I went shooting at a club PPC match. While I shot well, into the top of the "expert" range,* I wasn't terribly satisfied. My top scores in the three matches that I have shot so far differ by a single point.
This time, I shot both a skinny-barrel Model 10 and a Model 19. No difference in the scores. The problem that I had with the -19 is that I was trying to see black sights against a solid black silhouette target in bright light. It took me a noticeable amount of time to pick up the sights. On the third stage (shoot six rounds , reload, shoot six more), the time loss translated into a shooting style bordering on "spray and pray", as getting all shots of and at least hitting the target is preferable to leaving rounds in the gun.
So I need to color at least the front sight and do it in a non-permanent way.
A number of the match attendees was laughing a little at the news media's characterization of the "massive arsenal" which the Newtown Asswipe and his mother owned. It would be a safe bet that everyone at the range for the match owned more weapons and cartridges. Asswipe probably owned more edged weapons, though.
The match itself had a lot of time between shooting, as the fat was chewed, the match director totaled up scores and shooters decided whether to declare their scores as their high score or try again. During one of those periods, a female pit bull puppy came over to the range. She was very friendly, she wanted to be petted by everyone and lick their faces. When the next match started, she wanted to follow everyone out there, but another shooter and I, who were skipping that run-through, called her back and gave her lots of attention.
Everyone figured that as soon as the match started, that she would run off. But she was smarter than that. She took off running as soon as the match director yelled: "Shooters ready?" She had gone through the fence line (just a single strand of wire to mark the property line) and was making tracks before the first shots were fired.
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*Considering I was using revolvers.
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Sunday, April 14, 2013
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Get yourself some of the paint used for fishing lures, give a coat to the rear edge of the front sight.
ReplyDeleteA small dab of chrome yellow or international orange of the day glow sort would do the trick. A hobby shop should have small jars of it and a fine brush.
ReplyDeleteThe consistent score with two differnt cuns says the basic skills are solid but for the killer score concentrating on using one gun, one ammo, and tweeking it (paint the sight) plus practice is the key.
But hey I'd be happy just hitting inside the big ring.
Eck!
From elsewhere, an obvious solution: Fingernail polish.
ReplyDeleteThat was what I did with my old Huntsman....... luminescent pearl polish .... a little acetone and all gone.
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