Stepping up their Game, IHMSA style.

[jaymoore]

The local September IHMSA Field Pistol metallic silhoutte match was lightly attended, but some good shooting was done by both 75Vette and Kdiver58. Not only did 75Vette get a new personal best with his micro reddot equipped 629, he did it with some "special" cast bullets! Kdiver58 tied his previous best, thus giving him his second "leg" needed for a bump up into AAA, the next to highest classification. He has been campaigning an 8 3/8" AFS 586 for some time.

Meanwhile, I dialed in a tweaked .32 magnum load. It shows promise, but I lost a few hits due to the change in come ups. The five sighter shots were not helpful this time, just the opposite! Still, it was my best effort for the day at 22. Also drug out the "high rise" 629 for the first time in about a year, probably should have shot it beforehand, as results were not up to par. In fact, my "just for giggles" entry with the 3" barreled JP Enterprises sighted 686 was only one less at 20! That speaks volumes for the potential accuracy of short barreled revolvers out to 100 yards.

Some photos by a friend:

Shared album - Lisa Godwin - Google Photos

Shared album - Lisa Godwin - Google Photos

Shared album - Lisa Godwin - Google Photos

Hopefully, 75Vette got some more! Congratulations, y'all!

 

[Protocall_Design]

Good shootin' guys! Where is your range? Maybe I can shoot with you all someday if it's not too far away.

 

[75Vette]

Thanks jaymoore. I was really hoping to break that 20 score I seemed to be stuck at and although it wasn't a huge jump, I managed to break it twice with a meager 21. Now that means I need a new goal to set for myself.
I did get a few pics Saturday. I got 2 of your "birthday present" to yourself, a gorgeous engraving job done at the factory on the 3" 686.



I caught kdiver58 right before he pulled the trigger on his afs 586.
He was killin it Sat.!


And here's one of you & the "Where'd he get that!" hi-rise scope mount 629.


Of course I had to get a shot of my score card after shooting my new personal best with my favorite shooter, a 629-4 PowerPort.


And let's not forget our favorite range master Ron taking the 1/5 scale critters with a TC Contender.


Probably not as colorful as DragonCon going on in downtown Atl but I'd rather have been here chunking lead!

 

[75Vette]

Good shootin' guys! Where is your range? Maybe I can shoot with you all someday if it's not too far away.

Toolguy, we'd love to have you but may be a little haul. We're in Gainesville, Ga at the Cherokee Gun Club the first Sat of every month (Except Nov, Dec, Jan & Feb.) They even feed us!!

 

[sw282]

Very good shooting jmoore and grasshopper. Those home cast 44s

are 'special' from the scented lube, courtesy a local candle maker..

Really nice 686 you have there Jay.. lts performance inspires me to try

my 625 Mtn Gun on Field Pistol... Glad yall had a good time..

282

 

[75Vette]

I forgot to mention that I got my second 21 score with the help of sw282's world famous scented boolits. He was gracious enough to gift me 50 of his aromatic 250 grain projectiles a few months ago. I told him I was waiting for a special occasion to shoot em and I guess Saturday was it. Thanks buddy!!
BTW, happy birthday today young man. Don't eat too much rum cake!

 

[sw282]

Thanks grasshopper...l feel honored by the BD greetings from the FORUM.

The 'scented boolits' are cast from Keith's original designed 250 gr SWC.

Mold is a Hensley&Gibbs #503. Lube is another story;-)

 

[Protocall_Design]

Toolguy, we'd love to have you but may be a little haul. We're in Gainesville, Ga at the Cherokee Gun Club the first Sat of every month (Except Nov, Dec, Jan & Feb.) They even feed us!!

Yeah- that might be a long drive for a weekend match. I still enjoy seeing the pics and reading about it. Thanks for sharing!

 

[roundgun]

Threads like this is what got me interested in silhouette in the first place. I now have some 1/5 scale targets in my back yard that I shoot at with an american rimfire and old burris scope. I'm hooked! Thanks jaymoore.

 

[Dieseltech56]

I shoot half scale silhouettes at a field pistol range at my local club. I think I'm the only one who still does it. I wish I could attend some kind of match and see how I would score.

 

[jaymoore]

I shoot half scale silhouettes at a field pistol range at my local club. I think I'm the only one who still does it. I wish I could attend some kind of match and see how I would score.

This was a good range back in the day, but apparently match attendance dropped off to nothing: Burrell twp. rod & gun club.

There may be still some NRA style shoots around your area.

