Good turnout for the wheelgun shooters! S&Ws and Rugers both on the line, including some .22 action by one of our newer shooters. Couldn't have had better weather! But Sherri had to watch over her father who broke his hip, which meant no organized fine lunch. May have been my downfall, as re-entry in Field Pistol Any Sight was much more difficult to shoot. Targets were much more "jumpy"! Was hoping for another 30+ score but will have to wait 'til next year. (29 and 27 scores this time.)
Kdiver58 did not shoot. Instead, he did yeoman duty spotting for many folks and did lots of target resets and painting. So he got to coach his wife (shooting a scoped Ruger .22 Charger) to her first 40 out of 40! Which meant she had to lose the bipod. New challenge for her will be learning to shoot that pistol without any artificial support. One of these days we may get her to shoot a Standing entry, I hope!
We had talked about doing Bordello (Short barreled guns, no sight adjustments after five sighters) style entries last thread. A slow start: I shot a Model 67, taking down 15. Didn't have the sights quite right and had to hold well left the entire match, whilst also employing a bit more Kentucky elevation than anticipated out to Turkeys. Ram elevation was about as expected, unless the muzzle was raised before sighting. Powder position sensitivity really makes a difference at 100 yards!
But the other entry was much more challenging! A Centennial airweight .38 Spl. S&W fielded by another IHMSA buddy. 8 out 40! With hits at every bank, including THREE Turkeys! He gets the Superman award for this match. I think Kdiver got some video.
SW282 downloaded his .460 S&W and had quite the time of it. Big ole' beast of a revolver. Fortunately no beastly muzzle blasts!
Meanwhile, 75Vette seems to have exceeded the limitations of his plated bullets! Very interesting, if somewhat scary, to watch as bullets went wandering off in all sorts of odd directions. I just had to try a few myself with the same results. Loaded rounds looked normal and recoil felt uniform, if somewhat on the warm side. It's just not so easy building super accurate loads for long cases that perform well at "non punishing" levels! Sorry that he has to climb that steep and tall learning curve. But it seems to go with the territory. Weirdly, we all seem to have different approaches, even whilst sharing info freely.
Already going into withdrawals. Have goals to meet and new things awaiting test in competition! Looking forward to February.
Kdiver58 did not shoot. Instead, he did yeoman duty spotting for many folks and did lots of target resets and painting. So he got to coach his wife (shooting a scoped Ruger .22 Charger) to her first 40 out of 40! Which meant she had to lose the bipod. New challenge for her will be learning to shoot that pistol without any artificial support. One of these days we may get her to shoot a Standing entry, I hope!
We had talked about doing Bordello (Short barreled guns, no sight adjustments after five sighters) style entries last thread. A slow start: I shot a Model 67, taking down 15. Didn't have the sights quite right and had to hold well left the entire match, whilst also employing a bit more Kentucky elevation than anticipated out to Turkeys. Ram elevation was about as expected, unless the muzzle was raised before sighting. Powder position sensitivity really makes a difference at 100 yards!
But the other entry was much more challenging! A Centennial airweight .38 Spl. S&W fielded by another IHMSA buddy. 8 out 40! With hits at every bank, including THREE Turkeys! He gets the Superman award for this match. I think Kdiver got some video.
SW282 downloaded his .460 S&W and had quite the time of it. Big ole' beast of a revolver. Fortunately no beastly muzzle blasts!
Meanwhile, 75Vette seems to have exceeded the limitations of his plated bullets! Very interesting, if somewhat scary, to watch as bullets went wandering off in all sorts of odd directions. I just had to try a few myself with the same results. Loaded rounds looked normal and recoil felt uniform, if somewhat on the warm side. It's just not so easy building super accurate loads for long cases that perform well at "non punishing" levels! Sorry that he has to climb that steep and tall learning curve. But it seems to go with the territory. Weirdly, we all seem to have different approaches, even whilst sharing info freely.
Already going into withdrawals. Have goals to meet and new things awaiting test in competition! Looking forward to February.
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