The ole' Gunslinger

The ole' Gunslinger, Yosemite Sam, still had some fight in him but his six-shooters couldn't match the modern semi-automatic technology!  :-)

I was a lil' wonky off the start, I knew the pistol was shooting high so I adjusted the sights all the way down and got much better results.

I was running the Federal American Eagles again today and got quite a few hiccups. A lot failed to eject and more failed to feed. I ran a magazine of CCI Blazers through the pistol and it worked perfectly. The difference is the Blazers are lubricated the Eagles aren't. The next few magazines I loaded I put in 8 Eagles and topped it off with two Blazers. This seemed to work perfectly. I'll make some inquiries to see if guys actually lubricate their ammunition.

Less than a week to go before Spring officially arrives. Standby..... 

I give up!

Mother Nature's sending us another 12" of snow over the next day or so. :-(

A quick trip to the range

Temps appeared to be ok, 0 deg C. But man was it damp. I was there for about half an hour and my poor ole' knees started to ache!

I wanted to test out some ammo that I have. Three different kinds. I had had some issues with the Winchester X-22 ammo not working too well in my pistol and just picked up 1000 rounds of Federal American Eagle .22's.

I shot 40 rounds of each kind I had. Left to right:  CCI Blazers, Winchester X-22 & Federal American Eagle.

I was a little farther back than usual and wasn't really shooting for accuracy. I was trying to see which ammo seems to work best in my pistol. The results of this 120 round test are:

The CCI's worked perfectly, no FTL, no FTE no FTF
The Winchester X-22, 2 FTL, 3 FTE and 1 FTF
The Federal American Eagle, 2 FTL, 2 FTE no FTF

Legend:  FTL - Failed to Load, FTE - Failed to Eject, FTF - Failed to Fire

I was expecting more from the Federal Ammo hoping it would be comparable to the CCI Blazers. I'm going to try the same test tomorrow with my rifle and see how it goes.

For the little cowboy in all of us

Mother Nature gave us a lovely day today to get out and do some more shooting. This time it was warm enough to be outside so Fred brought along his Ruger Vaqueros 38 Spl revolvers that he uses in Cowboy Action competition. Now I have to admit I'm not too familiar with larger caliber handguns but these are FUN FUN FUN to shoot! They're single action so you have to cock the hammer each time. It takes a lil' getting used to but they are ohhhhhhhh so smooth!

That's my Smith & Wesson M&P .22 on top. We lobbed quite a few rounds downrange with it today too. It's also a tremendous amount of fun to shoot. I know Fred sure enjoys it! :-)

Here's Fred unloading one of his revolvers!

Thanks Fred, another great day! C'mon Spring!

Lil' bit better results

Ventured back into the indoor range with the air rifle yesterday. Settled down a bit, me and the gun so the results were slightly better. I found some foam block out of a laptop box that worked pretty well as a gun rest too.

First grouping at same distance as the other day (17.5 yds). Not too bad. I stuck with the Stoeger X-Speed 5.56 gr pellets this time.

After about another 20 shots or so the grouping got a little tighter.

And my last 10 shot target before I left for the day.

It's nice being able to shoot inside even though it was cold (-13C outside). Absolutely no wind makes it pretty comfortable. It's just nice to get out of the house and away from the cats! :-)

Been waiting for delivery of the Flexi-cat tool. It's been on order since early December. The company moved manufacturing facilities and that caused the delay. Hope to have it delivered soon. Getting really anxious to get back to the boat project once all this winter nonsense is finished.

Standby.