Range of "New Army" - The Firearms Forum

tyc · 10-29-2011, 11:58 AM

Do any of you know the approximate range of a .44 ball, when fired from a "New Army" pistol?

tyc

carver · 10-29-2011, 01:03 PM

Probably at least a mile! Just kidding, but we need more information. Are you asking how the bullet will travel? Or how far away you can actually hit a target?

AL MOUNT · 10-29-2011, 01:12 PM

As I'm sure you know, much depends on the amount of powder you use.

On average I would guesstimate 3" group out to 30-35 yds.

12-36" group @ 100 yds.

dustydog · 10-29-2011, 04:57 PM

"Back in the day", a buddy of mine and I experimented with max range of BP revolvers,and we got pretty surprised.We actually were able to print on a 200 yard rifle target set at 200 yards,and the roundball would pass compleatly thru the 3/4 inch plyboard of the target backing.Used both a New Army and a 3rd model Dragoon with really stiff charges of FFg,.457 balls,and the tiniest dab of grease in the chamber mouth.Shot from a seated position with a two handed hold,took a couple of rounds to get the "drop",but the ol' girls do dance!

jack404 · 10-29-2011, 06:49 PM

it'll pass through a tin can target at 40 yards and travel 200 yards more and go into a tree 2" deep..

dcriner · 10-29-2011, 07:57 PM

Rather than concern yourself with the maximum range, make sure you have a safe backstop.

Buffalochip · 10-30-2011, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by dcriner

Rather than concern yourself with the maximum range, make sure you have a safe backstop.

Perhaps rather than assume the asker is a careless zealot who needs advise on what to be concerned about, we should find out what he is really asking before admonishing.

rdstrain49 · 10-30-2011, 03:47 PM

Are we being intolerant of one seeking information? Just wondering.

Hawg · 10-30-2011, 07:26 PM

Maybe he wants to ring the 200 yard gong.

jack404 · 10-30-2011, 07:28 PM

200 yard gongs easy we have car wheels in a tree 300 away with wood over them even if ya hit the wood and miss the metal its "rings"

tyc · 10-31-2011, 06:13 AM

Using 25 grains and .457 ball, I was wondering just how far that ball would go.

Was at the Legion the other month and shooting at an old dead tree from about 30 feet (10 meters or so) just standing there, no bench rest or the like, I was easily able to get a 6" in grouping with 15 rounds. Digging into the tree with a small pen knife, those balls were indeed deeply embedded, which got me to thinking, just how far would they go in free flight?

One fellow has suggested a mile. I guess that's possible but I have my doubts but then again he could be right. Half a mile? I quite sure of that. Quarter of a mile? No doubt here and it could indeed hurt someone at that range.

Was just wondering.

tyc

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carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,280	Re: Range of "New Army" Probably at least a mile! Just kidding, but we need more information. Are you asking how the bullet will travel? Or how far away you can actually hit a target? __________________ 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.

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AL MOUNT Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Cleaning my Thompson in The Foothills of the Ozark Mountains Posts: 3,108	Re: Range of "New Army" As I'm sure you know, much depends on the amount of powder you use. On average I would guesstimate 3" group out to 30-35 yds. 12-36" group @ 100 yds. __________________ 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment 101st Airborne Division Vietnam 67-68 Last edited by AL MOUNT; 10-29-2011 at 01:13 PM..

10-29-2011, 04:57 PM	#4
dustydog V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 208	Re: Range of "New Army" "Back in the day", a buddy of mine and I experimented with max range of BP revolvers,and we got pretty surprised.We actually were able to print on a 200 yard rifle target set at 200 yards,and the roundball would pass compleatly thru the 3/4 inch plyboard of the target backing.Used both a New Army and a 3rd model Dragoon with really stiff charges of FFg,.457 balls,and the tiniest dab of grease in the chamber mouth.Shot from a seated position with a two handed hold,took a couple of rounds to get the "drop",but the ol' girls do dance! Last edited by dustydog; 10-29-2011 at 05:01 PM..

10-29-2011, 06:49 PM	#5
jack404 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Contributor Posts: 17,622	Re: Range of "New Army" it'll pass through a tin can target at 40 yards and travel 200 yards more and go into a tree 2" deep..

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dcriner V.I.P. Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Illinois Posts: 238	Re: Range of "New Army" Rather than concern yourself with the maximum range, make sure you have a safe backstop.

10-30-2011, 03:47 PM	#8
rdstrain49 Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 44	Re: Range of "New Army" Are we being intolerant of one seeking information? Just wondering.

10-30-2011, 07:26 PM	#9
Hawg Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 1,559	Re: Range of "New Army" Maybe he wants to ring the 200 yard gong.

10-30-2011, 07:28 PM	#10
jack404 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Contributor Posts: 17,622	Re: Range of "New Army" 200 yard gongs easy we have car wheels in a tree 300 away with wood over them even if ya hit the wood and miss the metal its "rings"

10-31-2011, 06:13 AM	#11
tyc V.I.P. Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 129	Re: Range of "New Army" Using 25 grains and .457 ball, I was wondering just how far that ball would go. Was at the Legion the other month and shooting at an old dead tree from about 30 feet (10 meters or so) just standing there, no bench rest or the like, I was easily able to get a 6" in grouping with 15 rounds. Digging into the tree with a small pen knife, those balls were indeed deeply embedded, which got me to thinking, just how far would they go in free flight? One fellow has suggested a mile. I guess that's possible but I have my doubts but then again he could be right. Half a mile? I quite sure of that. Quarter of a mile? No doubt here and it could indeed hurt someone at that range. Was just wondering. tyc