In praise of Dick Horton grips

I got some new Dick Horton grips for my Les Baer. It took a little sanding to get them to fit, but they place my hand in the exact right position, including my trigger finger. I shot my highest 45 score yet using the grips.

range reports - June and July

Well I started a new job in June and that cut into my range and blogging time. But I still managed to get out and shoot, just not as well as I usually shoot.

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Winner!

I shot in the Texas State Pistol Championships this weekend. I had some other commitments, plus I didn't feel like shooting the 45 since I have not been doing very well with it, so I just shot the izzy. Izzy ran flawlessly on CCI Pistol Match. Ended up with a new personal high score: 826-15x! This should be enough to get my sharpshooter and/or expert card I think and bump me up in the classifications. I shot my first match exactly a year ago, on a cane, limping around the line. I'm very happy to have come this far in a year; a lot of shooters never make it over the 800 barrier.

benching my pistols

The collection ready to take a turn on the bench.

The izzy on the rest.




CCI Pistol Match #1


CCI Pistol Match #2


Eley Sport


Wolf MT


STI Spartan


ASYM Precision Practical Match


S&W 5906TSW


CCI Blazer Aluminum

range report 5/15/12

I headed out after work to get some bullseye practice in before the big state match at the end of this month. I just shot the izzy, since I will be only shooting one gun in the state match. After my struggles with the 45 in the last match (and blowing the number plate off my target holder...) I figured I should stick with what I'm good at until I get a little better with the 45.

I shot ok, actually I guess pretty good considering I haven't shot bullseye for at least two weeks as I had been getting ready for the benchrest competition. My personal goal is to shoot over 810 in the next match, so it looks like I will have some more practice to do to bring my scores up a few points.

Function-wise, the izzy did ok, only two hiccups using CCI Pistol Match. I had one high-feed and one failure to feed. Both occurred on the second round of a magazine. I figure two failures out of 200 rounds isn't bad, although I would much prefer to have 100% reliability. But since you can take alibi's in competition, I'm not too worried. The izzy seems to be running pretty good. I'm going to fiddle a little bit with the trigger and see if I can't get the reset a little smoother.

benchrest competition 5/13/12

Well the second day of the Benchrest Shootout went pretty good. I didn't win anything this time, but I did shoot pretty well. The format was a best of two target shoot for the custom and unlimited classes so we shot a total of four targets. In the custom class, since my rifle weighed too much, another competitor graciously let me shoot his rifle! I ended up shooting my highest of the day using his rifle, shooting a 239-2X and he shot a 239-3X as his high score, so he managed to win 3rd in the custom class by one 'X'. Close one! My other scores were in the 230's which I considered great because my previous personal best was only a 231. All in all, it was a good competition, with some great door prizes and consideration by the sponsors.

benchrest competition 5/12/12

My wife and I went up to Lufkin TX for the Texas State Benchrest Shootout. I managed to score a 242 in the custom class, but my gun weighed too much in post-inspection; I would have won the class. But...I came in second in the Unlimited class with a 245-2X while the winner had a 245-5X. Conditions were near perfect with very little wind. I've never shot this good; my previous personal best was a 231.

Tomorrow we do the 'money shoot' so we'll see what happens there.