Any marksmen here?

mnewb1 said:
Understandable, but my Dad still has its matching twin, which I will have someday and keep.
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Seriously, there are a lot of great 1911s being produced every day, but there are exactly zero new golden age S&W K-frames hitting the market. If you have one, with provenance, and its a family gun, youre crazy to let it go.

Think about a family owned, 1980 ES335 vs a 2018 LP.
 
2manband said:
Seriously, there are a lot of great 1911s being produced every day, but there are exactly zero new golden age S&W K-frames hitting the market. If you have one, with provenance, and its a family gun, youre crazy to let it go.

Think about a family owned, 1980 ES335 vs a 2018 LP.
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Good points Man, I think you are probably right...I am definitely going to rethink this
 
mnewb1 said:
Good points Man, I think you are probably right...I am definitely going to rethink this
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I guess I assumed it was your fathers K22 but you didnt say...sorry about that. In any case, go spend an afternoon with that beautiful revolver and a brick of good 22LR and see if you dont change your mind. Its arguably the finest .22 factory handgun ever built
 
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mnewb1 said:
Understandable, but my Dad still has its matching twin, which I will have someday and keep.
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wait.....wait......wait.......you have TWO K-22's that are MATCHING?!?!?

in that case you better NOT sell one of them and spit up a matched pair.
that's like cutting a 1959 Ferrari GTO in half and selling each half to different people.
 
Heard loud and clear

The other thing I’m thinking of which has no practical reasoning but a cool combo, I’m looking at a Ruger Blackhawk in either 357 or 44, matching with a Henry steel carbine in the same caliber. I doubt I’m going to get into cowboy shooting matches, but it would be the perfect combo.
 
found this over the weekend. apparently i was using it as a book mark in my Nosler handloading manual [facepalm]

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edit: the target is half that ^^^^ size in real life.
 
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I have been active with guns (target only) and archery at various time, but not currently. I'm a decent shot, maybe somewhat better than average (especially archery) but I'm no Andy Oakley.
 
So far no new purchase, I did not trade in the 17-4

Over the weekend I took out a rifle that my Dad passed down to me, a Winchester 1890 in 22 LR from 1931, a pump 22 in very good condition...ran about 50 rounds through it, shot like a champ...the gun, not me...
 
Grew up hunting, shooting starting with my Daisy Powerline 880 then straight to .30 cal hunting rifles and shot my first pistol, a .44 Magnum at 9 years old.

In the Army I was expert at M16, M9, M60 and M203.

I have to qualify with my pistol every 90 days for work and am one of the best shots at my firm.
 
The Swiss shoot at targets at 300 meters with open sights using their military service rifles. The goal is get 10 shots to hit a 5 cm ring. It is not easy, but it is fun to try. I've been doing it for the last year or so. I can get them all in a 10 cm ring bullseye, but that 5 cm "X" ring is stupid small. It is interesting to see all the old guys practicing with their 1950's Swiss assault rifles drilling the X ring on most of their shots. This is often accompanied with a lot of ribbing of the young active servicemen about their wimpy 5.56 guns compared to the mighty 7.5mm Swiss.
 
Tiltsta said:
I can only manage to hit the sky when I try shotgun.
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at a company i used to work at, we had a 'lunch time skeet group'. we'd bring sandwiches for lunch and eat them on the way out to the range and we'd get a round of skeet in over that hour. i was pretty good except for the double at the end. not sure if i ever got both of them.
 
Tiltsta said:
I can only manage to hit the sky when I try shotgun.
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They really are quite different approaches to shooting. With a rifle, it's steady on the target and a slow squeeze on the trigger. Shotgun is all about getting quick shots off in the general vicinity. You'd think that'd be easier, but it's not. At least for me it's not.
 
shoeless said:
They really are quite different approaches to shooting. With a rifle, it's steady on the target and a slow squeeze on the trigger. Shotgun is all about getting quick shots off in the general vicinity. You'd think that'd be easier, but it's not. At least for me it's not.
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and with a shotgun, it's also about 'the lead'. got to be ahead of the moving target, just slightly, or you'll be shooting behind it.
 
Tandemkross had a promo going over labor day so I picked up a set of hive grips and a victory flat target trigger for my SW22 Victory.
Installed over the weekend and both are seriously nice. Hopefully I'll get out in the woods and run it this up coming weekend
 
Lerxst said:
Tandemkross had a promo going over labor day so I picked up a set of hive grips and a victory flat target trigger for my SW22 Victory.
Installed over the weekend and both are seriously nice. Hopefully I'll get out in the woods and run it this up coming weekend
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those are some interesting looking grips. i've never hear of them before.
 
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