Once on the paper at 15 yards I moved the target to 50 yards. The very bright sun was to my right & the wind was howling from the right. Did I mention it was 23? I took nothing fancy to shoot from as I mainly wanted to test the rifle for function as my gunsmith said the problem was with my loads & not the rifle. [See Problem http://forum.sixshootercommunity.com/index.php?id=37249] So I simply shot leaning against the truck & shooting over the hood resting best I could on the rifle case. The scope was set on 6X & the bull was 1 ½”.

I moved the scope a few times & finally shot the first group, 2 1/16”.

I turned the target over, sprayed another 1 ½” bullet & fired 5 rounds of which 4 were in 3” but one was high off the paper.

Appears the load is not as good as the RCBS 30-180-FN & 22 grains of IMR 3031 but I’m nowhere near finished with the Lyman bullet & Promo as I have plenty of both so I’ll increase the powder charge a little at a time as I’m looking for 1 ½” at 50 yards for 5 shots.

While there I tried the Lyman bullet in the 94 Winchester using the same rest. I only fired 3 shots which went into 1 7/16”. The front & rear sight was in the shade so the sight picture could have been better but as Barbara says: It is what it is.

Also fired 81 rounds from the S&W 67-1. I’m using the Saeco 928 bullet, a round nose designed for the 38 Super but it cast large enough to size .358”. I loaded these with 3.5 grains of Promo & a HMF primer. This first target was fired with my bifocals [transition lenses] as dark as they get with the sixgun & my head in the shade on the truck hood. I rested my hands on the rifle case & let 6 go. I’ve not opened the rear blade on this sight so I was mostly shooting in the blind. The results are the 4 shots on the left with 2 off target.

Next I moved to the other side of the truck & fired 6 more off hand in the bright sunlight which was to my right. The results are the 6 shots to the right.

The next target was fired with the same sixgun & load, off hand at 20 yards with the sun over my right shoulder. Much better.

Not a bad day & sure beats sitting at home. I loaded everything in the truck & drove by the old Mark Twain High School sight. Not much there now. Took a picture of the sign & the steps which is all that’s left of the school.

Back in the truck I poured a cup of hot coffee & eased home enjoying the drive. At home Barbara had a fresh pot of potato soup ready to eat. Love that woman.