What is the longest have you shot and on target your .32?
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Only 30 yards here, that's as far as I can get right now. But that was before I installed a peep and taller, smaller dia front sight. I have yet to shoot for distance. Its on my to do list when I get it to the range.
I once shot a squirrel at a measured 65 yards. It was pure luck. I was rested against the trunk of a tree and the squirrel was sitting on a rock. I raised the front sight up so that the base of the sight was centered in the rear notch, set the trigger and squeezed. Wasn't sure i even came close as I couldn't see for the smoke. I assumed a miss, so reloaded and worked my way towards where the squirrel was in hopes of seeing him again but closer. I was really surprised to see the squirrel dead at the back side of the rock with the top of his head taken off. I wish I had someone to verify the shot as most would say I was full of it. I went back to the spot the next day with my range finder to veryfy the range. I know I could never do it again.
There's a Youtube video of a fella that shot a squirrel from around that distance with a flintlock. I don't recall exactly what the distance was but I'm thinking it was 60 something yards. You can look that video up, easy to find.
Nowadays I don't even know if I could see a squirrel at 60 yards good enough to put the sight on it.
If it’s the video I’m thinking of, I believe it was 59 yards. I’m with you, way to far for my eyes but he was young.
Yep, that sounds familiar. I believe it was that video. He also shows how to skin a squirrel for the fur.
The shot was taken with my Kevin Blivens North Carolina .32 Flint lock. I was able to see the squirrel because there was snow on the ground and on the rock the squirrel was sitting on. As I said in my earlier post, it was pure luck and I'm sure I could never do it again. To this day I don't know why I even tried that shot, it was way beyond my normal comfort zone for shooting at squirrels.
Ya know, sometimes we just don't know until we try certain shots. I'm certainly not against trying longer and more difficult shots on a squirrel. Big game is another story.
Back years ago i had a T/C Cherokee in .32 I could keep tight groups with it at 50 yards. I only hunted tree rats with it. Sold it to get a .36 Seneca. Of which i sold later to help pay for a .40 Tn. Poor Boy i had made for me.
ronaldrothb49
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I built a .32 years ago. I was doing a lot of competition back then and was burning through a lot of powder and lead so just looking for something that wouldn't use as much. At 25 and 50 yards it did OK but when went to 100 yards the wind really messed with it. My Ex's grandson seems to enjoy that rifle now.
Uncle Miltie
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I've won a number of matches with .32 caliber rifles at 100 yards: 40 grains fffg, mindful of the wind...
I used to shoot an original Perry E. Hall 32 and Tried to keep my shots at under 50 yards... I was deadly accurate at modest ranges. With deepest regretes I sold it a number of years ago and often wish I could have it back!
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I had been putting out corn for the deer to munch on, and every morning the corn was gone and no deer tracks. Puzzled, I went out early one morning and sat for a while and a big fat corn fed raccoon showed up at the corn scatterings. At that time I had one of the CVA percussion .32 squirrel guns loaded with a .310 RB and 30 grains of 3F pyrodex. I took a bead on that raccoon about 30 yards away and squeezed the trigger. That round ball bounced off his forehead and the raccoon rolled over. Not a hole in him but the concussion of the roundball against his head did him in.
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hanshi
Cannon
50 yards on paper while sighting in.
Walt
Walt
Shot silhouettes out to 75 yards and it actually knocked them over when hit in the top half of the silhouette. I blame too much wind for results at 100 yards.
When I was 15, I used a three wood on tee three. The ball rested just 1 yard from the hole after tee off. Don't think the shot would be possible today at 77 1/2 years. Just saying.
Round ball or conical?
Uncle Miltie
50 Cal.
Roundball. Be mindful of the wind....
