According to Google, it's a revolver. They stopped producing them in 1875.

Oh nice!

Apparently it was one of the most sought after revolvers of its time. Soldiers could save lots of money just to buy that gun. It had another design than Colt which made it a lot easier to work with, not to mention quickly change to a preloaded cylinder in the heat of battle. The Colt (pre-Peacemaker) was a bit trickier.

Ah there's nothing like shooting a watermelon with a .22 and .357 Magnum in the morning .

Mmm watermelon.

Mmmm....22 Magnum.

Barely left a hole!

I'd hate to get hit by it. In the abdomen you could bleed out pretty badly, headshot....yeah no one's walking away with that kind of a gaping wound .

Skulls are a little harder than watermelons, but it'd probably jumble some brains if you got shot, ricochet in the head.

Could you do the same with a .22LR, Reaper?


I mean, I could do it myself but I'm too cheap and lazy to get my own watermelon

Lol. Watermelons are tasty. Just ate some.

Khajiit is not a fan of watermelon

All the more reason to use them as target practice then

Well someone likes them, no need to be wasteful.

I never shot melons.

2L soda bottles full of water, yes.

I only shoot Deathclaws and Feral Ghouls...

I went to the range this morning and sighted in my new iron sights on my Daniel. I did pretty good once I got the sights in. I gave the vortex optic some tweaking too. It was shooting a little low at first, But I got it fixed.

Now my shoulder aches. That .308 bucks a lot more than the .556.

The .308 is not far from a .30-06 (but with a flatter trajectory) so I reckon it packs almost the same punch. Especially compared to .556

Tidbit: Even though .223 is basically .556 we can only use .223 in civilian guns over here. .556 is reserved for the military.

.308 is a good deal smaller than .30-06

Is it? To be fair I haven't crunched the numbers but to me it seems to be a cousin to the .30-06. A smaller cousin, but still.

They're both .30 caliber rounds tho.



There's actually a difference. And it's a glorified .22 caliber round.

The .308 has a shorter case than the 30-06, because propellants have improved, so they can push a round at the same velocity with less gunpowder. The bullets themselves are in the same range of grain. There is an article about it here.

Hmm, interesting, it’s a shorter round but it performs a bit better than a .30-06 in terms of accuracy while retaining a similar bullet velocity. Khajiit did not know this and stands corrected!

I wouldn't mind finding this relic Webley Fosbury.

Geez what caliber is that gun? That cylinder looks tiny!

I wouldn't mind switching to a .308 hunting rifle but the shop is two hours away and the license two months away so meh.


How to adjust iron sights

When I got my .22 levergun I didn't need to adjust windage at all, it was spot on. And elevation can be changed on the fly due to the buckhorn design

I take it getting a hunting license here is a pain in the butt.

It's kinda like taking a driver's license I would say. Takes time and money, as everything else does. But I am glad to have done it now.


BP guns only takes money so there's an option for you

It's probably an 8-shot cylinder, so proportions are different.

From what I've read it come in two calibers.
The .455 Webley (6 shot).
and the .38 ACP (8 Shot).
It predates the invention of the automatic pistols and I'm not sure if the rounds are still made for this weapon.

Wow, that is old school. I would just assume that anyone with that pistol was a British officer!


I just did it the old-fashioned way. I took a shot, saw where it hit, and moved the sight over, until I was hitting the center.

I saw yesterday that there are these new-fangled laser pointers that are shaped as a cartridge. You load it in your gun the same as a regular round, and it shows you where it is going to hit. Then you just adjust your sight to match. Obviously you don't want to fire it. I saw a lot of people say you have to be really gentle with sliding the bolt home on it, because they are delicate. I think your mileage varies with the brands too. But it is a cool idea. You can sight in without firing a shot.

Actually the Webley-Fosbery was a British Officer's revolver, it was also in the movie Zardoz with Sean Connery.

I saw these things many months ago too and yeah, pretty cool idea. Think they are spensive though.

I took my .556 Sig Sauer out today, and I think I had my best day ever. That is 40 rounds in that pic. I shot 80 total. My shoulder only has a slight orange spot, where 80 rounds of .308 gave me a big red spot.

