First Freeper Postal Match Results!

Freerepublic ^ | 4/28/02 | NY.SS-Bar9

[NY.SS-Bar9]

Here are the scores:

	0.22								CF
	Slow	X	Timed	X	Rapid	X	TOTAL .22		Slow	X	Timed	X	Rapid	X	TOTAL CF
M1911	87	1	83	0	74	0	244	1	75	0	57	0	76	0	208	0	452
CTdonath2	90	0	73	2	76	1	239	3	79	2	68	1	58	1	205	4	444
5madman2	89	1	90	0	91	1	270	2	83	0	85	1	77	0	245	1	515
umgud	100	1	94	2	83	0	277	3	98	4	87	0	78	0	263	4	540
Cap&Ball	69	0	73	0	72	0	214	0	60	0	64	0	60	0	184	0	398
Shooter 2.5	98	4	92	2	83	1	273	7	98	5	87	1	87	0	272	6	545
Freedomlover	81	2	89	0	81	1	251	3	75	0	78	1	83	0	236	1	487
Barnacle	79	0	81	1	82	0	242	1	82	2	54	0	17	0	153	2	395
Ibbryn	0	0	79	1	78	0	157	1	82	0	75	0	43	0	200	0	357
Mrs. Ibbrryn	82	1	82	1	79	0	243	2	93	1	72	0	61	0	226	1	469
Chookter	94	4	93	1	94	2	281	7	83	0	76	0	77	0	236	0	517
NY.SS-Bar9	96	1	91	4	93	1	280	6	85	2	91	1	80	1	256	4	536
Average	80.4	1.3	85.0	1.2	82.2	0.6	247.6	3.0	82.8	1.3	74.5	0.4	66.4	0.2	223.7	1.9	471.3
High aggregate score
Shooter2.5	545
High Rimfire aggregate
Chookter	281
High centerfire aggregate
Shooter2.5	272
High single target
umgud	100

[Shooter 2.5]

To tell the truth, I thought all the 22A's looked like that until I saw your model at a gunshow a couple of weeks ago. I bought it that way and to me, the grips are a little too big. Since I'm left handed and they are ambidextrous I was happy with them. I bought it because it was time to retire my Colt Woodsman Match Target and I liked the idea that the barrel removal was so simple and I could clean from the breech. My friend had just bought a High Standard and I saw this one an hour later. I wasn't interested in a collector's piece and this follows the High Standard design. The price wasn't outrageous. I think it was $236 or something like that.

[Shooter 2.5]

I noticed you like custom grips. What is the revolver and what is the medalion on the grip?

[umgud]

Did you shoot rapid fire in DA or SA mode with the Smith? I'm no good in DA mode, and SA in rapid fire is a real feat With a SA only, such as mine and Cap&Ball's BlackHawks, I had to master a "thumbshooting" technique. It ain't real accurate. Thanks for all your effort. If we ever do this again, I suspect it won't be quite as onerous. BTW, nice tools.

[Shooter 2.5]

Oops! I read your earlier post. Smith 586 it is. Certainly are a lot of Smiths and Rugers.

[let freedom sing]

Postal match-- is that some kind of a freudian slip? (pistol)

[wardaddy]

Congrats.

[wardaddy]

Hey Cap....is that Old Army originally a BP with an aftermarket 45LC cylinder? I'm thinking about getting one of those cylinders for my Old Army stainless.

Good shooting.

[wardaddy]

stupid me...duh...no loading lever...I should have looked a bit harder...your username got me excited. I mostly shoot primitive these days.

[NY.SS-Bar9]

I fired all stages of the CF match SA. I probably would have been able to shoot DA (I installed ridiculously light springs) but I usually have enough time to get all five rounds off.

The grips are Houge on the S&W, and no-name rosewood w/thumbrest on the Ruger.

[Shooter 2.5]

Thank you. I had a lot of fun and I learned how to time my shots. The problem with the rapids didn't go away until I finally decided to just shoot like IDPA and shoot as fast as I could and line the sights up.

