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old semperfi · 02-01-2010, 08:31 AM

i have a good friend that from time to time we shoot together.i have a older colt that for all practical purposes i hand built.here is the game.we both put a quarter in a hat,at 100 yards we have a six inch in diameter balloon.we take turns shooting from a sandbag rest,each time you miss you add a quarter.the first one to hit,gets the change.i know well that thats extreem for a 45 acp but it is fun.i realize any coin denomination can be used but we stuck at a quarter.i do want you to know that we both shoot around 4-500 rds of 45 a month but we are not experts,its just a lot of fun old semperfi

carver · 02-01-2010, 09:00 AM

Sounds like a lot of fun! As for as the 100yd. target being extreem for a .45, I personally would think it's not extreem. Elmer Keith was shooting an old out house at 500 yds. with an old .44, and shot many deer with his new .44Mag at 500 yds. Both of those calibers (.45 & .44) will shoot a long way, the trick is figure out how much drop you get at the distance you are shooting.

02-01-2010, 08:31 AM	#1
old semperfi Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: i live in southern indiana,old country boy at heart Posts: 1,506	shooting game i have a good friend that from time to time we shoot together.i have a older colt that for all practical purposes i hand built.here is the game.we both put a quarter in a hat,at 100 yards we have a six inch in diameter balloon.we take turns shooting from a sandbag rest,each time you miss you add a quarter.the first one to hit,gets the change.i know well that thats extreem for a 45 acp but it is fun.i realize any coin denomination can be used but we stuck at a quarter.i do want you to know that we both shoot around 4-500 rds of 45 a month but we are not experts,its just a lot of fun old semperfi -->

02-01-2010, 09:00 AM	#2
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,221	Re: shooting game Sounds like a lot of fun! As for as the 100yd. target being extreem for a .45, I personally would think it's not extreem. Elmer Keith was shooting an old out house at 500 yds. with an old .44, and shot many deer with his new .44Mag at 500 yds. Both of those calibers (.45 & .44) will shoot a long way, the trick is figure out how much drop you get at the distance you are shooting. __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.