Recent content by clate

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Well, some results are in. Gentlemen you were right. large caliber handgun shooting is very different from anything ive done before. most of the problem was myself(thats an ego buster). i was able to get to the range yesterday. three separate bullets. first the 230gn round nose i had two...

justsaymo, wow! that was some awesome shooting. really nice. thanks for the advice and pics

in reply to frank, no i havent shot it off of sand bags but i have shot it of of a bench so resting my hands on the bench and firing. it will be a couple of weeks till i get to the range, hopefully ill have some decent weather and time. and i'll definitely post the results here. i really...

well i must say i feel veeerrrryyy sheepish, thats exactly what it was. thanks.

hi, just got my new vaquero out to admire it. then noticed every so often it wouldnt cock right, something was jamming, turns out the traverse bar is sorta loose like and when the gun is in a forward leaning(aiming low) orientation, it catches on the rear of the firing pin. any ideas?? ive...

thanks for all the options, and suggestions, will take all into consideration. dont know when ill get back to the range but will definitely take good notes and measurments on all ammo and targets. clate

i bought a ruger new vaquero about a year ago, ss 5.5barrel 45colt, absolutely beautiful, the only problem is it doesnt patter worth a hoot. ive tried win, rem cowboy loads, hand loads, the best were gold dot hollowpts, but at worst its like a foot wide at 7yds, at best 9 in maybe. anyone ever...