Reminds me of some good-natured ribbing that took place at a side match earlier this spring.
Side match: 2 Texas stars, 5 plates each at 7ish yds. Shooter allowed to use 2-4 revolvers (2-holstered, 2-staged).
Object: Clear both stars, lowest time wins...regardless of number of shots.
Two fellows lat the loading table. I'm waiting to shoot. One says to the other: "This is why I shoot manly 45's instead of them 38's or 44's, etc, etc, etc. (He goes on for quite some time)....I finish up with 10 shots and move on to unload. Next, after an announcement about the "power of the .45"...The manly .45's commmence to blazing....some plates are hit..none fall, he's into his 3rd or 4th revolver, shooter behind him hollers over to see if he'd rather use his .38's.. There was a LOT of laughing by all. He shot a couple more times...similar results...but, he may have knocked a plate or two off that afternoon. I heard one of his buds suggest he stop letting his wife load his ammo...Another asked when this awesome "display" of shooting would commence....got to remember to use that line myself someday.
Back to this threads details, yes, a 160 or 180 grain bullet can do most close-up CAS jobs, when loaded to adequate velocity. A full case of BP usually does the job...and if the Manly .45's were loaded such there would have been no problem (when the plates were struck). At least the boom would have "awed".
Occasional use of the Texas star in matches has provided encouragement to some of our shooters to add an extra smidge of powder to their load..and in some cases use a slightly heavier bullet (or combination of such). Otherwise, its fun to slip some empty .22 brass on the unloading table for them when the guns go "phffft"
Slim
News & Blogs
Home
Posts
Recent Posts
Help
Business Directory
Calendar
Advertising Rates
Contact Us
Login
Register
