 cal on the line being manned by a, no joke, 82 year old man. The gentleman was rather large in diameter and had to drive his car up to the targets but he was a beast on the 50 with a permagrin.
The point this rambling post arrived after he got his 50 zeroed.
I was talking to him for a bit and after he showed me his .90 caliber cartridge( a wildcatted 20mm) he showed me his pistol.
It was a scoped bolt action handgun. He said he uses it for deer and groundhogs.
243 or 7-08 one might think, nahhhh, how bout a 458 Win mag.
He showed me his handloads a 250 grain hollow point for groundhogs and the 300 grain softpoint for deer. I was floored.
I've heard that the recoil on a 454 Casull is not for the light hearted and a 45-70 handgun is no pussycat either.
I had a rather hard time concentrating on my shooting while he was there because a: it was amazing to watch and 82 year old shooting a handgun that, when lit off recoiled over his left shoulder from the bench and b: it was so absurdly loud we couldn't keep our concentration.
He told me he was on his fourth barrel on that gun. I doubt I'd have much dexterity left after that kind of abuse. Does anyone else have a hand cannon of this magnitude? Is this a common choice of handgun calibers?
A couple weeks ago I went to Water and Wings range in PA to shoot my 308 handloads at 500 yards. We arrived and while we were inside signing in I could hear a rifle being discharged out side. It had an enormous percussive effect on the building and I said to my friend that it had to be a 50 cal.
Lo and behold there was a Griffin style 50 cal on the line being manned by a, no joke, 82 year old man. The gentleman was rather large in diameter and had to drive his car up to the targets but he was a beast on the 50 with a permagrin.
The point this rambling post arrived after he got his 50 zeroed.
I was talking to him for a bit and after he showed me his .90 caliber cartridge( a wildcatted 20mm) he showed me his pistol.
It was a scoped bolt action handgun. He said he uses it for deer and groundhogs.
243 or 7-08 one might think, nahhhh, how bout a 458 Win mag.
He showed me his handloads a 250 grain hollow point for groundhogs and the 300 grain softpoint for deer. I was floored.
I've heard that the recoil on a 454 Casull is not for the light hearted and a 45-70 handgun is no pussycat either.
I had a rather hard time concentrating on my shooting while he was there because a: it was amazing to watch and 82 year old shooting a handgun that, when lit off recoiled over his left shoulder from the bench and b: it was so absurdly loud we couldn't keep our concentration.
He told me he was on his fourth barrel on that gun. I doubt I'd have much dexterity left after that kind of abuse. Does anyone else have a hand cannon of this magnitude? Is this a common choice of handgun calibers?
I ran into him the last time I was at W&W, a few weeks ago.
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