I'm a firm believer in competition because it forces people in scenarios that they didn't think of. I have a few friends that don't like to shoot competitively because it's too regimented. I think that's the whole idea. The scores don't lie and we have to fit ourselves into a game that we can't control. We can deal with it but it's up to the rules that we fit in. I always did like the adrenaline that kicks in afterwards. < gg >

[Shooter 2.5]

I have a friend who is teaching me about proper grips. He shoots all the big stuff in Freedom Arms guns. .454 Casulls, 475's, .500 Limbaughs. He hates rubber grips on large caliber guns because the rubber pulls the skin in recoil and can be painful. Grips shouldn't be so large that the fingers can't grip like my 22A. On my carry pistol, the rubber grips held in the moisture and caused my Stainless Ultra-Compact to pit and rust. The rubber grips were wearing out my skin underneath a t-shirt in the summer so I switched to a phony ivory set. No checkering because of the skin contact. I'm left handed so I try to stay away from thumb rests. I made a pair of bone grips for a .45 but the burnt smell in the house didn't make it worth it.

[m1911]

No pics of my toys yet, but I used a Springfield 1911A1 with 230gr LRN reloads, and the cheapest .22 I could find, a Heritage SA six-shooter with a 4" barrel. The .45 ammo was a mix of my own reloads and some I bought from a gun show. Sad to say that my own loads were pretty inconsistent, and that's what I used on the timed fire course. Switching back to the professional reloads for the rapid made a big difference.

[NY.SS-Bar9]

I first tried Pachmeyer (sp?) grips on the S&W, but they had too much of a "disconnected" feeling. These grips fit my hand well and keep the gun from shifting between shots.

[Shooter 2.5]

I have Pachmeyers on my house gun but rubber has no place on a carry gun. There is also that thing about ugly guns. Rubber seems like a short cut to down to the bone ugly.

[CapandBall]

I know what you mean, I got an old 1851 Navy BP in 36 cal, I've thought of doing the conversion kit thing too.

The 45 in the photo is not mine, I found it on the web and linked to it - very close, but a little older I think. My Blackhawk looks slightly different, flatter, less sloaped under the cylinder around the trigger. I have whats called a "convertible", it comes with two cylinders, one is .45LC, the other is .45ACP. Kind of nice to be able to shoot either, but it didnt help me in this match ;')

[CapandBall]

Thanks for the explaination, I've never seen a 22A like yours, but I believe mine cost about $225. The grips on your don't look to comfy to me either, but I love what was done to you frame and it's color.

[wardaddy]

Coincidentally...I bought a .45 long colt conversion cylinder for my Old Army today....200 bucks in brushed stainless....from R&D products. They make conversions for almost all replica BP revolvers except the Walker....I think. Comes as a drop in with a firing pin butt plate. I think you can shoot any LC short of hot loads in it. They don't advise Corbon either.I can get a drop in for my Remington models in .44 Russian.....

Remember...shhh....these are non-database purchases for now. The ATF considers it personal gun manufacturing. If someone buys one from a dealer already done it has to be FFL. Once converted then of course it's "real" gun as per the 1968 GCA. As these become more popular ...I see restrictions coming. Fortunately the JBTs seem more preoccupied with black guns for now.

[Shooter 2.5]

Since we're all adults here and I can act a little childish. I ordered this thing a couple of days ago for two reasons. I liked it and Free Republic kept on having threads where someone would say something about an automatic revolver. Not the best reason for something but what the heck. It's not like it would go down in price. Lousy picture. I tried 4 times but the light outside was going bad. It's a Mateba .357 semi-automatic revolver. They even come in .454 Casull. I can't wait to try it. It even shoots from the bottom of the cylinder.

[umgud]

I did a web search for this and found several articles about it. It is billed as being extremely accurate. I saw one version with a red dot. It looked like a race gun. Is the first round double action, or can you cock it for a single action first-shot?

[Shooter 2.5]

There isn't a spur on the hammer like some of the others but I've been pulling the hammer back without it. DA for the first and SA for the rest. SA for the first if I dig in and pull the hammer back without slipping and the top part coming back and nailing me. The articles on the web mostly deal with fantasy games and the Japanese Anim, The Ghost in the Shell. I rented it yesterday and it doesn't show it very much but it was like a "Bladerunner" with Japanese nudity.

The gun also has an extra recoil spring for .38. I wrote a bunch of e-mails about it so I think I'm repeating myself.