Speer #10 Blast From The Past

[Shimitup]

Once in a while perusing the old manual I run across this photo, it sticks in my mind that Clint Eastwood could have taken a lesson from this guy on how to do the "Make my day." Hard to go wrong with a stern look with a large bore revolver.

Page 378 in Speer #10

 

[Bandit67]

That is one grumpy guy. Lol. I'm usually grinning ear to ear when I shoot.

 

[jmorris]

Reminds me of a fellow I competed with for years always stuck his tongue out a little and to the side when shooting. Most of the time you couldn’t tell but you could see from some shooting positions. Kind of funny.

 

[Charlie98]

I like the no hearing protection...

 

[Patocazador]

I like the no hearing protection...

What?

I don't recall that photo in my Speer # 8, 9 or 10. However, he doesn't look grumpy, he looks serious.
Unfortunately, no one in my early years used ear protection. Because of that my wife had to accompany me to my doctor's appt. today so that she could answer questions and hear the instructions.

 

[Shimitup]

Yep, I got serious about ear protection in my 20's when I started shooting magnum pistols. I've pulled the trigger a few times since without it. In the last couple of decades I just cant do it, it aggravates the tinnitus too much.

 

[hot chili powder]

I have the Speer #10 myself.....always thought that guy looked like actor Steve Forrest, not grumpy just concentrating on the target. Wonder who the guy is? Anyone know?

 

[Laphroaig]

That one handed stance must mean that he is a bullseye shooter. It's a proven fact that all bullseye shooters are grumpy.

 

[Shimitup]

^^

 

[hdwhit]

jmorris wrote:
Reminds me of a fellow I competed with for years always stuck his tongue out a little and to the side when shooting...

Hey!

I resemble that remark.

From the time I was in elementary school, I would stick my tongue out if I am engaged in a task that involves maximum concentration.

That ended when I got a dental prosthetic that fit in the roof of my mouth. I found I could dislodge it with my tongue and then pop it back with my canine teeth, so I went from sticking my tongue out when I concentrated to clicking my retainer when I concentrated. It drove my teachers nuts because I did it subconsciously.

 

[hdwhit]

My earliest Speer Manual is #11 and I don't see that picture in it.

Having started shooting before the need for hearing protection was fully appreciated, I can say that the choice is stark: 1) use hearing protection EVERY TIME, or 2) accept that you will not hear much of what your children and grandchildren say to you and that you will be forever distanced from them.

My grandfather was a machine gun instructor at Ft. Benning in the 1920's through the early 1940's. When I was a child, he could not hear much of what I said. After my voice changed, he could understand what I said to him, but since he didn't care for what I was saying, he pretty much stopped talking to me.

 

[Jesse Heywood]

I like the no hearing protection...

Doesn't need it. Check the cylinder.

 

[Patocazador]

After my voice changed, he could understand what I said to him, but since he didn't care for what I was saying, he pretty much stopped talking to me.

I never found much that a 16 yo said to contain much wisdom. Your grandfather probably felt the same.

 

[Charlie98]

Doesn't need it. Check the cylinder.

No, he's gone through 5 rounds already, he's capping off his last one...

 

[Charlie98]

I think it kind of looks like Mark Twain...

 

[Patocazador]

In that #10 Speer manual there is a short reprinted 1 1/2 page article by one of my least favorite gun writers, Jack O'Connor. It is followed by no less than 12 photos of he and his wife. He must have been a buddy of Vernon Speer.
He was the champion of the .270 Winchester cartridge and claimed all sorts of magic for that mystical round which was faster than a .220 swift, more powerful than a .460 Weatherby, and able to leap tall termite mounds in a single bound. And it did all these things while disguised as a mild-mannered bolt action hunting rifle. Supergun!

I didn't dislike the .270, I disliked his ridiculous glorification of it. The .30-06 couldn't compare and neither could the .25-06 or .280 even though they were all based on the same parent case.
BTW, how did I get off on this tangent? Sorry about that.

 

[thomas15]

He was the champion of the .270 Winchester cartridge and claimed all sorts of magic for that mystical round which was faster than a .220 swift, more powerful than a .460 Weatherby, and able to leap tall termite mounds in a single bound. And it did all these things while disguised as a mild-mannered bolt action hunting rifle. Supergun!

I know what you are saying. Making claims that are a bit of an exaggeration seems to be common, especially among handloaders discussing the processing times of their presses. I guess it best to just go with the flow and just make yourself happy. I know that this is a drift from the OP but I actually enjoy reading O'Connor these days and at some point in the future I'm getting a .270 for just plinking around.