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Thread: 45-70 BFR at night

  1. 02-26-2013, 01:23 PM #1
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    45-70 BFR at night

    You'll have to forgive me laughing like a dork but the muzzle flash at night was better in real life. 30 gr. 2400 and a 300 gr jacketed.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtUvM1GNwEo
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    Quote Originally Posted by 161 View Post
    You'll have to forgive me laughing like a dork but the muzzle flash at night was better in real life. 30 gr. 2400 and a 300 gr jacketed.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtUvM1GNwEo
    This year a grouse and I had a 20 minute stare off at dusk while pretending to Elk hunt. With 10 minute left of legal shoot time but in a fairly dark ravine I figured I'd skip my canned goods. A 10" 357 Herret and 190g Lead bullet of a heavy 1680 dose blinded me and I only heard the grouse fly off............good chuckels
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    I was working on a flintlock long ago and thought to surprise my neighbor at night for fun. I just had the lock with some ffffg in it. He came to the door and I set it off. We were both blind and laughing like nuts!
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  4. 03-01-2013, 07:08 PM #4
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    My first experience at night blindness came in Marine Infantry Training Regiment, Camp Pendleton, in 1959 when I snuggled up behind a BAR one dark night and cut loose. Quickly learned to close my eyes when I pulled the trigger. Could have been disastrous if it had been for real.
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    Thanksgiving Friday 87' ,28" model 120 Winchester,3" Remington nitro express, 29 minutes before sunrise(just barely legal hours) that honker I'll never forget! I got to see it a minute later.

    45 Colts and 357s full of Unique are pretty impressive too!
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    Shot my 458AccRel at last light at a buck. 75 gr of 2230 gave a flash that blinded me for 5mins! Could hear him thrashing but not see him. Clint
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    I went through rifle instructor school during the first assault rifle ban with and AR15 16 inch barrel no flash suppressor. Touched it off in total darkness and all I could see was the shape of the front sight.
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  9. 03-11-2013, 11:36 PM #9
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    I had a Savage Stryker in 22-250 that would ruin your night vision in one shot shooting 32 gr. 3031 behind a 55 gr. bullet.
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  10. 03-12-2013, 12:07 AM #10
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    I'll giggle at that stuff too. I know I find the blast wave effect on small pine trees from my 1886 funny as hell.

    tnoutdoors has a video of some rings of fire that's pretty cool.

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