Happy to meet Engineer1911 at the match, if only briefly. He bravely shot his 6" AFS 29-? standing with some old cast bullet loads. And survived the "new guy" treatment! Although I think he had shot at this range years before. He also was kind enough to help reset targets which went above and beyond the call of duty.
But sw282 was the only other S&W shooter that I noted this day. I brought a 29-3 10 5/8" revolver, but never got around to shooting it as I had a couple of "new" toys to break in. An XP-100 which exceeded all expectations, giving me my first 40 out of 40, PLUS nine of ten 1/2 scale 200m Rams! With cast bullets no less! The other entry was a 1914 LP08 Luger which needs some sight and trigger work. Did OK on Chickens, struggled on Pigs, and missed everything else except one Ram. Mostly because I couldn't hardly see the targets as the Kentucky windage and elevation was severe!
We also had several returning shooters from the old days, so ranks continue to swell.
Sw282 gave me some old illustrated factory parts lists which were later robbed by Numrich arms for their catalogue. Rather larger than the small IPL in the instruction manuals. Thanks for that!
Sw282, any other S&W news from the match?
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