If you own a rifle you need to get to one of these events. You will learn how to become a rifleman - deadly to 500 yards with iron sights. It's a 2 day riflery training course (you can go only one day if that's all you can spare). They are run by a group called the Revolutionary War Veterans Association. It's an all volunteer organization with the goal of transforming the U.S. into a nation of riflemen. Along with the rifle training you get history lessons about the vital role citizen riflemen played in the Revolutionary War. My brother and I went to one last weekend and came away amazed at what we'd learned and at how much our shooting had improved. Check them out at http://www.appleseedinfo.org/

 

cool find. I can't imagine hitting anything at 500yards by more than luck with a old kentucky rifle. One of my .300 win mag's is sighted at 500yards right now. My other .300 and my AR-10 are both set at 300 yards. It takes more work than most would think to hit a 10" bull consistantly at 500yds.

On a side note my Grandfather has a writeup from the local paper he saved from when he was in the Army. He received an award for being able to repeatedly drill the bullseye at 500yds with a opensighted M1 Garand. I tried it once and can tell ya it is work doing that with iron.

 

500 yards was nothing back in my younger days with the AR15/M16 and the M1 Garand. Older now and it's tougher with iron sites and my eyes.

Maybe it's time to dust off the old DCM Garand....

MikeyB

 

Try 500 to 800 with a 45-70!

That's fun, I can't see the target any better than I can see the sights and I really can't see the sights very well. (just missing the white cane)

 

I have a 45-70. With the ballistics of that thing it would shoot like a rainbow at 800yds.

 

More like a mortar round.

MikeyB