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[bleep] this handgun chit!

I shot this morrning but there must be something wrong with my pistol. I know I fired a total of 10 shots but as you can see from the picture, theres only 5 holes in the plate . On second thought, I need to get some more shooting done with a pistol.

Well, I gave it a go just a little while ago. I used my Ruger GP100 357 with some bargain priced Fiocci 357 magnum ammo. It's been a long time since I bought this gun, but I think I put a spring kit in it back in the day, other than that it's stock. All shots were fired double action. Holster used is a inexpensive, but very serviceable Old World Gunleather open carry unit that I've had for years.


I dropped one shot off the plate @ the 7 o'clock position when I was shooting from either the 5yd or 10yd position.


My stuff.


Group size, including the miss, measures a hair over 7.5"



This has been fun and a bit humbling, too.

Yessir, humbling it is. Twenty yards is tough. Getting all your shots inside an 8" circle at 20 yards is REALLy tough.

I shot this group cold as cold gets, with a 1911 I haven't fired in a year, and no range time since 3 weeks ago. This is my target of record for the POATAL match...



Barely 7.5", and I was lucky to get the two outside shots on the plate.

Just goes to show why you should ALWAYS shoot with aviators:






Now, same gun, same ammo, but this time I wore aviators:

Maybee that was the problem, I wasnt wearing shades. I'll have to shoot this again with shades on and see if I do any better

You could be on to something here, Doc. I shot W/O aviators too.



Next time I'm in town I'll have to pick up some aviators and give it another try. Just for grins of course, my official (losing) entry for May is already in the books.

I also shot it with a 686, and apparently aviators work OK with revolvers, too...






I shot the 2 groups with the 1911 as my #1 and #2, then shot horrible on two straight plates, then put away the 1911 and shot the 686 plate. Then I shot my last plate with my new Blackhawk Bisley and only got 6 shots on paper and at that point I was glad I had run out of plates...

S&W 915 in 9mm, no aviators, white box winchester ammo.

I also tried it with my 4" model 57 and shot a better group, but three shots were off the plate.

Nicely done! Looks like about 6-1/2" or less?

The angle of the dangle makes it look smaller, actually measures 7-1/8". Need to get me some aviators, probably shrink the group by 2":)

Just between you'n me, the reason I shrank my group from 7.5" to 4.5" was prolly not the aviators... it was more likely the 250 rounds of 45 caliber ammo I put down range in between shooting the two groups...

travis is going to disqualify you for talkin' that chit.

Hey!! The target I submitted for score is the non-contending 7.5"group... which pissed me off so bad I actually practiced until I did it right...








... and I did wear aviators for the better groups, too...

If the dang wind would calm down to below hurricane level I might go out and shoot! I have to be sneaky though...all I have to do is get a gun or fishing rod and and that [bleep] will start up on a calm day.

Well im glad to see Im not the only one that needs a bigger plate

4" 586, 180gr Rem SJHP 13 gr H110, brass trimmed back to 1.22", leisurely 1064 fps

Fired DA from a Safariland thumbreak beltslide.

nice

Very nice BGG.

5.079" minus .40 = 5.039" glock22, fed. american eagle 180 ball, fobus paddle, and ray ban shades