Shooting the OM 45

It was too hot to shoot from 65 yds today so I moved up to 40 yds so I could get in the shade of one of the storage containers & set up my folding chair in he shade, nice! I was shooting my old model 45 shorty convertible using the 260 gr Keith & 9 grs of Unique. This might be one of the classic loads in one of the classic calibers. I shot this load yesterday from 65 yds but the sun was high & my JB Weld front sight that Fermin hates so bad took a real beating. I couldn't see very good because I was getting some glare off that ramp front sight. I did manage to keep all 5 shots on steel but it was shaky.
Today in the shade things went much better, I settled in with no sun & slammed 5 of those big Keith slugs into the center of the steel clanger & then ran 5 off of the plate rack & went home happy. This is a fine shooting OM & I've yet to ever use the ACP cylinder. Took a muley doe with this gun last year at 58 yds through the heart. I did take the factory stocks off after yesterday, they are just too thin. I found an old set I had made a long time ago that fit pretty close.







Dick

Gotta love those old 45's like that. The grips look good on it for sure.

Looks like a fun place 8). Good looking grips!
gramps

Looks like that was a lot of fun!

Very nice, Dick. My first six-gun ever was an old model .45 convertible 7 1//2". Wish I still had that one. Old model .45s were only made for three years, so there are actually fewer of those out there than Flattop .44s. I got out of the .45 Colt and .41 mag business years ago and went to .44s only, just to simplify casting, loading, and component inventory, but still love the .45s.

Dick, that's an awfully nice OM 45.