{"id":18578,"date":"2012-11-06T20:15:34","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T02:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=18578"},"modified":"2012-11-06T20:15:34","modified_gmt":"2012-11-07T02:15:34","slug":"long-range-rifles-of-the-old-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/long-range-rifles-of-the-old-west\/18578\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Range Rifles of the Old West"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18584\" title=\"LongRangeRifles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/LongRangeRifles-300x177.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/LongRangeRifles-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/LongRangeRifles.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>In the Old West, the difference between going hungry and a hot meal, was a person&#8217;s shooting ability and to be able to make that long rifle shot. We look at the history of big bore long range rifles and how they are still in use in Cowboy Action Shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Aired first time on Outdoor Channel: Wednesday 07-14-10<\/p>\n<p>PART 1:<\/p>\n\n\t\t<script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/libraries\/tvtECWoH.js'><\/script>\n\t\t\t<div id='jwplayer_9CXqlReR_tvtECWoH_div'><\/div>\n\t\t<script type='text\/javascript'>\n\t\t\tif(typeof(jQuery)==\"function\"){(function($){$.fn.fitVids=function(){}})(jQuery)};\n\t\t\t\tjwplayer('jwplayer_9CXqlReR_tvtECWoH_div').setup(\n\t\t\t\t{\"image\":\"http:\\\/\\\/media.outdoorchannel.com\\\/outdoorchannel\\\/147\\\/707\\\/Cowboys94LongRangeRifle1_640x360_2301365038_640x360.jpg\",\"html5_file\":\"http:\\\/\\\/media.outdoorchannel.com\\\/outdoorchannel\\\/147\\\/707\\\/Cowboys94LongRangeRifle1_HTML5_700k_16x9.mp4\",\"playlist\":\"https:\\\/\\\/content.jwplatform.com\\\/feeds\\\/9CXqlReR.json\",\"ph\":2}\n\t\t\t);\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\n<p>PART 2:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<div id='jwplayer_rGMki9UI_tvtECWoH_div'><\/div>\n\t\t<script type='text\/javascript'>\n\t\t\tif(typeof(jQuery)==\"function\"){(function($){$.fn.fitVids=function(){}})(jQuery)};\n\t\t\t\tjwplayer('jwplayer_rGMki9UI_tvtECWoH_div').setup(\n\t\t\t\t{\"image\":\"http:\\\/\\\/media.outdoorchannel.com\\\/outdoorchannel\\\/147\\\/782\\\/Cowboys94LongRangeRifle2_640x360_2301376632_640x360.jpg\",\"html5_file\":\"http:\\\/\\\/media.outdoorchannel.com\\\/outdoorchannel\\\/147\\\/782\\\/Cowboys94LongRangeRifle2_HTML5_700k_16x9.mp4\",\"playlist\":\"https:\\\/\\\/content.jwplatform.com\\\/feeds\\\/rGMki9UI.json\",\"ph\":2}\n\t\t\t);\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cascity.com\/forumhall\/index.php\/board,77.0.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cascity.com\/images\/browicon.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"82\" height=\"58\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cascity.com\/forumhall\/index.php\/board,77.0.html\"><strong>Discuss Buffalo Rifles of the Old West<\/strong> on the CAScity forums.<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nThis is a place to meet, ask question or share knowledge and experiences about long range shooting matches and about the rifles used in the &#8220;old days&#8221; to harvest buffalo hides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Old West, the difference between going hungry and a hot meal, was a person&#8217;s shooting ability and to be able to make that long rifle shot. 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