62 cal Smoothy how far ??

[Nessmuck56]

Iam looking into a 62 cal...for you guys that live and die with'em......can you hit a pie plate 9" at 50 yards with these guns??? I want to take a white tail with one next year ..Thanks

 

[BrownBear]

Easy with rifle sights, as on my GM barreled TC. Groups are around 3" now that I did some load development. Takes more practice without a rear sight, but lotta guys on here do it.

 

[Nessmuck56]

Is a rear sight on a Tulle.....looked down upon??? LOL. I might need it ,,,

 

[George]

Here's a group at 75 yards, rest, no rear sight, 3.5".



I have taken a deer with that gun and load at ±70 yards.

Spence

 

[tenngun]

There are matches that wont alow you to have a rear sight on a smoothy although thay were found a lot in the past.I do not know if there is a surviving tulle with a rear sight,but thay were found on contempery and earlier guns.My groups are not as good as above,but you will have no trouble hitting a deer chest at 50 yards without a rear sight. I have a rear sight on my tulle, and it works well.

 

[TinStar]

I am getting 3 1/2" at 50 yards with no rear sight.

TinStar
Soli Deo Gloria!

 

[tenngun]

I can do a little better then that at 25.At 50 Im closer to 5 inch. My tulle has front and rear sights and my north west has no sights at all and my groups are about the same.

 

[matt denison]

"......can you hit a pie plate 9" at 50 yards with these guns???"


Every single time, offhand, no rear sight. You can too if you practice.

 

[satwel]

The answer to your question is yes. I once shot a 5 shot group at 50 yds, offhand, with my 20 ga Type D tradegun that I could cover with my hand. No rear sight. I have not been able to reproduce that but it shows me what the gun is capable of. Because it has no rear sight, I string groups vertically. Left to right, the shots are fine. Determining how much of the barrel top to show while sighting is my biggest challenge.
IMHO, once you have found the best ball, patch and powder combination, and you master how to aim it, a smoothbore is capable of rifle-like accuracy out to 50 yards.

 

[Alden]

Yeah...

...and it's pushing two DECADES old -- LOL.

I'm half teasin' ya but I haveta ask: how often have you pulled that yellowing, cracking, evidence of your greatest-shots-ever out to demonstrate?

 

[Alden]

Tenngun;
hotoSmile:
Like to see that!

 

[George]

I'm half teasin' ya but I haveta ask: how often have you pulled that yellowing, cracking, evidence of your greatest-shots-ever out to demonstrate?

As often as it's needed.

All the rest of the shots are dead deer, turkeys, squirrels and rabbits. :haha:

Spence

 

[Ranger1759]

I shot this in 08 at 50 yards benched with a 39 in bbl Erly English Trade gun from NorthStar West....no rear sight....

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[nwtradegun]

you can always set up the rear tang screw to use as a rear sight. I got 4 in at 50 and 6 plus change with my caywood 54. now I use a 75 cal and get 5 in at 50. no rear sights. u have to use can-tu-keey windage

 

[Ken Cormier]

Practice will do it

 

[AK in PA]

Whitetails (and 9" pie plates) are certainly doable with a smoothbore. I just dug these targets out of the basement. I'm not sure how they compare, but they're typical for my shooting, anyway.

Both were shot offhand with my fusil. No rear sight.
Paper Cartridges:



Patched Round Ball:

 

[Nessmuck56]

Some good shootn ....can't wait to get my Tulle next spring...I just keep going backwards as far as firearms...cap,then Flintah,now smoothy...what's after that ??? Heck ...I shave with a 1840 Greaves Wedge Straight Razor...so a smoothy fits right in !!!

 

[Spikebuck]

I have a 62 cal early Virginia smoothie. Front and rear sights. Still playing with round ball loads, but last summer my attempts got me down to 3 3/8" 5-shot groups. Bench Rested. 50 yards. I know it will do better. Just need to keep experimenting.

 

[hanshi]

These two targets were fired with my .62 TVM smoothbore. The left one was fired at 25 yards while the right one was fired at 50 yards. Both loads were with a bare ball (WW for .605") over a lubed cushion wad and a card wad over the ball. Prb can do even better.

 

[TinStar]

Nice shooting hanshi!

TinStar
Soli Deo Gloria!