reloader1979
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BP pistol shooting is on the rise at the range I use and I have to say that it has a certain appeal. Unfortunately I have no pistol experiance due to not getting into shooting until after the handgun ban. Now about half a dozen lads have been and bought themselves Ruger old army .45's and keep singing there praises as the stongest and most accurate BP pistol there is, and while I agree that they are handsomely made I have yet to see their awesome accuracy that everone bangs on about. They shoot with round balls and conical bullets from Lee moulds using mostly Triple7, and at 25feet tin cans prove more than a challenge from a two handed seated shot off of a range bag, these guns seem to throw groups as big as 4-6" at 25 feet. I can throw empty .44mag shells more accurately. These blokes can shoot though, most of them competed at bisley some time during their life, and before slide actions and double acting revolvers were banned they could hold it with the best. I think they're just happy to have handguns again and are ignoring their shotgun like accuracy. I know we are all new to BP at the range but I questioned if they should be measureing their powder more accurately than shot flask charges, needless to say I got THAT FROWN and skulked back to the benches. Now is the Ruger old army really an accurate gun and are these lads doing something wrong, or is this kind of grouping to be expected from these guns ?. I really want to shoot BP but I dont want a gun that is more accurate if you throw it than shoot it. I figure some of you lads across the pond have the required experiance to help me out.