Back when I competed in Bullseye matches

[H Richard]

The first sequence is usually the worst. I improve on the second one and fall down on the third sequence.

That's why I try and come early and shoot a practice slow fire before the match.

 

[FlyFish]

Our winter Bullseye (now Precision Pistol, as I'm sure you all know) league started this past Monday and will continue into April. I've been doing it for about 40 years and still use my Gun-Ho box of the same age, and still get offers to buy it pretty regularly even though it's cosmetically pretty beaten up. I started with a Model 41 and some years ago upgraded to a Walther GSP Expert. I've always used a dot sight, which was just coming into fashion when I started - not sure my aging eyes would allow me to hit anything without one now. An Eyepal iris helps to firm up both the dot and the bull, but it sure was nice when I didn't have to depend on one. As I look around our firing line I see a lot more gray hair than I like, although we're fortunate to have a few young shooters that are at least as interested in Bullseye as they are in the run-and-gun games (which are fine as well, just not for me any more).

 

[Golddollar]

Tonight is the last match for the Wednesday night .22 matches at my club in Maryland. My club above Harrisburg has an indoor range, so I'll have to see if there are any organized bullseye matches there through the winter so I can keep my hand in.

 

[Patrick L]

Interesting that the first Masters was won by a Bullseye shooter, an old guy named Allen Fulford(sp?) It seems someone who can shoot well can always try to go faster or farther. Doesn't always pan out the other way around! The "Big Guns" he beat did a lot of practicing the following years.

 

[4barrel]

I haven't carried my Pachmayr Deluxe in 30 years.<18 pounds>. I would sell it but shipping is a killer. I still have my Clark and Kart pistols.

 

[824tsv]

Pachmayr Super Deluxe Range Box

Fortunately I'm still able to carry mine. The spotting scope is a god send for .22's which I'm shooting mostly these days. An optic mounted to a 1911 will probably fit, at least a couple of mine do.

 

[Chubbo]

Bullseye matches

You folks bring back pleasant memories of my Bullseye match shooting, Circa 1952 – 1960. The only range that I ever competed at was the Columbus Pistol Range, in Cols., Ohio. My Bullseye shooting was extremely enjoyable but short-lived.
I preferred to compete with; a 4" slab side Woodsman .22, a 4" Mod 15, S&W .38, and a Colt, Gold Cup .45.
For financial, and prideful reasons, I gave much thought to the design, and constructed my own five-pistol shooting-box.
A fine grade, 20X, telescoping type Bausch & Lomb spotting scope was used in the lid of the box. It was extended beyond the box lid. One needed only to tilt their head into line with that scope, to spot their target. The design was convenient to use, with no wasted space. I wish that I could show a picture of it.
I can no longer shoot, and my beloved Bullseye shooting-box sets unused, but For the meantime the memories still remain.