BTW, the 1/2 scale Field Pistol course is difficult enough that in several decades nobody has yet been known to shoot a perfect score! Even with optics and specialty handguns like the Thompson Center Contender (Field Pistol Any Sight or "PAS") perfect scores may not happen in any given year in official competitions. I don't think I've ever witnessed a score higher than 33 or 34 out of 40 locally. I've shot three 30s in PAS, altogether. The first was with a 625 PP with a microreddot! The other two with the 629 shown above, but over a year apart.

Pretty sure both 75Vette and Kdiver58 made it to 20 in a shorter amount of time than I. And 75Vette did it using cast bullets in his .44s, which adds several additional layers of difficulty! Never could get a .44 to act as well, so went to swaged lead long ago. (Oddly, the .45 Colt did well with cast, powder position sensitivity dramas notwithstanding, as does the .32 Magnum. None of my .357s shoots nearly well enough with cast, but have had some prior success with factory JSPs.)

 

[jaymoore]

Threads like this is what got me interested in silhouette in the first place. I now have some 1/5 scale targets in my back yard that I shoot at with an american rimfire and old burris scope. I'm hooked! Thanks jaymoore.

That's a whole 'nuther level of challenge! Lisa and I have shot a few NRA 1/5 scale rimfire rifle matches, but IHMSA is hard to beat for good folk.

 

[Bib]

This was a good range back in the day, but apparently match attendance dropped off to nothing: Burrell twp. rod & gun club.

There may be still some NRA style shoots around your area.

BTW, the 1/2 scale Field Pistol course is difficult enough that in several decades nobody has yet been known to shoot a perfect score! Even with optics and specialty handguns like the Thompson Center Contender (Field Pistol Any Sight or "PAS") perfect scores may not happen in any given year in official competitions. I don't think I've ever witnessed a score higher than 33 or 34 out of 40 locally. I've shot three 30s in PAS, altogether. The first was with a 625 PP with a microreddot! The other two with the 629 shown above, but over a year apart.

Pretty sure both 75Vette and Kdiver58 made it to 20 in a shorter amount of time than I. And 75Vette did it using cast bullets in his .44s, which adds several additional layers of difficulty! Never could get a .44 to act as well, so went to swaged lead long ago. (Oddly, the .45 Colt did well with cast, powder position sensitivity dramas notwithstanding, as does the .32 Magnum. None of my .357s shoots nearly well enough with cast, but have had some prior success with factory JSPs.)

Shot in many matches at Burrell back in the day....always camped-out all weekend for the state and regional matches. I still have my T/C Contender....wish there were still some matches in the area!

 

[H Richard]

I'm wishing we still had a silhouette range around here. I helped start an IHMSA range back in the early 80's. We shot the 200 Meter and a 100 yard rimfire match. No one seemed interested in the 1/2 size targets. The interest fell off after our club introduced USPSA action shooting. That's been quite a few years now.

 

[Dieseltech56]

What killed silhouette? Was it all the different classes and categories made a match too long and complicated?

 

[Bib]

Well, adding all the scoped categories sure complicated things....but.... it kept the long-timers shooting as their eyesight weakened. There just seemed to be a lack of interest in younger shooters. I'm into IDPA now and it seems that there is a bit more interest from the younger generation. <my two-cents>

 

[M29since14]

What killed silhouette? Was it all the different classes and categories made a match too long and complicated?

Petty bickering and infighting certainly didn’t help matters. A lot of ridiculous gamesmanship where good-hearted comradderie would have served the organization much better.

The loss of Elgin Gates was a great blow, IMO.

 

[M E Morrison]

Thanks jaymoore. I was really hoping to break that 20 score I seemed to be stuck at and although it wasn't a huge jump, I managed to break it twice with a meager 21. Now that means I need a new goal to set for myself.
I did get a few pics Saturday. I got 2 of your "birthday present" to yourself, a gorgeous engraving job done at the factory on the 3" 686.



I caught kdiver58 right before he pulled the trigger on his afs 586.
He was killin it Sat.!


And here's one of you & the "Where'd he get that!" hi-rise scope mount 629.


Of course I had to get a shot of my score card after shooting my new personal best with my favorite shooter, a 629-4 PowerPort.


And let's not forget our favorite range master Ron taking the 1/5 scale critters with a TC Contender.


Probably not as colorful as DragonCon going on in downtown Atl but I'd rather have been here chunking lead!

I recall seeing those super high taco mounts back in the 70's - I wonder if they are making a come back?

 

[jaymoore]

I recall seeing those super high taco mounts back in the 70's - I wonder if they are making a come back?

Not so much. The main source has basically quit the business in the past year so so. All of mine were procured used.

 

[Protocall_Design]

I think Met. Sil. just doesn't hold the interest of the younger video game crowd. Too slow and plodding, similar to Bullseye. They like the run and gun games like USPSA and IDPA, etc. Lots of movement and fast shooting is what is popular now.