Today I shot in a Steel Challenge match at the Lewiston Pistol Club. With Boomershoot consuming my time for the previous couple of months and the timing of my visits to Idaho not coincident with the match schedules it has been a long time since I shot in a match.

I messed up one stage and that hurt my overall results badly:

Notice the top two positions are the same guy shooting an auto loader and a revolver? It just goes to show you it is the shooter/training not the gun that makes the biggest difference in the outcome of a shooting match. Also, I am pretty sure Roger is the oldest shooter. What does that tell you given that I am in my mid-50s?

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I carry this same exact round for my self-defense needs.

This does appear to be a pretty good price so I ordered 500 rounds for my own use.

Via email from Dave Lauck at D&L Sports, Inc.

This looks like fun. I wish I had enough money that I didn’t have to work so I could prepare for and participate in the event. March 2012 is far enough off that I would have the time to prepare if all that pesky work didn’t get in the way. Of course there is the $10,000 cash on the prize table that would partially compensate for missing a bunch of work… if one was good enough win the prize.

I have taken numerous classes from Insights and put family members through many of their classes. I have always been very, very impressed with them. Check out all the posts I have made mentioning them.

Yesterday Caleb from Gun Nuts Media sent me a link to a media release saying he is partnering with InSIghts.

I know Apparently Caleb has taken at least one class from Insights and shared my enthusiasm for them. I expect he will continue to be impressed with both the people and the training.

It’s time to sign up for the 2011 Steel Challenge World Shoot.

The match is August 18 – 21 in Piru California. The registration form is here.

Adam sent me an email telling me they are accepting applications for the 2011 Wiley Coyote 3 Gun Match. It takes place south of Grangeville Idaho on the Whitebird grade. It will be May 28th and 29th. You can download the application here.

This is a little out of date but perhaps there are still a few pirates left if you want to get in on the fun.

Via email from (Random) Brandon who said, “I read this and thought of you.”

I have been meaning to zero my iron sighted AR for years.It was good enough to hit 7 inch targets at 20 yards or less most of the time but not good enough for anything close to precision work—even for something with iron sights. This was the reason I asked Barron to shoot the opening fireball at Boomershoot 2010.

I finally took it to the range today and got it zeroed and I tested several old magazines that had been laying around in my gun case, on my reloading bench or other random places. I threw two 20 round magazines with bad feed lips away (will that appease the Brady Campaign for a day or two?).

After I got it zeroed I did a little offhand practice. I need to practice that more because my arms got tired too quickly. But my hits were good enough considering the circumstances.

These were fired offhand from 24 yards (laser rangefinder) away at a rate of about one round every two seconds:

These were fired offhand from 24 yards away at a rate of about one round every second:

I had a tendency to jerk the trigger on that gun a little bit. I think it is because my arms would get tired and I would try to get the shot off when the sights would wander over the correct aiming point.

Via an email list I am on.

Three head shot hits in a row at 1000 yards by an 84 year-old WWII sniper. It brings tears to my eyes:

I just discovered Leupold’s Custom Shop. If I were in the market for a new scope this would be the first and probably only place I would look. I’ve always been annoyed that the features I want in a long range scope were almost impossible to find. The one scope I really like which I put on my Spud Gun (see also this post) required sending it off to put the mil-dot reticle in it. Here I can interactively put those features on the scope before it leaves the factory. Awesome!

Via email from Ry is this web page on experiments with both black powder and smokeless powder where the experimenter fails to get ignition of gun powder with static electricity.

I wouldn’t count on static electricity not igniting the powder but if you were hoping to use it as an ignition source you probably would be disappointed.