Magnum Wheel Man
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Do you remember the TV show "Top Shot" ???
I've always thought of myself as a good general all around shooter, & thought I'd do well on that show...
last weekend a buddy & I did a "Sportsman's Challenge" at the Shooters Round-up at Alhman's Gun Shop in Morristown MN...
they have 15 stages & include everything from throwing axes, & shooting bows, had 5-6 stages of shotgun, even a paintball stage, a couple rifle, & the rest were handgun stages ( 2 of which incorporated suppressors for the 1st time )
I don't shoot much shotgun, & am an admitted revolver guy... I did better than expected in the shotgun shooting... only missing 2 clays all day...one on a fast triples ( I got to that stage about 1/2 way through the day, & shot 2 of 3, & was told I was the 1st person to get 2 of them ) I also missed 1 of 2 "rabbits" rolling / hopping down a steep hill
I was very dissapointed in my semi auto shooting, only passing the 2 stages that used 22's... there was only one revolver stage, which was a Judge shooting 410 shells ( 3 ) at steel plates...
the 15th stage was bench rest rifle, which you could only do if you had passed 12 of the previous stages ( I had 10 )... I was told only 3 people had passed enough stages to shoot the 15th stage that 1st day
I did not pass the axe throwing, the triple & rabbit shotgun stages, & 2 of the semi auto stages, & the paint ball, but you were allowed 2 mulligans ( I think my math is right, leaving me 2 short of doing the 15th stage )
I have my own range, & own several semi autos, so there is really no excuse, except that I do alot of reloading, & hate picking up brass off the ground... the semi auto stages were pretty basic, so I have no excuses there...
I guess I'm going to have to suck it up, & get some more range time with the semi autos... might even have to buy an M&P, since they used 2 of them in different stages...
the suppressors were on a Ruger 22 semi, & on a 45 auto Colt 1911... it was my 1st time shooting one, & while interesting, it would have been more fun if I could have hit the broad side of a barn with that 1911 ( I passed the 22 stage, my buddy did not, & he passed the 45 stage, while I did not )
I don't think anyone passed the triples stage, as the thrower was only about 15' away from the standing position, & there was only like a 6' - 8' hole in the trees, & the clays flew side to side through that hole... I was triggering off the sound of the thrower, rather than visually... I think the 3 that completed the shoot used a mulligan for the triples...
the paintball stage was mostly luck, as the guns had no sights, & you had to knock over a 6" steel duck, at like 50 ft... maybe if I would have just kept triggering with the gun up, I could have walked one in, but I brought the gun down each shot... poor stragity
over all, it was really fun...
BTW... the supressed 45 was really quiet...
I've always thought of myself as a good general all around shooter, & thought I'd do well on that show...
last weekend a buddy & I did a "Sportsman's Challenge" at the Shooters Round-up at Alhman's Gun Shop in Morristown MN...
they have 15 stages & include everything from throwing axes, & shooting bows, had 5-6 stages of shotgun, even a paintball stage, a couple rifle, & the rest were handgun stages ( 2 of which incorporated suppressors for the 1st time )
I don't shoot much shotgun, & am an admitted revolver guy... I did better than expected in the shotgun shooting... only missing 2 clays all day...one on a fast triples ( I got to that stage about 1/2 way through the day, & shot 2 of 3, & was told I was the 1st person to get 2 of them ) I also missed 1 of 2 "rabbits" rolling / hopping down a steep hill
I was very dissapointed in my semi auto shooting, only passing the 2 stages that used 22's... there was only one revolver stage, which was a Judge shooting 410 shells ( 3 ) at steel plates...
the 15th stage was bench rest rifle, which you could only do if you had passed 12 of the previous stages ( I had 10 )... I was told only 3 people had passed enough stages to shoot the 15th stage that 1st day
I did not pass the axe throwing, the triple & rabbit shotgun stages, & 2 of the semi auto stages, & the paint ball, but you were allowed 2 mulligans ( I think my math is right, leaving me 2 short of doing the 15th stage )
I have my own range, & own several semi autos, so there is really no excuse, except that I do alot of reloading, & hate picking up brass off the ground... the semi auto stages were pretty basic, so I have no excuses there...
I guess I'm going to have to suck it up, & get some more range time with the semi autos... might even have to buy an M&P, since they used 2 of them in different stages...
the suppressors were on a Ruger 22 semi, & on a 45 auto Colt 1911... it was my 1st time shooting one, & while interesting, it would have been more fun if I could have hit the broad side of a barn with that 1911 ( I passed the 22 stage, my buddy did not, & he passed the 45 stage, while I did not )
I don't think anyone passed the triples stage, as the thrower was only about 15' away from the standing position, & there was only like a 6' - 8' hole in the trees, & the clays flew side to side through that hole... I was triggering off the sound of the thrower, rather than visually... I think the 3 that completed the shoot used a mulligan for the triples...
the paintball stage was mostly luck, as the guns had no sights, & you had to knock over a 6" steel duck, at like 50 ft... maybe if I would have just kept triggering with the gun up, I could have walked one in, but I brought the gun down each shot... poor stragity
over all, it was really fun...
BTW... the supressed 45 was really quiet...
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