SGT ROCK 11B
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My first PPC revolver was a used one. The previous owner got a lot of use out of it and kept it well maintained. It served me well until I decided I want to get a new Davis revolver.
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My first PPC revolver was a used one. The previous owner got a lot of use out of it and kept it well maintained. It served me well until I decided I want to get a new Davis revolver.
In reflexion, it was the people I met that really made competitive shooting great! I met a lot of generous and genuinely nice people. With a lot competitive shooting disciplines on the decline, the younger set (just about everyone these days) don't know what they are missing.
Neck hold is usually only used at the 50 yard line. Everything else is a dead center hold. That's why the Aristocrat rib has three positrons on it for yardage. The 50 yard sight setting radically lowers the rear or raises the front, depending on model, so the point of impact is 10-X ring with a neck hold. You always have to remind yourself to reset the sight after the fifty yard line or your next 6 rounds at 25 will be right in the crouch.
SGT ROCK 11B
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People who go shooting tend to be nice people.
That was what was so great about the Aristocrat ribs. The sight settings were really quick to adjust and you didn't have to count "clicks". Leonard Taritelli (sp?) Was an LA County reserve deputy and owned a big commercial machine shop. He shot PPC and realized the problems with trying to keep track of your "come ups or downs" in the middle of a match. He designed the Aristocrat rib with quick set yardages and it became the standard for PPC. Before that we used Bomar ribs with all kinds of clever (and not so clever) ways of stops and gadgets to preset yardages on those old Bomars.
Yes Sir. If you wanted to be a Grand Master and compete with the big boys, you needed the right equipment. A faster twist barrel with the extra weight was a necessity to be competitive. In the old days, shooting consistent 1480s would get you in the 1480 club. Then it was 1490s if you wanted to win something. I managed to shoot a 1491 with a stock barreled model 14 but it had a Bomar rib on it. I think that was pretty much the max for that gun. 148 grain wadcutters like a 1x10" twist and in those days, Douglas premium barrel blanks were the first choice . I built a ton of them in those days.
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After being a member for several years and reading posts this is my first time replying to a post. I have been shooting PPC for 40 years and have been one of the governor's 20 8 times in the past 10 years. I own three very fine PPC guns two of which were made by Joe lenninger that built custom PPC revolvers and revolvers for the bianchi cup under the name Mojo's guns since the early '80s until a couple of years ago he has retired. If you can find a mojo they will usually sell for a reasonable price and are really second to none. Other than that Bill Davis made great guns and pioneered the windmaster in the '80s that has now become a barrel contour that is standard for outdoor shooting.
Sadly it seems like the PPC sport is slowly dying I see less people every year.
On the other hand I shoot three gun and there's more and more people every year.
Sadly it seems like the PPC sport is slowly dying I see less people every year.
On the other hand I shoot three gun and there's more and more people every year.
Jim Watson
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Friends and I shot PPC back when the PMA was less picky about LE credentials than the NRA is now.
We shot tuned Pythons in the pre-L frame era to get the heaviest gun we could enter both open and distiguished with. With Elliason rear and post front, they would just come down far enough for a neck hold at 50. 13 clicks back up for center at 25.
We shot tuned Pythons in the pre-L frame era to get the heaviest gun we could enter both open and distiguished with. With Elliason rear and post front, they would just come down far enough for a neck hold at 50. 13 clicks back up for center at 25.
kshock
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I had one that was built on a 686 with Wichita 4 position rib ( eliminated the neck hold ). Mine was built by Warren Moore of Protocol Design. Around here Power Customs from Ron Power were the cats meow.
AJ
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Most any well made PPC revolver will probably fill your needs as you say you are not going to shoot competition with it. Look around for a good used one and I think you will be happy.
Hey Sniper, great to hear from you...I'm not there anymore. But in CA about all the police ranges have stopped letting their teams or anyone host a match there. Just NO support. really sad.
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AC , been checking the net. I found Frank Glen in AZ still advertises building PPC guns. Looks like a complete build is 800 plus your gun. He describes the work. Maybe you can work out details like what rib etc. He builds a good gun. Watched Brian Enos win the Bianchi cup with one many years ago, and several PPC shooters from that area use his guns.
Of course it could be an old website or something.
If I was going to build one, I would put Aristocrats new rib that also has a rail for scope /dot mounting built in. The ability to put a scope or dot on the gun without having to remove the sight rib and put a rail on top would have been great when I was shooting a bunch. All on Aristocrats website. FYI
Of course it could be an old website or something.
If I was going to build one, I would put Aristocrats new rib that also has a rail for scope /dot mounting built in. The ability to put a scope or dot on the gun without having to remove the sight rib and put a rail on top would have been great when I was shooting a bunch. All on Aristocrats website. FYI
gwpercle
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In Louisiana the place to go is Clark Custom Guns
Clark Custom Guns | Established 1950 | Princeton Louisiana
Check them out ... 5 Star and 10 rated ... they have always put
A smile on my face I can't wipe off !
