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Have you ever had a 'hankerin'? I've had one a long time! I've got this hankerin to shoot a turkey gobbler through the head with my Shiloh 45 2 7/8 and I believe I can do it....provided the ole gobbler will hold his head a mite still for a few seconds. I've never had a 100 yard zero on this Sharps as I shoot it mostly at LR; closest I've ever had is a 200 yard zero so this past weekend I took it to the range and got a 100 yard zero so as to have a starting point for a possible 'hold requirement' betwixt 40-75 yards. Took me four rounds to get it like I wanted it but it's there now. There's six rounds toward the center of this bull. If I hadn't called two off toward 7 o/clock the group would be really tight! Going turkey hunting in a couple days up in Kansas but my 'hankerin' will have to be just that because I can't legally shoot a rifle during their Spring turkey season! Oh well...... Zeroestab by Sharps45 2 7/8, on Flickr Sharp100 by Sharps45 2 7/8, on Flickr
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Naw Rick! A .45-2-7/8 aint goodnuff fer turkeys y'all need a .44-2-6/10, they will hit the eye ball better so you only take off the head. That 110 will destroy to much good meat.
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Way I got it figured though Kurt...that .44 bullet just ain't big enough! If I should miss with the .45...the wind off it could possibly take the gobbler off his feet so I could run out and beat the stuffin out of him with the buttplate!!
Oh...BTW...good shooting!!
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Stunt shooters! You guys are outta of my class presently as I'm happy to blow up quart milk jugs at 91 meters.
You better be afraid of a ghost!!
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You rember the turkey shot with the 45-70 on True Grit?
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Way I got it figured though Kurt...that .44 bullet just ain't big enough! If I should miss with the .45...the wind off it could possibly take the gobbler off his feet so I could run out and beat the stuffin out of him with the buttplate!!
Oh...BTW...good shooting!! Yep, your right Rick. Those big .45 torpedoes do push a lot of air, that's for sure! but that's better to miss that turkeys head close so that wind pushed would be like giving him a horizontal buttstroke and not make such a mess
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Woody. Looking at your signature crossfireoops, I think it's more fitting for me. Had three of them at the last midrange match in one relay shooting into the early morning Sun on the 200 yard line
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Woody. Looking at your signature crossfireoops, I think it's more fitting for me. Had three of them at the last midrange match in one relay shooting into the early morning Sun on the 200 yard line I like helping my neighbors.
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Shoot them through the wingbutts...where legal, of course. DRT and no breast meat damage.
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I dodged tornado for four days and got two of these in Kansas: Rickturk1 by Sharps45 2 7/8, on Flickr
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