INTERNET SNUBBY MATCH

[OLDNAVYMCPO]

Snubbie match

This is my first attempt at posting photos so bear with me.

 

[OLDNAVYMCPO]

Let's try again. I'm learning.

 

[Cyrano]

That my friend is some pretty fine handgunning. I can't duplicate that but I did try.

OLDNAVYMCPO: I took advantage of the barricade to rest my shooting hand against it for increased steadiness. I don't think I broke the rules, and it sure made my groups smaller. Being steadier, I was able to align the sights a lot better, which is the secret to shooting small groups with short sight radius revolvers.

I was also using fairly light loads; I'd loaded up 500 rounds of 38 Special using a 150 gr wadcutter and 3.2 grs of Winchester 231 powder. I doubt I was getting more than 700 fps out of a two inch barrel.

That sure is a nice collection of snubby revolvers you've got there.

 

[David R]

Loving the participation. Resting the gun on the barricade is NOT breaking the rules.

I hope to jump in soon, been shooting rifles getting ready for summer matches.

 

[Cyrano]

I love rifle shooting too, but I'm so creaky in the joints now, and with such a big paunch that I could hardly get down into prone or sitting and it would take a crane to get me vertical again. Never could shoot worth a toot at offhand, either. However I'm getting better at offhand thanks to a Feinwerkbau Moodel 300 and 18 yards of range in my utility room - garage.

 

[Cyrano]

For a few years now, my S&W 638 has been in my pocket when I go out at night, loaded with Speer Gold Dots for short bareled guns. It's warping my mind a little bit to see it as a target pistol, but I'm sure having fun shooting it in competition.

 

[M E Morrison]

Here is my first entry for May

M36 38 spl
Federal American Eagle 158 gr LRN
6-1/2 inch group

edited to add cover description:
all I could come up with was to drag a folding chair down range & kneel behind it

 

[M E Morrison]

second try for May

Ruger Speed Six
9 mm
PMC bronze 115 gr FMJ
6-3/8 inch group

I drug a folding chair down range & knelt behind it for cover

 

[David R]

May winner is Cyrano by a land slide! Awesome shooting. No its not a range gun, but do you feel better carrying it?

I do not want this to bet boring.

For June, shoot 5 water bottles at 25 yards and tell me how many shots it takes.


You can use as many hands and feet as you want, even a rest, just tell us when you post the picture of the blown up .5 liter water bottles. Edit, if you need, 2 liter bottles full of water are acceptable. No glass.

Thanks everyone for joining in, its all in fun.

David

 

[BB57]

I read this thread with interest and with growing excitement as an old bullseye shooter - right up to this last post.

June just isn't my cup of tea.

Maybe next month...

 

[Rick_A]

5 Yards Rapid Fire Carry Ammo

These are my results from the last range session:

On the left is my 442-1 with Remington Golden Saber 125GR +P's. The right is the 649-5 with Hornady 125GR XTP .357 Mag. Shots were fired as quickly as I can. The 442 snaps right back onto target...the 649 with Magnum ammunition is a little more challenging to maintain control of.

One of the guys tried them and did well, but did not like shooting either. I guess they are not for everyone. He thought the 649 with Magnums was easier to shoot, though he found neither to be enjoyable. I love them both and love how they shoot. Anytime I go to the range I'll fire at least a cylinder full of the carry ammo I have on hand.

I would try the new challenge but my neighbor would hate me more than ever.

 

[M E Morrison]

I read this thread with interest and with growing excitement as an old bullseye shooter - right up to this last post.

June just isn't my cup of tea.

Maybe next month...

Not trying to start anything, but why is that?
I'll probably need the 2 liters in order to see them with my poor eyesight, let alone hit them.

 

[M E Morrison]

These are my results from the last range session:

On the left is my 442-1 with Remington Golden Saber 125GR +P's. The right is the 649-5 with Hornady 125GR XTP .357 Mag. Shots were fired as quickly as I can. The 442 snaps right back onto target...the 649 with Magnum ammunition is a little more challenging to maintain control of.

One of the guys tried them and did well, but did not like shooting either. I guess they are not for everyone. He thought the 649 with Magnums was easier to shoot, though he found neither to be enjoyable. I love them both and love how they shoot. Anytime I go to the range I'll fire at least a cylinder full of the carry ammo I have on hand.

I would try the new challenge but my neighbor would hate me more than ever.

Maybe you could do a little traveling???

 

[David R]

I read this thread with interest and with growing excitement as an old bullseye shooter - right up to this last post.

June just isn't my cup of tea.

Maybe next month...

I am also an old bullseye shooter.

I just want to make it different every month. "7 yards double action" gets boring too. Always open to suggestions.

Everyone is encouraged to post targets and guns.

Enjoy
David

 

[Cyrano]

Wow!! Those targets look pretty small at 25 yards. That's about Paris Gun range for a snubby, although the British used to have a 100 yard snubby match at Bisley. I had to find out how my two revolvers were shooting at 25 yards; a S&W 638 and an ancient, 5 screw M&P. I have two loads, too: a wadcuttter and a semi-wadcuter. Good thing we can use a rest, as even with that, groups looked more like patterns. A water bottle is going to have to be very unlucky to be shot. The wadcuter proved to be the more accurate; but it was hard to tell which of the two revolvers was better; both were producing 5 inch groups. Both shot several inches low, but the old M&P wasn't quite as low, so I'll use that one. The trigger pull is a lot stiffer, as I haven't wanted to change the rebound spring or anything else in that old warrior.

A suitable target proved to be a problem; the bottled water, sodas,etc, I see in the supermarkets are around 720 ml. I finally traced a target of 2/3 of a 720 ml bottle and will use that for the competition. It has the advantage that you can see most of the misses (and there will probably be a lot of them) except those off the 8 1/2 X 11 inch piece of paper.

 

[David R]

I hope to shoot this tomorrow. Around here .5 l bottles of water are 24 for $4.00 or less. Cheap targets as long as you pick em up.

My chiefs special shoots high so at 25 yards I can see where I miss. If I stand the water bottle up on the front sight at 25 yards and I might hit it.

You can start with 2l bottles if you want. Its all in fun. Clay birds on a berm would be fine too.

David

 

[Cyrano]

June Match

Here's my score for the June match: 11 shots to hit 5 targets. The targets only show 10 holes, including the skimmer on the left side of target 3, but there was one shot completely off the paper on one side of target 1 as well. Range was 25 yards, and I fired off one of those plastic pistol rests made by MTM, the people who make plastic cartridge boxes. I was a little surprised at 11 shots; I was anticipating something like 4 or 5 shots per target. However I wouldn't be surprised if someone makes it with one shot per target.

I used my old 2 inch barreled M&P 5 screw. Serial number is C 137xxx. Does anyone know its approximate age? The SCSW only shows dates of 1948-67 for this model; not very helpful, but they do state that the half moon sight was replaced in 1952 by a ramp sight.

I think that tomorrow, for a change of pace, I'll take out my 1953 Hammerli free pistol.

 

[David R]

Excellent Cyrano! Thanks.


I am "IN" as soon time permits. I have water bottles with me.

David

 

[M E Morrison]

I'm going to have to use drawings too - I just found out my range only allows paper targets. Guess there were some problems in the past with metal targets sending ricochets out of the range.

 

[Cyrano]

I think that tomorrow, for a change of pace, I'll take out my 1953 Hammerli free pistol.

I shouda stood in bed.

I was shooting offhand, with one of the most accurate pistols in the world and my groups were about the same size as with my snubby off a rest.