Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Tuesday, June 4, 2024

Great-Grandpaw's Service Revolver; Match Ed.

I shot a USPSA match with a century-old S&W M&P revolver.



The sights are pretty minimal. When in shooting position, only the top bit of the front sight is visible in the rear sight. I had painted the back of the front sight with "traffic cone orange" nail polish over a white base coat and it was surprisingly visible. The trigger was as sweet as only an old Smith and Wesson revolver (or one with custom work) can be.



USPSA matches are speed matches. Your base score is how long it takes to shoot a stage. Then time is added for every hit outside of the "A" zone and for misses. So it goes slower with a revolver as reloading is a little slower (for most people) and the capacity is far less than the full-sized pistols commonly used in such matches.

I didn't score last, not even close to last. So I was pretty happy.

2 comments:

w3ski said...

My buddy had one. He called it his "Andy of Mayberry gun".
w3ski

Comrade Misfit said...

It's a lot of fun to shoot. But those pre-war guns are not drop-safe from a very high distance (like twenty feet).