45 CALIBER internet match

[Otreb]

Too bad it wasn't two handed five shots at 50 ft. I coulda been a contenda.

 

[David R]

Beautiful guns.

Maybe next month , 2 hands 50 feet.

Nice to see so many enter.

David

 

[625smith]

945 22OCT14 10 Yards

Here is my 10 yard semi-auto entry. Looks like I need to try harder.

945 & Target



On Target PC Results

 

[David R]

Beautiful gun, beautiful target. I plan to try once more.

David.

 

[M E Morrison]

Shot this afternoon, but as I suspected not even close to being a contender! Oh well, I'll try to get them sent in tomorrow - at least the pix of the guns might be interesting.

 

[David R]

My old 45, I gave it a shot. First shot was always great, but as I got to 10 things went down hill fast.

I had a ball and shot a box of my home cast with 3.5 grains Bullseye.

These were the first five of the right target below.

I wore the original finish off and had it blued.

The front sight came off and each time hit me in the forehead. I welded it on.

I put a rod in the grip housing and knurled the front strap in a lathe (by hand) I just rolled the chuck.

The work on the gun was all done thousands of rounds ago. I shot Bullseye for years.

2 1/4" is not good enough. Maybe next month....

 

[David R]

More fun. I put a stock spring in the gun and shot 200 grain 7.0 ulnique about 1000 fps. One hand 10 yards in my back yard. Still 2 3/16".

 

[David R]

You shot better once the pressure was off. I am still in search of a one hole group. Going to try my model 25 one more time.

Can't break sub 2" so far, in fact I'm struggling just to break 3"

Guns;

Kimber Cust II
S&W M1917

The m1917 has a good SA trigger, but tiny sights. All shooting at 30ft was SA, rt. hand.

Best effort was 2&5/8" using Rem 'high terminal performance' 230gr jhps. These chrono About 756fps in this gun's 5.5" bbl.

The Kimber has good sights, but while it's a good trigger....it's a little harder to work with shooting one handed bullseye style. That's Ok for me, I don't think I'd really want it any lighter for my needs.
The left target was kind of funny. About 5 rounds in, I threw the wide one. Pissed, I just fired the second 5 quickly and they all basically made one ragged hole.

I'll have to work some more on my one handed BE style shooting.

 

[Harley Fan]

OK... my latest, which I believe still makes me last... but if this were to place, I would call for my own disqualification. Reason- I'm pretty sure I went "two hand" hold on rounds 8, 9, and 10.

The other attempts swam (as my friend Engineer1911 put it) in "a sea of ineptitude".



I post this anyway, to show off the grips I just made, my first attempt at stocks for a 1911. Bolivian rosewood with the diamond made out of ebony.







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[M E Morrison]

OK... my latest, which I believe still makes me last... but if this were to place, I would call for my own disqualification. Reason- I'm pretty sure I went "two hand" hold on rounds 8, 9, and 10.

The other attempts swam (as my friend Engineer1911 put it) in "a sea of ineptitude".



I post this anyway, to show off the grips I just made, my first attempt at stocks for a 1911. Bolivian rosewood with the diamond made out of ebony.







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Very nice grips!

 

[TenTea]

Tried again with an old Gold Cup, Series 70 with camel bone grips and a real nice trigger.
Result 2.5 inches on my first try.
This is decent, for me, and I enjoyed the attempt as it was my reward after completing an offhand rimfire match.

Pardon the shadows.

 

[M E Morrison]

Tried again with an old Gold Cup, Series 70 with camel bone grips and a real nice trigger.
Result 2.5 inches on my first try.
This is decent, for me, and I enjoyed the attempt as it was my reward after completing an offhand rimfire match.

Pardon the shadows.

HMMM, I have never seen camel bone grips before. Did you make them yourself?

 

[TenTea]

Hello Mr. M E:
Poor man's ivory!
No sir, I bought them from an ebay seller a couple of years back and really like them.
The right side (not pictured) has more *coloration* and grain, but no actual bark, so they are smooth.
About once or twice a year, I let them languish under a layer of glycerine and then hand rub them before a final wipe down.
Basically, the same treatment as horn or other natural materials.

 

[Harley Fan]

Beautiful grips, TenTea... and a great target!

 

[joshwyattE2C]

2" side to side, 1.5" top to bottom
shooting 200 GR. Laser Cast SWC with 4GR Bullseye, right handed
mid 80's Gold Cup, recently rescued and put back into service

 

[David R]

Its nice to see some more targets. I see some good shooting and some beautiful guns.

David

 

[TenTea]

Beautiful grips, TenTea... and a great target!

Thanks, good to see you!

...and by "see" I mean - well, you know what I mean.

 

[joshwyattE2C]

second entry - now with a Smith!!! This is a PC845...part of the run out of there in 1995 or 1996...
target on right has 1.5" group, target on left has 1.25" group

 

[David R]

My final attempt. 200 SWC @ 929 fps. 10 yards, one hand bullseye style. After another box of 50, I settled down.

Not the winner. Sure is fun playing!

 

[David R]

This months winner is JoshwyattE2C with 1 1/4".

I had to scroll through the whole month to make sure I had a winner. Lots of beautiful guns. I never saw a Performance center 945 until now.

As Otreb asked,

For the month of November 50 feet two hands

Enter early, Enter often

David