Bullseye pistol leagues, post your scores and your stories!

muzzlestuffer2012 · #51 05-12-2022, 03:55 PM

Shot a 753 monday evening second match used my browning buckmark

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Krogen · #52 08-01-2022, 08:25 PM

I'm going old school Bullseye. I generally shoot a Gold Cup .45 and a Model 41. Sometimes I use a Ruger 1911 and maybe a Buckmark or MKIII. I flop around with pistols, and between iron and red dot sights.

I'm looking for something new. I also admit, I'm tired of chasing .45 ACP brass. Yeah, I have a brass catcher, but it misses almost as much as I do.

Revolvers, here I come! I recently added a 25-2 to the herd. It will go nicely with my Model 17 and Model 14. I may toss my Model 16 in the mix one of these days.

So without further ado, the starting string:

6string · #53 08-01-2022, 08:52 PM

Hi Guys,
Nice to see this thread still going. "Slow and steady" wins the race! Actually, that's a good metaphor for the Bullseye game.
Still no serious match activity nearby. However, I'm keeping up with free pistol and air pistol. I recently fired two of my best practice targets. These are shot offhand (one hand) at 10 meters. The use of the white targets (backs of cut up and fired free pistol targets) is to practice sight alignment, trigger control and follow-through. No thought about score, just group size.

One is a ten shot group fired with my Pardini K58. The other is a very small five shot group fired with my FWB 80 (with Rink grip). After the fifth shot went in the same hole as the previous four, I decided to call it quits for the day!

Jim

Troystat · #54 08-12-2022, 01:44 AM

I am a member of a small league here in the Bay area, we have a match every 3rd Sunday morning for either 22 and air pistol. For the 22 we shoot 30 shots at 25 yards on a B-8 target and for the air pistol we shoot at 10 meters on an air pistol with 60 shots. The best I have done with the 22 is 296 out of 300 the best on an air pistol is 514 out of 600. Lots of fun and not easy.

skierd · #55 11-13-2022, 11:22 PM

Back at it for 22/23! Fall season is over, this year I went back to iron sights and man has it been humbling. I’m shooting a good 100 points lower this year but I’m learning a lot again.

I’m shooting centerfire this winter season, with my 38/44 HD.

skierd · #56 11-26-2022, 08:41 PM

Every year on the Friday after Thanksgiving, my local shooting club holds a Harry Reeves Memorial Revolver Shoot bullseye match. Open to any and all double action centerfire revolvers with iron sights only so there was quite a smattering of cool old guns shot yesterday; vintage Colts, N frames in 44 and 45, a Taurus tracker, K and L frame 357’s, and… my Model 10 snub.

Full power 158gr +P loads in a 2” DAO gun was probably not the best choice, but for the most part I kept my shots on the paper at least. 87/300 1x and 95/300 1x are about 150 points lower than my best open sight scores with my Model 17 6” 22lr.

For reference I normally shoot my S&W 6” Model 17-9 well enough to get in the 675-700 point range in a normal match with iron sights, and closer to 750-775 with a dot. Doing the math, in a normal match I’d have shot about 275/900 with the snub…

I see some lighter loadings and more range time in my future. In our winter centerfire bullseye league I’ll shoot my 38/44 HD instead as well I think.

F224 · #57 11-26-2022, 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by skierd

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Full power 158gr +P loads in a 2” DAO gun was probably not the best choice, but for the most part I kept my shots on the paper at least. 87/300 1x and 95/300 1x are about 150 points lower than my best open sight scores with my Model 17 6” 22lr.

For reference I normally shoot my S&W 6” Model 17-9 well enough to get in the 675-700 point range in a normal match with iron sights, and closer to 750-775 with a dot. Doing the math, in a normal match I’d have shot about 275/900 with the snub…

I see some lighter loadings and more range time in my future. In our winter centerfire bullseye league I’ll shoot my 38/44 HD instead as well I think.

Consider that you fired that at 25 yards one handed with +P ammo, and you kept most of the shots on paper, your preformance was pretty impressive!

If I remember correctly that match must be fired double action only, is that right?

skierd · #58 11-27-2022, 04:26 PM

It requires double action revolvers, but I don’t believe you have to fire them double action. I don’t think anyone else was firing DA, at least not during slow fire when I was paying the most attention. I was, because my hammer is DAO and doesn’t have a SA sear.

bmcgilvray · #59 11-27-2022, 05:00 PM

I wanna do this!

