Day: July 3, 2008

June E-Postal Results

We have the results for our June E-Postal Match, Silhuetas Metálicas.  Let me start off by apologizing to everyone for the extreme difficulty of this match!  I scored what I typically score during my IHMSA matches, which is about half the animals, so it was a good approximation of the sport to some degree.  Despite its difficulty, we have some shooters who would make pretty good silhouette shooters if they tried out an IHMSA match.

Class 1 – Rimfire, Iron Sights

Shooter Score Pistol
Sailorcurt 8 S&W 22A
David N 7 Ruger Single Six
Mr. Completely 6 High Standard 103 w/4.5” Barrel
Danno 41 Ruger 22/45
Merle 4 Ruger SSS .22 Mag
BillH 4 High Standard GB
Mr. Completely 3 Jennings J-22 .22LR2

1 Shot at 11 yards
2 An apt demonstration that Saturday Night Specials do have a sporting use, especially if you don’t mind running up really close to the target to “pop a cap” in the ass of the animal, which is about the only way you’ll increase the odds of hitting it. Still, I’d take a 3 shooting a SNS at 10 yards at those little things!

Class 2 – Rimfire with Optics

Shooter Score Pistol
Yuri 161 Ruger 22/45
Conservative UAW Guy 15 High Standard Supermatic Tournament
Mr. Completely 13 High Standard Supermatic Citation
Sailorcurt 11 S&W 22A
Sebastian 10 Ruger Mk.III Hunter 22/45
Merle 9 Ruger Mk.II
LouG 8 Magnum Research Picuda, .22LR w/ 3x Scope
USCitizen 3 S&W 22A
USCitizen 3 Ruger Mk.III

1Shot at 7 yards.  Because Yuri shot at 7 yards, I would consdier him to be tied for first with Conservative UAW Guy

Class 3 – Centerfire Iron

Shooter Score Pistol
Danno 71 Taurus PT-92
BillH 4 S&W Model 39 (.38 Special)
Merle 3 Enfield No. 2

1Shot at 11 yards.

Class 4 – Centerfire with Optics

Shooter Score Pistol
Merle 8 Dan Wesson 10” .357 Mag

Class 5 – Rimfire Rifle, Iron Sights

Shooter Score Rifle
David N 6 Marlin 39 Century Ltd.
Firehand 6 Martini Model 8

Class 6 – Rimfire Rifle with Optics

Shooter Score Rifle
Firehand 7 Remington 512 (4x Scope)
Merle 5 Marlin M39A
Danno 4 Ruger 10/22

Bonus Class – Masochist

Shooter Score Pistol
Mr. Completely 36 High Standard Supermatic Citation

Thanks to all who shot in this month’s match. I wish I could have shot in more classes, but time was limited because of Bitter’s moving in this month, and also, once I got to the range, I realized I had left the bolt to my rifle at home! Otherwise I would have shot Rimfire Rifle, Iron Sights with all you guys. Sailorcurt is hosting the next match. Good luck to all!

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A Lot to Do

Today our office is closing at 1:00, so there is little time for blogging.  This Sunday I have an IHMSA match, where I’m hoping to shoot smallbore and field pistol.  Field pistol means reloading some .44 special rounds.  I’m trying a new load, so sometime before dark I want to get out and crony it.  Getting some small bore practice in is also called for, I think.  I’m also compiling the results of the E-Postal match, which will be up later today.

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Breaking Down Stereotypes

Inquirer reporter Natalie Pompilio has written an article on the book Armed America by Kyle Cassidy.  The reporter interviewed me for the article, but it doesn’t look like I made it into the final cut.  But that’s just as well, since it turned out just fine without me.  I also helped put her in touch with Dan, who I think made much better print than anything I had to say:

Daniel Pehrson, 26, bought his first gun for target shooting but began carrying one for personal protection. Recently, he was glad he did.

The Spring Garden resident was walking near Front Street and Girard Avenue when three teenagers surrounded him. One pulled a stun gun, zapped it a few times, and said, “Hey, check this out.”

“I drew my gun and they ran like hell,” Pehrson said, noting that the small pistol barely left the side of his leg. “It was a difficult and an easy choice. . . . The last thing on earth I want to do is think about hurting someone.”

What if, he wonders, it had been his girlfriend walking alone unarmed when the men circled? What if he’d been listening to his iPod and someone decided the $250 device was worth more than his life?

Pehrson runs a nonprofit organization – the Pennsylvania Firearm Owners Association – that aims to provide information about the state’s nearly 500 pages of gun laws. In Cassidy’s book, Pehrson looks barely out of his teens, a pile of pizza boxes in a corner.

My congratulations to Ms. Pompilio on a very good article.

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