I went to a steel match today and shot with both my .40 STI and the Gun Blog .45 by Para. I’d been practicing with the .45 a lot more than the .40 because I wanted to learn how to shoot it reliable. I did pretty well with only a couple times getting the grip slightly wrong and not getting the grip safety fully disengaged. What was a little disturbing however was that I did better with the .45, which has a double action trigger, and a sight radius a full inch shorter than my .40.
There is another variable however. I always shot the stage with my .40 before the .45. So I had the advantage of practice on that particular stage before shooting with the .45.
I don’t know if it means anything or not. More tests are needed. But here are the results for your examination:
Lewiston Pistol Club Steel Match | |||||||||
Steel Match – 22 February 2008 | |||||||||
Place | Shooter | Class | Showdown | Pendulum | Smoke & Hope | 5 to Go | Roundabout | Total | Time Down |
1 | Adam Mcintosh | Limited | 15.54 | 19.55 | 11.11 | 17.44 | 11.55 | 75.19 | — |
2 | Don W | Limited | 19.78 | 22.23 | 12.65 | 18.20 | 14.06 | 86.92 | 11.73 |
3 | Roger Watson | Limited | 16.78 | 21.86 | 13.97 | 22.76 | 17.69 | 93.06 | 17.87 |
4 | Todd Dow | Limited | 20.94 | 23.16 | 14.82 | 22.95 | 16.01 | 97.88 | 22.69 |
5 | Joe Huffman (.45) | Limited | 18.58 | 26.06 | 15.28 | 22.45 | 16.07 | 98.44 | 23.25 |
6 | Joe Huffman (.40) | Limited | 19.18 | 33.1 | 14 | 22.85 | 14.83 | 103.96 | 28.77 |
7 | Erik Elzea | Limited | 21.34 | 30.67 | 15.40 | 19.93 | 20.42 | 107.76 | 32.57 |
8 | KW Hipps | Limited | 31.49 | 24.59 | 13.90 | 22.51 | 17.73 | 110.22 | 35.03 |
9 | Roger Watson | Revolver | 22.71 | 35.62 | 16.17 | 22.69 | 17.60 | 114.79 | 39.6 |
10 | Jason Ewing | Limited | 23.79 | 32.13 | 17.44 | 23.72 | 20.10 | 117.18 | 41.99 |
11 | John Grimes | Limited | 29.60 | 30.64 | 21.01 | 43.11 | 27.15 | 151.51 | 76.32 |
12 | Caleb Frederick | Limited | 78.67 | 94.57 | 22.48 | 87.54 | 43.08 | 326.34 | 251.15 |
Yellow Cells denote stage winner | |||||||||
Son-in-law Caleb was handicapped by using my old Ruger P-89 which hadn’t been cleaned, lubricated or fired in several years. It jammed on nearly every string of fire and many times more than once in a single string. I showed him how to clean it when we got home, gave him a key to the range, a 1000 rounds of ammo, and told him to do some further testing.
“…gave him a key to the range, and a 1000 rounds of ammo and told him to do some further testing.”
I want to be adopted.
We’ll talk when one of my daughters or my son wants to marry you.
I think I used half of them that day
Report from daughter Kim is that Caleb is out at the range this afternoon doing further testing.