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November 16, 2005
“Yeah, maybe he can talk the talk, but can he walk the walk?”
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November 9, 2005
Bullseye, or NRA Conventional Pistol, is a shooting at paper targets competition. Competitors stand side-by-side and fire at their respective targets from a variety of distances and with one or more different guns. Competitions can be brief and finished in a couple of hours, or span several days and include hundreds of shooters assigned to different squads (for scheduling purposes).
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November 2, 2005
Here are some less-than-obvious values to good equipment.
- The bullet goes where the gun was aimed when the hammer was released.
That should be obvious but, as a beginner I knew my wobble was much worse than the inaccuracy of the gun. My “off the shelf” Springfield Armory “Mil-Spec” 1911 (the Parkerized version) would shoot a 6-8" group at 50 yards. That was good enough for scores of 8, 9, 10 and X. Pretty good.
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October 26, 2005
“Coach Pat,” Patrick Dolan, passed away last Friday, October 22, 2005.
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October 23, 2005
When I arrived home after work Friday, there was a FedEx note hanging on the front door.
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October 23, 2005
A Bullseye-L email list member wrote:
"It is an absolutely perfect sunny Saturday here in Northern California. Unfortunately, my wife has the flu....so I stay home doing my best imitation of Klinger.
Would a kind soul among the BE Listers please shoot 10 rounds for me on the short line and let me know how I did by the end of the day?"
I was happy to oblige as follows.
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October 19, 2005
Okay, I’m convinced. My Springfield Armory “Mil-Spec” 1911 in Parkerized finish is becoming an impediment to my learning to shoot, but perhaps not in the way many would think.
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October 13, 2005
I shipped my Smith & Wesson Model 41 (22LR) target pistol back to the manufacturer earlier this week. The extractor hook had gone missing for the second time in less than a year and I had decided to exercise S&W’s warranty and let them have a look.
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October 5, 2005
The 41 wasn’t dirty, it was broken.
I purchased a slightly oversize nylon brush (25 cal.) to scrub the chamber and, when I took the gun apart to apply it, I discovered that the extractor hook was gone!
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September 30, 2005
From Email to a shooter asking several questions including why some of his shots hit up and right of center.