I have dabbled in bulls eye in the distant past. I'd be wretched because of shoulder surgery, but I'd romp into the fray if matches were held in Texas, in the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex region.

6string · #60 11-27-2022, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by bmcgilvray

I wanna do this!

I have dabbled in bulls eye in the distant past. I'd be wretched because of shoulder surgery, but I'd romp into the fray if matches were held in Texas, in the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex region.

Go for it!
I'd like to respectfully suggest that you try it with your weak side arm/hand. You might be surprised!
I have been doing this for a while with air pistol. (see my previous posts here) A few years ago, I was almost killed in a terrible bike accident. My left side (I'm a lefty) took most of the damage: skull fracture, broken ribs, shattered clavicle, etc. After a couple months recuperation, I was able to do limited motion activities, but nothing extensive with the shoulder. So, I started air pistol using my right arm/hand. Very quickly you'll discover how much of shooting is a mental game.
Ragnar Skanaker has an excellent book on pistol shooting that has a physical training section. You'll get your muscles tuned up fairly quickly.

To find matches, both the NRA and the CMP have search tools on their websites to locate matches. I'd be surprised if you didn't have a few options.
By the way, both of these organizations now offer one type of revolver-specific match or another.

skierd · #61 04-06-2023, 01:48 AM

Still shooting!

I shot our winter league with my 38/44. I did ok, shooting in the 210-225 range pretty consistently. Iron sights make the game much harder.

Spring 22 league starter two weeks ago, and I went back to a dot on my 17-9 because I’m ready to play the game more. I tied my best ever score tonight and shot my best target yet (rapid fire, 97-4x, shot single action).

Krogen · #62 04-06-2023, 09:44 AM

Nice shooting, skierd!

Inland7-45 · #63 04-06-2023, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by skierd

I’m starting my first .22 pistol league on Wednesday. I’m using my 17-9 with an ultradot matchdot and Fitz ten-o grips. We’ve got 5 scored events and a final tournament over the next 6 weeks.

Our first practice was Wednesday and i shot a 683-3x, which put me at 13th of 32 for the match. High score was a 826-15x, so I’ve got a ways to go lol.

Anyone else shooting in a league this fall? I’m also getting the stuff together to do some reloading with hopes of shooting center fire revolver in the winter and spring leagues too.

In the mid 1970,s I participated in an indoor .22 Winter league at a local revolver club. I used a High Standard Victor and had a low 260s average. I sold the Victor after losing interest in competition shooting.

In 2006 I started again at a local club that had a short springtime shoot after the .22 matches ended.

I started off with a model 18-3 for .22 shooting DA for slow, timed and rapid. Used a stock 1911-A1. Average was 221 for .22 and low 100s for center fire.

For the second season I used a 1950 K- 22 with original magnas and a grip adapter. For center I used a no dash model 67 with a factory action job and a pair of reshaped smooth S&W stocks.
I stayed with it until 2014, but I may go back this fall. Both .22 and center fire scores averaged in the high 240s.
All time high .22 score was 269 . Highest center fire score was 268. Best single target was a timed fire score of 296 during last season. I wish that I had saved the target.

While there were quite a few shooters using revolvers in the center fire matches I did not see any other revolvers in the .22 matches.

I used 148 gr WC and Bullseye in the .38. The matches were a lot of fun and it gave me a chance to show that revolvers can still be viable for .22 indoor matches. The Smith and Wesson K frame has a great DA pull. For me it is easy to keep the sights aligned on a 6
O’clock hold on the bullseye and stage the trigger for the final squeeze. I never had a problem keeping up in timed and rapid against .22 autos. I did try a few practice matches for center fire with my Colt Officers Model bu

skierd · #64 02-08-2024, 04:04 AM

Halfway through the leagues!

Still using my 17-9 with a dot in the fall and upcoming spring 22 league. Still trying to break out of the 250-260/300 range.

Centerfire winter league I’ve been playing around with a couple different guns (a CMP 1911 and a smith 1917, both of which are shooting too high to be useful, and the 6 inch model 10 pictured here) but have settled back in with my 38/44. I’m getting better with the fixed irons and my new mantra of “front sight, lolli-POP”, trying to have the trigger break on pop. I’ve tried so many grips it’s not funny, and whodathunk the best so far would be plain old hogue monogrips?

rct269 · #65 02-08-2024, 09:48 AM

Having simply browsed through here, I'm left with the impression we have some serious shooters with some serious guns in this hive. Reminds me of "the good old days"!

Good on you----one and all!

Ralph Tremaine