October-November 2019 one handed 10 shot challenge

[Merle1]

greetings,

my entry with my new (to me) Beretta M81 32 ACP
Italian police trade in
Aguila 71 gr FMJ



class 2
10 yds
score: 72 with 1 lucky X
all 10 in rings



class 4
15 yds - not so good
8 on paper - 6 in rings
score: 41



those relatively small black sights against the black BE proved a big challenge for my eyes!

 

[GarrettJ]

my entry with my new (to me) Beretta M81 32 ACP
Italian police trade in
Aguila 71 gr FMJ

I shot one of those last month in in the surplus pistol challenge. Mine seems to give decent “service pistol” accuracy, but it doesn’t shoot like a target pistol. Which is a little surprising to me. I was expecting it to do better with its fixed barrel. Not that it shot poorly. I was just expecting more.

I also thought it might have been my reloads. The little .32 caliber bullets are so short, they barely fit down into the neck of the case. That makes it easy to get a bullet to seat not quite straight. So I was blaming it somewhat on that (on myself), but then I shot some factory ammo and got about the same level of accuracy. So far I’ve run Aguila, Win White Box, and CCI Blazer, all with 71gr. JHP. The CCI was the most accurate of the bunch.

 

[lionking]

greetings,

my entry with my new (to me) Beretta M81 32 ACP
Italian police trade in
Aguila 71 gr FMJ

View attachment 868380

class 2
10 yds
score: 72 with 1 lucky X
all 10 in rings

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class 4
15 yds - not so good
8 on paper - 6 in rings
score: 41

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those relatively small black sights against the black BE proved a big challenge for my eyes!

Got yourself one of those Beretta 81 huh. Nice, was really thinking hard of getting one still might but I need to tone down my spending for a while. I really have gone full blast on guns&ammo this year.

 

[Merle1]

Got yourself one of those Beretta 81 huh. Nice, was really thinking hard of getting one still might but I need to tone down my spending for a while. I really have gone full blast on guns&ammo this year.

Yep, I really like it - fun & easy on my arthritic hands.
I debated for quite a while, and read a number of reviews, then caved in & got one.
Mine is VG +, almost looks unfired...

 

[lionking]

Yep, I really like it - fun & easy on my arthritic hands.
I debated for quite a while, and read a number of reviews, then caved in & got one.
Mine is VG +, almost looks unfired...

Something about .32 I like, while I only have one so far a CZ 50 I picked up 20 years ago and can't say if they all shoot good but mine does. I will have to see if I have Fiocchi ammo left if so I might try it one handed for this thread. I thought about entering it in the surplus challenge but already had in the pocket pistol challenge so I didn't . The targets in this thread link was at 10 yards not 15 yards I gave wrong info

https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/cz-50-32-auto.833864/

 

[Merle1]

Something about .32 I like, while I only have one so far a CZ 50 I picked up 20 years ago and can't say if they all shoot good but mine does. I will have to see if I have Fiocchi ammo left if so I might try it one handed for this thread. I thought about entering it in the surplus challenge but already had in the pocket pistol challenge so I didn't . The targets in this thread link was at 10 yards not 15 yards I gave wrong info

https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/cz-50-32-auto.833864/

give it a whirl - you might surprise a lot of people.....

 

[Merle1]

greetings,

my one handed (right) entry for my late wife's S&W M3913 Lady Smith
Speer Lawman 147 gr TMJ

class 2, 10 yds
score 64 (plus one hit on the target holder)



class 4, 15 yds
score 26





it usually does a bit better, but it appears this ammo is not a good choice - oh well

 

[lionking]

Took a bunch of rifles out today, was gonna do handgun also, realized latter I left them on the kitchen counter.....duh

 

[Merle1]

Took a bunch of rifles out today, was gonna do handgun also, realized latter I left them on the kitchen counter.....duh

makes me feel better that I'm not the only absent minded one....

 

[1KPerDay]

makes me feel better that I'm not the only absent minded one....

I usually forget either the ammo or the gun or the mags for said gun

 

[1KPerDay]

1K
11/3/19
Colt Officers Model 38 Heavy Barrel
Class 4
94-2X
MBC Coated LSWC 4.2 W231

 

[1KPerDay]

Got confused and shot some at 25 yards...

Class 5 UNOFFICIAL NOT FOR SCORE
Colt officers 38: 75
Dan Wesson Heritage: 72
Glock 41: 70

 

[lionking]

1K
11/3/19
Colt Officers Model 38 Heavy Barrel
Class 4
94-2X
MBC Coated LSWC 4.2 W231
View attachment 869523

very cool gun,

 

[lionking]

well I remembered to take the bag of handguns today but didn't have time, spent five hours shooting rifles, too many challenges, too many guns, not enough time lol, but will get a few one handed in before the end

 

[GarrettJ]

I wasn’t going to buy any more guns for a while. But then I found a Ruger Single Six chambered in .32 H&R Mag the other day and changed my mind. So then I had to buy loading dies, brass and bullets. And then of course I had to start working up some loads for it. And having Veteran’s Day off I thought it would be a perfect time to go shoot them over the chronograph. I figured it would also be a great opportunity to shoot some targets for this challenge at the same time.

And then winter decided to arrive.

So I went shooting anyway. I had to keep cleaning the sensors on my chronograph because the snow kept blocking them off. But I got most of the shots recorded. I have a plastic tote in the back of my car to keep stuff somewhat organized, and I had to lay the lid on top of my stuff to keep it from all getting dusted with snow while I shot. Here’s what it looked like during a break in the white stuff falling.



I only shot at 10 yards today. I’ll have to go back and get a 15-yard target at some point. At the end of the day, my best effort came from some Berry’s 78 gr. HBWC bullets loaded in .32 S&W Long brass.


GarrettJ
Class 2 - Score 97-5X
Ruger Single-Six
.32 S&W Long, 78 gr. Berry’s HBWC, 2.0 gr. Win 231

As long as I was out, I brought along my .45 Blackhawk. I had a handful of rounds that I’d loaded and needed to shoot up. There were enough for just one group. So here’s what I had.


GarrettJ
Class 2 - Score 95-1X
Ruger Blackhawk
.45 Colt, 185 gr. XTP, 12.9 gr. N350

 

[1KPerDay]

Handsome hog legs!

 

[1KPerDay]

1K
11/13/19
Colt Python shooting .38 Special
158 MBC coated LSWC
4.2 W231
Class 2 score 96-1x
Class 4 score 94

 

[1KPerDay]

1K
11/13
SIG P220
Xtreme 230 RN
5.2 W231
Class 2 98-7X (combat hold)
Class 4 84

 

[lionking]

Finally did some targets will post soon, I want to do more at 15 yards but not sure I will have the time.

 

[lionking]

Ruger MK1 that use to be my dads

LK
class 1 rimfire
Ruger MK1
Federal 40gr
score 95-2X

 

[lionking]

LK
Ruger MK1
class 3 15 yds
Federal 40 gr
score 89-1X

 

[lionking]

S&W K22 that use to be my dads, the grip holding it one hand is not as comfortable as the Ruger MK1, one handed I do prefer the Ruger
LK
class 1 rimfire 10 yds
S&W K22
score 85-1X

 

[lionking]

LK
class 3 rimfire 15 yds
S&W K22
Federal 40 gr
score 79

 

[lionking]

SIG 220 Dark Elite , I don't have a decent pic so using a factory pic, I only tried once
LK
class 2 10 yds
SIG 220 Dark Elite .45
Win 185 gr FMJ
score 88

 

[1KPerDay]

Dang that MKI is a shooter, looks like!