.36 rifle accuracy at distance

I'd not be looking any farther than 50 yds.

Kmcmichael said:

What is your theory? Does the wind catch the invisible forked tail that obviously exists at that velocity?

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Goodness is characterized by Light and warmth and calmness of being.

Evil, obviously, by darkness and heat…but sometimes extreme cold.

The highly volatile nature of Evil creates random conditions which cannot be accounted for with known systems and practices. Combine that with the cover of Darkness that prevents observation…and you have the most infernal of situations which cannot be devined by inspiration or intuition.

Camal Hair couldn't have said it better. Well spoken!

brazosland said:

I have a technical background in external ballistics and this is a factually correct statement.

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I have none but agree.

Back in the 90s while hunting with ML club members in Oregon I watched a young lady make an instant kill
heart shot on a buck at120yds with her .36 cal Seneca, shot sounded like a cap pistol
Being a big bore shooter I would not have believed it if I had not witnessed the shot & helped retrieve & process her venison.
Relic shooter

bigstick6017555 said:

A round ball is not the most flight efficient projectile.

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The only thing worse is a disc.

brazosland said:

Goodness is characterized by Light and warmth and calmness of being.

Evil, obviously, by darkness and heat…but sometimes extreme cold.

The highly volatile nature of Evil creates random conditions which cannot be accounted for with known systems and practices. Combine that with the cover of Darkness that prevents observation…and you have the most infernal of situations which cannot be devined by inspiration or intuition.

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What HE said.

I have a 36 cal. Kibler SMR. My load is a patched RB over 25gr. of Swiss 3F. A ten MPH crosswind will blow that ball about 4" at 50 yds. Figure at least twice that at 100. The problem is the wind is rarely exactly 10mph, the vector is rarely exactly 90 degrees from the line of flight, and the wind/breeze is rarely uninterrupted or constant. All of this places a premium on your ability to judge conditions and make allowances for them. My rifle is for squirrel hunting and target use and most shots are under 40 yds. It is sighted in dead on at 40 yds.

RMH said:

I have a 36 cal. Kibler SMR. My load is a patched RB over 25gr. of Swiss 3F. A ten MPH crosswind will blow that ball about 4" at 50 yds. Figure at least twice that at 100. The problem is the wind is rarely exactly 10mph, the vector is rarely exactly 90 degrees from the line of flight, and the wind/breeze is rarely uninterrupted or constant. All of this places a premium on your ability to judge conditions and make allowances for them. My rifle is for squirrel hunting and target use and most shots are under 40 yds. It is sighted in dead on at 40 yds.

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I love the .36 , have a double, but i shoot arrows at 40 yards and my pcp airguns knocked heads of squirrels at 50 yards . I am just having fun with you, your thread is really interesting , I went after a squirrel this morning with my bow at 40 yards but it would not stop still, I use a scope on pcps, but to shoot a squirrel in the head at this 40 yard range would certainly be a challenge with iron sights .

I just bid on a percussion 24” barrel carbine , nice German .530 bore , 1830
, not sure about it, it’s described as a mountain rifle, Holts Uk auction, guess it’s really for the woods . Nice to talk to you , last thing is I want to be rude to you, ha ha. Love from across the pond .

I've owned a flintlock .36 SMR for a long time and it is my favorite small caliber rifle. I shoot it more than any other caliber. I recall years ago a friend and I put a plastic liter soda bottle at 80 yards and took turns shooting at it with 20 grns of 3F. After getting amount of drop memorized we really took off. Virtually every shot I fired and quite a few from my friend managed to hit that bottle. With a bit of concentration I was able to hit the bottle cap - bottle was empty - and specific markings on the bottle label. Firing was from a seated position in a folding chair but no rest of any kind was needed.

That little rifle did kill a squirrel or two and a racoon. Never hunted much with it.