Monday, November 2, 2009

back in the saddle

Well, it seems that shooting really is just like riding a bike after all.

Smith & Wesson 642, at about 25 feet.

My first target was for practice - I had some flyers and a sloppy group, but at least they all stayed in the 9-ring.

But this second target, with all my shots neatly in the red, was the one I had to get a photo of..."before it gets ruined," said my friend, Tourist*.

And sure enough, 10 rounds later a round went wide, landing at the edge of the 8 ring. There's always one, isn't there?

Keeps you humble.


*Tourist joins us in the live Gun Nuts chat every week and has been shooting with me before I could even get my shots on paper.
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15 comments:

  1. pdbNovember 2, 2009 at 10:22 AM

    Nice shooting, for a pirate.

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  2. AnonymousNovember 2, 2009 at 12:36 PM

    That's very nice shooting. J-frames are hard! But I think the difficulty is all practical, i.e., small sight radius, small sights, heavy DA trigger on light gun. The guns are often surprisingly mechanically accurate. When I REALLY bear down and concentrate like a neurosurgeon, I sometimes have runs where I'm able to drop the falling plate array at 25 yards with my 642. But it's very mental. Some days I shoot patterns instead of groups with the little gun.

    More practice needed. It's my carry gun.

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  3. Ride FastNovember 2, 2009 at 1:29 PM

    Yes, but can you shoot while riding a bike?

    Bwahahahah.

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  4. New Jovian ThunderboltNovember 2, 2009 at 1:37 PM

    You shot that DA only?

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  5. bredaNovember 2, 2009 at 2:25 PM

    Ride Fast, I bet I could (but not well.)

    TBolt - yes. DA only.

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  6. AnonymousNovember 2, 2009 at 3:43 PM

    Nice...keep it up.

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  7. ajdshootistNovember 2, 2009 at 4:18 PM

    Nice,very nice i miss being able to shoot pistols so much.

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  8. New Jovian ThunderboltNovember 2, 2009 at 5:33 PM

    ~whistle~

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  9. Tango JulietNovember 2, 2009 at 7:09 PM

    Very good. Very good.

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  10. Old NFONovember 2, 2009 at 10:51 PM

    Yep, there is ALWAYS one that gets away... sigh...

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  11. SebastianNovember 3, 2009 at 12:29 AM

    All in the ten ring. The 9 ring is the uncolored ring outside that. Good shooting.

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  12. TamNovember 3, 2009 at 8:24 AM

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  13. TamNovember 3, 2009 at 8:26 AM

    That's plenty good shooting with an Airweight DAO J-frame.

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  14. BobNovember 4, 2009 at 11:53 PM

    I agree with Tam. That's outstanding shooting with a hard-to-shoot gun.

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  15. Mike W.November 6, 2009 at 4:17 PM

    I guess those of us who can't ride a bike are screwed....

    Good shootin'!

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