Fewer guns to master, fewer cartridges to load.
yesIs that really a factor in scoring?
I’ve been trying my hand at 22 bullseye shooting at both 50’ and 25 yards. For centerfire portions, what guns are typically used? A centerfire greater than 22 and a 45 caliber are required as far as I’ve read, but that covers a lot of ground.
For the 45 caliber pistol portion it doesn’t appear the pistol has to be a 1911 except for service pistol competitions. Is 45 ACP required or could 45 Colt be used in a DA revolver?
For the 45 caliber pistol portion
ISU Dueling
In the 1970's the International Shooting Union,or ISU , men shot dueling (at silhouette targets). It was discontinued and became womens sport pistol. Now called rapid fire. Men used center fire. Women use 22lr now.
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During the qualification round every 25m Pistol Women competitor has to fire 60 shots, equally divided in 30 Precision Stage shots and 30 Rapid Fire Stage shots. In the Precision Stage, six 5-shots series are fired within 5 minutes, while in the Rapid Fire Stage the green lights turn on for 3 seconds for each shot, while the red lights between consecutive green lights last 7 seconds.
The qualifications are scored in integer points, with the maximum score per shot being 10 points. The maximum qualification score is 600 points.
I did shoot ISU in the 70's. Not around in 1910.
I wanted one back in the day, but never got one before prices got nutsThe S&W 52 is a grail gun!
Air pistol practice transfers very nicely to NRA Conventional/Precision Pistol. Some years ago, The fellows that I shoot with in a league in NYC decided to shoot Air Pistol Postals every week in the winter. The result was that I had my best season ever and was High Aggregate for the league when we got back to Bullseye. Even though Air is iron sights only and I used a dot for NRA matches, my scores went up.When I tried it the first time I had little choice. We have an Olympic level pistol shooter that frequents our range and he was cutting business cards in half from 10 yards. We were the only two there and went cold so he could change targets. He moves his to 25 and then staples 2 cards to my stand on the way back. He shoots his two rounds of five while I try to hit the cards then tapes his target and motions for me to try his target. I got a few in the black so I’ve been shooting that way at least a little every trip to the pistol range since then.
It’s very difficult to do well and I’ve never gotten all 10s. I rarely keep all the shots in the black. I keep getting just close enough to try again. I was doing ok at 25 yards and then switched to some indoor targets at 50’ and it was like I started over. To make myself feel better I started shooting air pistol targets at 10 yards. Those things are tiny so I’m not really doing any better, but at that distance it’s less intimidating.
The .177" is used in competition, indoors during winter. Doesn't have to be a high priced one, like the 1970s Feinwerkbau 65, i got to use.pellet pistol
Interesting. I tried 3.7 with both 185swc and 200swcs. I could not get the gun to function reliably. Changed springs, etc. Nothing worked. I know that the load works for others but not in my gun.Most .45acp reloads are around 3.7 bullseye. easy recoil.
Distinguished Pistol #586, Presidents 100 pistol, 2600 Club, NRA Master cards for almost everything. Like many old timers, I started out with revolvers in 2700 matches (1956). Shot with, and knew many of the real greats in the shooting world. Current is a High Standard Military model for .22, and several different 1911 Colts. For centerfire and 45 my loads are 200swc pushed with 3.9 gr 231 for the short range, and bumped powder to 5.0 50yd. Same POA/POI, same recoil. Used the issued 1911 (match conditioned) for the Service gun and leg matches with 230gr HB as issued. Some of the ammo was good, some terrible, but we all shot the same stuff so it was pretty much on an equal footing. My X won 3 legs against the Marines (2 Silver, 1 Bronze) with the same guns and bullets. She would have been double DX but they had just started to shoot the 9mm and she got a bronze but Ruby Fox protested it wasn't a "Service Pistol" so did not get her DX. However, she get Intl DX and set several Ladies records. Also outshot Ruby in many matches. Semper FiMy understanding, most shoot two…22 and the 45 in the centerfire and 45 portions….real competitors, please chime in