April Match
Am I the only entry so far; shouldn't be too hard to beat. Boy am I rusty; haven't shot at all for almost a month and haven't competed in anything for several years. Best target, the first, is 5 shots at 5 yards from my elderly, 5 screw, 2 inch barrel, Military & Police. Just at one inch. The second target is the best I could do with my much beloved S&W 638; 1 1/2 inches. The 638 has better, wider sights, Spegel grips and a much lighter (Woolf rebound spring) trigger pull. I thought it would do better but had trouble with the sights; matte stainless doesn't show up well against anything; if the target is dark, the sight will be dark, and if the target is light the front sight will be light. I tried to combat this by putting a little white nail polish on the front sight but that just makes it almost impossible to see against a white target. The 638 shot larger groups because I couldn't hold the sight picture as accurately as I could with the M&P. Perhaps a coating of blaze orange is indicated. Does nail polish come in blaze orange?
The third target is not in the contest, but shows whoat a six inch barrel and target trigger in my 5 screw K-38 can do. Better eyes and a steadier hand (don't drink a quart of tea for breakfast as I did), could probably put them in one hole. Perhaps I could have done it myself.........about 55 years ago.
Incidently, the load was 3.2 grs of Winchester 231 behind the Hornady 148 gr HBWC. I seated it below the case mouth as I intended this lot to be for my S&W 52 automatic. For revolver use I'd have seated the bullets out a bit farther.