It felt a lot easier to shoot the lighter rounds too. I think going back to the 'normal' style of shooting with my left hand just in front of the action helped a lot. As opposed to the C-Clamp style I was trying before - with left arm fully extended and finger pointed at the target. My arm did not get nearly as tired the old way, and I think that is what gave me the better accuracy this time out. It was definitely a lot easier keeping it on the bullseye.

Seems like a really inefficient way to make one big hole.

Khajiit only joking, nice shooting!

I don't think I could shoot well if I had my left hand right in front of the action. I need it further out so I can pull the gun harder towards my shoulder and stabilize it, be it a .30-06 or a .22LR. But to each their own, the important thing is to get snassy groupings such as that

I meant this shooting stance, which I think is pretty standard. With my Sig, I don't really have many options, since the handguard only goes halfway up the barrel (like the one that guy has in that pic). Though now that I look for pictures, I am seeing a lot of others. One with people holding the front of the magazine with their left hand, instead of gripping the barrel.

Yeah, I see what you mean. The handguard on my gun goes further out, but that stance looks pretty good. Also, you appear a bit more masculine than I thought you'd be, Rosa...

I guess I shouldn't have taken those Low-T pills someone gave me at the party!

I had a disappointing day at the range today. I took my .308 back, and tried it for the first time using the regular shooting stance I talked about previously you know, this one. Instead of the C-Clamp style I was using with it before.

I was definitely more accurate, and my arms did not get nearly as tired. But I found I was hitting to the left, so I tried to tweak my Vortex optic over a bit to the right. My next shot was about a foot and a half left. So I tweaked it more to the right, and again, next shot was way left. Rinse and repeat two more times.

Then the reticle just vanished. I thought the battery was dead until I looked through it from an extreme angle. There the reticle was, way up and to the right now. I tried turning it over left a little bit, and then it would be way up and left. Mind you I never changed the up or down position once. No matter what I did, it was always way up to the right or way up left. It just went crazy. Since it was useless, I just turned it off.

Iron sights never lose their battery power, or just go wonky. So I spent my last 21 bullets shooting with iron. About half way through I realized I was pulling to the right. But I never did manage to correct that.

I don't know what is wrong with the Vortex. This is only the third time I have ever used it. So it's hard to believe the battery is going already. I have had my Eotech for a year and half, and gone shooting with it well over a dozen times and never had any problems with it. I think I'll just rip the Vortex off and shoot iron sights with the .308 for the near future. Maybe I'll buy a new Eotech for it. Or one of those scopes that switch between a regular x4 or x6 to a red dot. I just don't trust the Vortex anymore.

I did 80 rounds, so now I have a huge bruise across my shoulder from firing it. Damn that .308 kicks! The 5.56 is a lot more comfortable to shoot. My last time shooting it I also did 80 rounds, and it only gave me a little red spot on my shoulder, that was gone the next day.

5 things I learned at the gun range.

Now I need to call my 5.56 Frederick Douglas, because it's all black...

That's why I don't want to use red dots and the like. I bet they're good but I think they're too unreliable. I used to use a scope but since I now shoot at a closer range than before (I hunt in the backyard now ) I took it off and just go with iron sights. But I only did that because they are so refined on my Browning

You can always count of iron. That is why I bought the flip up front and rear sights once I realized that the Daniel (or should I call it Beyonce, since it's all black?) didn't come with any.

Only guns I have right now are non-lethal Nerf Blasters...but they're cool as one has a mode selector.

Two more days till Gunday!!! What will I buy?
.357 Revolver.
Kel-Tec 9MM/w 50 Round Drum.
.357 Magnum Derringer.
.44 Magnum Revolver.

When hesitating; buy them all!

If I had that kind of monies I would in a heartbeat .

If I had that kind of opportunities I would too

I'm tempted on getting a .44 Magnum Super Blackhawk again. If you want to know what a S&W 500 feels like look no further. I'll either get that or a good .357 Revolver or Derringer.

I'd settle for a regular Ruger Blackhawk. Hickok showcased one and it looked nice

I had a Super Blackhawk .44 Mag, shot great but kicked like mule also shooting it will be like shooting a S&W 500. You can shoot a SBH you can shoot a 500.