Looking for some range work with revolvers, they are my favorites. Very nice hardware. I have a K31 that I enjoy a lot. It's too cold here to shoot now but I do have access to a couple of indoor pistol ranges. Great photos
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But in the meantime, I missed a very nice 1917 DWM Luger for $ 1400 (sold hours after it was advertised), still kicking myself (until i get a chance to kick the LGS).
Too bad about the missed 1917 P.08. Looks like a good one.
But, as a shooter, I do prefer the Mausers from the 30s and 40s, they are younger, and I shoot a lot.
my P.08 from 1915 almost never goes to the range.
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I did some "Swiss" shooting myself yesterday. I went to the range to test and sight some guns in and the last one I shot was a Sphinx AS2000. The first shot at 10 yards went high and I adjusted the rear sights until I was on target. The results encouraged me to bring the target out to 15 yards and despite the 115gr Geco red box ammo, the five shot offhand group was pretty good.
It makes me wonder why the OP does not have one of those very well made early Swiss Sphinx pistols. The trigger is as excellent as in my P210-6 and I honestly had not thought that possible with the CZ75 platform.
Nice gun and nice shooting. As I said, I can't have them all
Well more like shooting US guns this time
Indoor range 25 m pistols and 50 m rifle
I put fresh springs in the three USGI pistols. I won't shoot them much but I had to make sure they function well and go bang
Colt 1911 (1913)
This one was hard work, the trigger breaks at 10 lbs [emoji15]
Colt 1911A1 (1943)
Remington Rand 1911A1 (1943)
ArmaLite AR-10 (1958)
Springfield Armory M1A (2011)
And some rapid fire at 50 m
First time firing this new to me rifle, worked flawlessly with 3 different brands of ammo, and felt great. The mass of the rifle absorbs the recoil nicely, especially compared to the light AR-10 which kicks noticeably more
Indoor range 25 m pistols and 50 m rifle
I put fresh springs in the three USGI pistols. I won't shoot them much but I had to make sure they function well and go bang
Colt 1911 (1913)
This one was hard work, the trigger breaks at 10 lbs [emoji15]
Colt 1911A1 (1943)
Remington Rand 1911A1 (1943)
ArmaLite AR-10 (1958)
Springfield Armory M1A (2011)
And some rapid fire at 50 m
First time firing this new to me rifle, worked flawlessly with 3 different brands of ammo, and felt great. The mass of the rifle absorbs the recoil nicely, especially compared to the light AR-10 which kicks noticeably more
BigBill
Absent Comrade
Nice toys to play with. Is it true there it's the law that every Swiss citizen is a trained marksman and owns a gun in every household? They can all shoot accurately.
bigwheelzip
Absent Comrade
No, none of that is true, though conscription means that the majority of males get military training and service, with the opportunity to buy their service weapon at the end of service.
What I found when living there, is that the Swiss believe in expertise at what they do, and extensive training, so I'd bet that good shooting skills are common in the sport's participants there.
BigBill
Absent Comrade
Under the butt plate on my k31 well under most k31's is the name and address of the person in the Swiss Army who owned the rifle.
Darkenfast
Member
Classic12, is that Victory a .38 S&W or a .38 S&W Special?
Great thread, some awesome firearms and shooting. Thanks for taking the time to show us what's going on in Switzerland.
30 years ago it was very difficult to avoid military service and the Swiss army was supposedly able to mobilise 600'000 men within 48 hours (in a country of 6 million people back then). Nowadays and with the end of the Cold War, the army was reduced to 150'000 men.
Marksmanship depends a lot of each individual's ambition and I have a lot of friends who were in the army (since it was compulsory) but who have no interest in guns or shooting.
Nevertheless it is still a very popular sport or hobby so I'd guess that we have a good number of capable shooters.
Also in the past in was very natural to keep the rifle or pistol at the end of the service, so attics are filled with K11/K31 and Stgw 57 and 90 as well as Swiss Lugers, P49 (Sig P210) and P75 (Sig P220). But the new generation is less interested and many leave the weapon with the army now.
The last two Saturdays a couple of friends and I decided to do something different. We have access to the summer range since my buddies are in the shooting committee, one of them is actually the President of the Association and they have the keys. They also got the green light from the local authorities. The weather was fairly nice and mostly dry.
I picked up some solid frying pans from the junkyard. Some rattle can spray. You see where this is going.
We attached them with wire to the frame at the 50 m lanes (there's also this little metallic arrow, and we shot some cigar tubes as well, those are challenging targets even with a scoped .22 and a little wind).
And off they go
This is what it looks like at 50 meters
We brought several guns with us and decided to limit it to .22 lr. since families like to stroll in this region and we didn't want to be too much of a nuisance.
Scoped Savage Mark II bolt action (not pictured)
FN Trombone pump action
Scoped Ruger 10-22 semi auto
Sig P210 .22 lr conversion
AMT Lightning
One buddy brought this nice S&W 17-6 8 3/8"
and a semi auto FN in .22 short
Another buddy brought a CZ 457 bolt action rifle and his new Glock 44
Temperature is cold but the range is hot
We had a ton of (cheap) fun and blasted some 7-800 rounds..
Good thing I recently bought 5000 rounds at $ 90.-/1000
I also brought along my two Anacondas to show them to my friends. They couldn't resist and insisted we put a couple of rounds with the 4". I had some old Remington 240 JHP in the speedloaders
Went trough like butter
Another great shooting day in Switzerland.
I picked up some solid frying pans from the junkyard. Some rattle can spray. You see where this is going.
We attached them with wire to the frame at the 50 m lanes (there's also this little metallic arrow, and we shot some cigar tubes as well, those are challenging targets even with a scoped .22 and a little wind).
And off they go
This is what it looks like at 50 meters
We brought several guns with us and decided to limit it to .22 lr. since families like to stroll in this region and we didn't want to be too much of a nuisance.
Scoped Savage Mark II bolt action (not pictured)
FN Trombone pump action
Scoped Ruger 10-22 semi auto
Sig P210 .22 lr conversion
AMT Lightning
One buddy brought this nice S&W 17-6 8 3/8"
and a semi auto FN in .22 short
Another buddy brought a CZ 457 bolt action rifle and his new Glock 44
Temperature is cold but the range is hot
We had a ton of (cheap) fun and blasted some 7-800 rounds..
Good thing I recently bought 5000 rounds at $ 90.-/1000
I also brought along my two Anacondas to show them to my friends. They couldn't resist and insisted we put a couple of rounds with the 4". I had some old Remington 240 JHP in the speedloaders
Went trough like butter
Another great shooting day in Switzerland.
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I just hope you weren't using good vintage Griswold or Wagner skillets.
Took some more real Classic handguns at the 25 m indoor range today
1979 FN GP35 Capitan
1940 Colt M1903 Hammerless (that one was a bit of a stretch at 25 m today)
1936 Mauser Luger
1979 Colt GM Mark IV series' 70 9mm Luger
1972 S&W 66
And a Classic rifle at the 50m range
1980 Colt AR-15 SP1 carbine with a vintage 3X Colt scope
1979 FN GP35 Capitan
1940 Colt M1903 Hammerless (that one was a bit of a stretch at 25 m today)
1936 Mauser Luger
1979 Colt GM Mark IV series' 70 9mm Luger
1972 S&W 66
And a Classic rifle at the 50m range
1980 Colt AR-15 SP1 carbine with a vintage 3X Colt scope
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