What is a bullseye revolver worth?

You know that when they start having matches for specific guns, that those guns are obsolete. Q.V. Springfield matches, Garand matches, Revolver matches (like the NRA Distinguished Revolver and Harry Reeves events.)

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Last year I shot an average of two Bullseye Matches a month, never more than four in a month. In that year I attended two regionals where there were two Distinguished Revolver events, each 30 rounds. Sixty rounds in a year is not enough to bother buying a special revolver to compete in a special revolver event. I used my M10-5 I 38 Special because I shoot it well.



I did not win, place in the two Distinguished Revolver events I competed, but at least I shot.

Royce Weddle was a Norman, Oklahoma policeman and well regarded gunsmith.
So it IS a Big Name gun. You have to decide if it is worth the money to you.

+1 for Royce Weddle, I used to have a Model 13 PPCed by him, fantastic gun.

Just my .02,
LeonCarr

Jim Watson said:

Sounds like a PPC gun. A bullseye shooter would not want that heavy a gun.
If well done, $799 is a reasonable price... if you know what to do with it.

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By the description, definitely a PPC gun.

As you note, it's not necessarily a good gun for NRA Conventional Pistol. The PPC types get to use a barrier for support, which isn't allowed for bullseye. We have to hold it one handed, unsupported. For us, a "heavy" barrel is what you find on a Smith 25-2 or 14-2.

Slamfire said:

For NRA Bullseye Pistol the revolver basically disappeared by the mid 60's. Once reliable and accurate M1911's were developed, revolvers faded away. I have seen guys shooting a revolver during the centerfire match, more for the fun and to use their new acquisition, but getting five rounds off in 10 seconds only using one hand to cock and pull the trigger is just about impossible. I have asked the greybeards how they did it, and shooters did, it took lots of work and practice, more than I am willing to put into it.

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I wouldn't use the phrase "nearly impossible" at all. I still prefer to use a revolver for centerfire and do it at least twice a month. I still see many people doing it too. They key is we don't "use one hand to cock and pull the trigger." We use one finger. To properly shoot a revolver in NRA Precision Pistol you have to be able to shoot double action.

Looks beautiful

fireman 9731 said:

Here it is.

I'm still on the fence about it... just because the gun fund is a little thin right now...I could always put it on layaway though.

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That's a nice revolver but the fact remains for specialized stuff like this it is a buyers and not a sellers market.
The gun is worth what the market will bear and if the market thinks $800 is too much it will sit there.
In my area a gun like that MIGHT bring $500 from and interested party.

QUOTE: "... but getting five rounds off in 10 seconds only using one hand to cock and pull the trigger is just about impossible. I have asked the greybeards how they did it, and shooters did, it took lots of work and practice, more than I am willing to put into it."

Having competed in Bullseye matches for over fifty years I guess I now qualify as being a real-life "graybeard". Until accurate semi-autos (mostly 1911s and Smith Model 52s) arrived on the scene, revolvers (mostly Smith Model 17s and Colt Officer Matches) ruled the day. And, yes, shooting accurately with one hand at a target fifty yards downrange (in the case of the "slow-fire" stage, though you had ten minutes to fire ten rounds) with the winds off Lake Erie at Camp Perry whipping around you, takes much "work and practice". It takes an equal amount of training to fire five rounds in twenty seconds (in the case of "timed-fire") and five rounds in ten seconds (in the case of "rapid-fire") with one hand at 25 yards. Most shooters fire(d) their revolvers in the single-action mode for all stages of fire.

Yes, Bullseye shooting is difficult; it's supposed to be difficult. Personally, I rue the day when optics were made legal to use, making it easier to score well. Until a few decades or so ago, all Bullseye courses of fire required the use of open (iron) sights. Today, only one event that I know of requires 1911 pistols to be fired using only irons.

Whereas Bullseye competition has never been a practical "combat/tactical" oriented venue, imo, it's still one of the best ways to learn the basic fundamentals of shooting with a handgun.