Golf ball accuracy

[ian45662]

I sent my uberti made remington off not to long ago to be accurized. At 25 yards off of a rest it will hit a golf ball sized target each time.I never really put it on a rest before then so I was wondering if an out of the box uberti made 58 remmy might do the same

 

[William O.]

It might, it might not, sometimes you get one that is just a gem, and other times they need a little work, but I think they all have that potential.

 

[Dave Rosenthal]

Can't personally speak for the '58 Remmy, but I know that my Walker has that kind of accuracy! With an out-of-the-box Uberti Walker I've already shot the middle out of an empty tin of caps glued to a cardboard backer at 25 yards. During a similar Novelty Shoot I've also shot a tin of caps that was glued to a wooden cutout of a man's pipe. If you just hit the pipe you scored X, but if you hit the tin of caps glued onto it your points would skyrocket!

I have a '58 Remmy by Uberti that I bought for my son to use. I'll have to give it a whirl sometime and let you know what she can do!

Dave

 

[excess650]

I must have gotten a pretty good one. It shot ragged hole groups at 25 yards with .454" RBs and Lyman hollow base conicals.

Recently I saw an old Dixie kit 1858, and it didn't even have a forcing cone cut into the barrel. :shake:

 

[token tory]

Mine did it the first time out with it, so that's really "out of the box" :haha:

 

[ian45662]

I wonder about the 1860 by uberti can it do the same thing?

 

[Dave Rosenthal]

My son's 1860 Army in charcoal blue with the fluted cylinder surely can! I think that they pay special attention to that particular model for some reason--maybe because they get more money for it--I paid $360.00 plus tax for the one I bought. It is really tight and very accurate!

Dave

 

[tnlonghunter]

I've been pretty impressed by the accuracy of all these revolvers. I haven't done any mods to my Pietta '58, but have gotten similar groups. Today I got a 5-shot golf-ball sized group at 25 feet shooting duelist pose off-hand.

 

[hanshi]

I recently sold my Rogers and Spencer which is very similar to the Remmy 58; it's the only c&b I ever benched. It had no trouble cutting a single hole at 20 yards. In an old Gun Digest article where various handguns were tested for accuracy, a 58 Remington did it at 100 yards! I think they are possibly more accurate than most cartridge revolvers.

 

[Dave Rosenthal]

At 25 feet I could do that all day long, if my arm didn't tire that is! The revolvers are better than I, but I'm trying my hardest. :thumbsup:

Dave

 

[David Teague]

I've been meaning to reply to this thread for the last few days... You'll see why.

Back when I was in High School in the mid 1970's my family ran a Golf Course in Eastern Oregon.

One of the jobs I had was shooting, poisoning, and trapping ground squirrels (along with my groundskeepers duties).

I often carried a 1861 Navy at the time for the "fun" of it and shot the squirrels with it or a TC rifle in 50 cal instead of a 22lr.

Now... with the back story filled in.

I was off work hiking the hills behind the golf course with that 61 Navy strapped on when I came upon this sad, sad golf ball, far, far away from the course.

So I got this bright idea that the golf ball would make a great impromptu target so I picked it up, stuck it in to the side of the hill, stepped back 15 yards and took careful aim...

Boom went the pistol...

And my leg instantly began to hurt...

That's when a light bulb went off in my head:

I'd shot myself :shocked2:

Here I was, dancing up and down in pain on my good leg and I looked down to see how bad the bleeding was and saw...

Nada, nothing, zilch...

Except for a flatted disk of lead on the ground in front of me. I'd hit that golf ball dead on, it pushed back into the hill, the golf ball core made to set the ball flying had no place to go so it slung the flatten ball right back at me.

So, beware of shooting golf balls and "Golf ball accuracy" :redface:

 

[Dave Rosenthal]

You Crazy Gun Nut!LOL!

The same thing happens during bowling pin shoots, especially in the winter. The soft lead needs some place to go, and if it can't penetrate the intended target, IT WILL COME BACK TO VISIT YOU! My .44 Spl's with 240 grain lead slugs does this on occasion. One guy got one of my flattened rounds up on his chest while watching the firing line just behind and to the side of me while I was mowing 'em down with my Model 29 S&W!

Spring, Summer & Fall we don't have the problem, cause the pins aren't as hard due to the cold weather.

Thanks for sharing!

Dave

 

[misher]

Had that happen to me with a .22. Saw it coming the whole way sounding like a bee but just couldn't move out of the way. Hit me in the forehead. Thought that was going to be it with STUPID to be marked on my headstone.