Gary
Clark Custom Guns | Established 1950 | Princeton Louisiana
Check them out ... 5 Star and 10 rated ... they have always put
A smile on my face I can't wipe off !
Gary
Id suggest Frank Glenn.
cherrypointmarine
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I always wanted a PPC revolver , finally broke down and went to gb , one of two purchases there . If I remember right , Sevens pointed it out to me . He warned me about light strikes , but this thing will shoot anything , but it does like wc's . I don't know who built it , but they definitely knew what they were doing .
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AJ
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Bring it down the next time you come to the gun show here. I will bring my Behlert PPC.
The barrel profile, especially the under lug... the grips and the quick adjust front sight on your rig are all items casting a vote that you have a Davis Custom. From one picture, I can't be certain. Hell, if it were in my hands, I could not be certain.
But if it is not a Bill Davis gun, then I would say that the builder held Bill Davis and Davis Custom in very high regard.For some guys, they hit middle age and buy a sports car. For me, there was a fire lit inside the first year I began shooting (later than most hardcore gun guys... I was 15) and at the sportsman's club we joined, all the local cops shot PPC on Saturday mornings on the indoor basement range. I was allowed to watch 'em, but only sworn LE were allowed to shoot.
Most all of those guys were running custom guns. This was 1988 to 1990 and this was PPC in those days. Go back to the 1960's and probably nearly all of the 70's when PPC was still in it's original form and yes, you would have seen duty guns and not a half ton of custom gear and leather and gadgets all dragged around in a Pachmayr shooting box with stacks of speed loader trays and Comp-III's.
PPC got "gamed" the same way IPSC got gamed, USPSA, you name it. They start out one way and after a stretch it becomes an arms race. It's the natural evolution of shooting competition.
I've got six custom PPC guns now and I thoroughly enjoy them. I'm usually feeding them BBWC, sometimes they get HBWC, but always lead bullet, always .38 Special only and usually 800fps or under. And most of mine demand the Federal 100 primer because the DA trigger stroke is genuinely that smooth & light.
My favorite is a Travis Strahan build on a 1977 S&W Model 64, but there were dozens of excellent custom PPC builders. I might argue that Ron Power/Power Custom and Bill Davis/Davis Custom would vie at the very top for most known, respected and perhaps also by sales volume, but there's a long list of builders and shops that made top-notch custom PPC guns.
Other names to look for -- and when I say "other", I do NOT mean "lesser." Bob Day, Ken Eversull, Royce Weddle, Cheshire & Perez, Austin Behlert, Travis Strahan, Lou Ciamillo/Maryland Gun Works, Lin Alexiou/Trapper Gun, Ikey Starks/Sports West, Schneider Custom, Jerry Moran, MOJO Custom, J Post Custom and plenty of others.
The first PPC gun that I found and brought home was a gem that I stumbled across at the Gun Library at Cabela's and this was ten years ago. This revolver is phenomenal... and I have no idea who built it and I doubt I ever will. Slab side barrel on a 1956 pre-Model 10, and it's at the same level as my Strahans and Davis guns.
Most all of those guys were running custom guns. This was 1988 to 1990 and this was PPC in those days. Go back to the 1960's and probably nearly all of the 70's when PPC was still in it's original form and yes, you would have seen duty guns and not a half ton of custom gear and leather and gadgets all dragged around in a Pachmayr shooting box with stacks of speed loader trays and Comp-III's.
PPC got "gamed" the same way IPSC got gamed, USPSA, you name it. They start out one way and after a stretch it becomes an arms race. It's the natural evolution of shooting competition.
I've got six custom PPC guns now and I thoroughly enjoy them. I'm usually feeding them BBWC, sometimes they get HBWC, but always lead bullet, always .38 Special only and usually 800fps or under. And most of mine demand the Federal 100 primer because the DA trigger stroke is genuinely that smooth & light.
My favorite is a Travis Strahan build on a 1977 S&W Model 64, but there were dozens of excellent custom PPC builders. I might argue that Ron Power/Power Custom and Bill Davis/Davis Custom would vie at the very top for most known, respected and perhaps also by sales volume, but there's a long list of builders and shops that made top-notch custom PPC guns.
Other names to look for -- and when I say "other", I do NOT mean "lesser." Bob Day, Ken Eversull, Royce Weddle, Cheshire & Perez, Austin Behlert, Travis Strahan, Lou Ciamillo/Maryland Gun Works, Lin Alexiou/Trapper Gun, Ikey Starks/Sports West, Schneider Custom, Jerry Moran, MOJO Custom, J Post Custom and plenty of others.
The first PPC gun that I found and brought home was a gem that I stumbled across at the Gun Library at Cabela's and this was ten years ago. This revolver is phenomenal... and I have no idea who built it and I doubt I ever will. Slab side barrel on a 1956 pre-Model 10, and it's at the same level as my Strahans and Davis guns.
