Swiss shooting 2022
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Tuesdays and Saturdays are reserved for Rimfire at my club, in order to reduce the noise burden for the neighbourhood
At 50 m, I shot the 1975 Colt SP1 with a CMMG conversion, reliable, accurate and tons of cheap fun
And the Browning / FN trombone pump action
Moved on to the 25 m range and used a P210-1 with a .22lr conversion
We have a couple of new member at the club, including a 27 years young lady. She had shot maybe twice in her life with her sister (an army lieutenant) before joining us in early July. I’ve coached her a bit and lent her some guns as she does not have any yet.
We shot maybe six or eight times together. She produced this group at 25 meters with my 1960 S&W model 17 (offhand)
I asked her to keep going and give me a ten shots group
Needless to say she has great natural skills and a progression speed I haven’t seen before
At 50 m, I shot the 1975 Colt SP1 with a CMMG conversion, reliable, accurate and tons of cheap fun
And the Browning / FN trombone pump action
Moved on to the 25 m range and used a P210-1 with a .22lr conversion
We have a couple of new member at the club, including a 27 years young lady. She had shot maybe twice in her life with her sister (an army lieutenant) before joining us in early July. I’ve coached her a bit and lent her some guns as she does not have any yet.
We shot maybe six or eight times together. She produced this group at 25 meters with my 1960 S&W model 17 (offhand)
I asked her to keep going and give me a ten shots group
Needless to say she has great natural skills and a progression speed I haven’t seen before
stagpanther
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I spent part of a summer when I was a boy in Crans-Montana over half a century ago; a beautiful area that also has great fishing, caught lots of trout in a lake; umm umm good. That's some great shooting, everything exudes "Swiss precision" about it. 
I spent part of a summer when I was a boy in Crans-Montana over half a century ago; a beautiful area that also has great fishing, caught lots of trout in a lake; umm umm good. That's some great shooting, everything exudes "Swiss precision" about it.
Thanks. A very posh / high end mountain resort and a very pretty place indeed, I’ve been there several times.
So I took the young lady to another outdoor shooting range which allows a broader range of weapons
She shot the Colt M4
The suppressed HK MP5
Remington 700 SPS in .308
The FAL and Ithaca 37
And finally back to handguns with a Dan Wesson 15-2 VH in .357 magnum at 25 meters.
She had to aim a bit lower and to the left in order to hit the middle, making it even harder.
And did she hit it !!! 27 yrs young (I said that already), 5’2.5”, 114 lbs. Never shot a .357 Magnum before. I’m speechless
She shot the Colt M4
The suppressed HK MP5
Remington 700 SPS in .308
The FAL and Ithaca 37
And finally back to handguns with a Dan Wesson 15-2 VH in .357 magnum at 25 meters.
She had to aim a bit lower and to the left in order to hit the middle, making it even harder.
And did she hit it !!! 27 yrs young (I said that already), 5’2.5”, 114 lbs. Never shot a .357 Magnum before. I’m speechless
Yesterday was another .22 only session at the local club. I was alone, seems my shooting buddies lost their motivation at the end of this season, it felt like it was my own private range.
I started with rifles, the Ruger precision and Savage Mk II. After checking that they were still well sighted in on paper, I scattered 3 dozen golf balls on the berm 55 meters away, and had a ton of fun making them dance and fly around
I read abt that on a forum. I also had a similar session with our new young members a few weeks ago, the smile on their faces says it all
Then I aspired to some calm, so I installed the Norwegian A-Tec silencer I recently bought
Since I switched from high velocity to standard velocity ammo, the point of impact was 2 inches low and 1 inch to the left, with both rifles. I didn’t feel like messing with the scope settings so I just used some good old Kentucky windage
Then I pulled out some gongs, both at 25 and 50 meters, rifle and pistols
I started with rifles, the Ruger precision and Savage Mk II. After checking that they were still well sighted in on paper, I scattered 3 dozen golf balls on the berm 55 meters away, and had a ton of fun making them dance and fly around
I read abt that on a forum. I also had a similar session with our new young members a few weeks ago, the smile on their faces says it all
Then I aspired to some calm, so I installed the Norwegian A-Tec silencer I recently bought
Since I switched from high velocity to standard velocity ammo, the point of impact was 2 inches low and 1 inch to the left, with both rifles. I didn’t feel like messing with the scope settings so I just used some good old Kentucky windage
Then I pulled out some gongs, both at 25 and 50 meters, rifle and pistols
Today a few friends from our shooting club and I were again invited to a shooting challenge organised by the shooting society of the Lausanne police corps.
5 practice shots (2&3) and then 4 X 5 shots in 5 minutes, 3 minutes, 1 minute and 40 seconds on the ISSF speed target at 25 meters for a total max of 200 points (warm up shots being used in case of a tie)
My weapon of choice in the ordnance division is my 1979 made Sig P210-6 in 7.65 mm parabellum (.30 Luger). The vintage Swiss military ammo is very accurate.
Loaded and ready to compete
2 warm up shots, great
3 warm up shots, got carried away by the first two and lost my focus a bit
1st pass, 49
2nd pass, 47
3rd pass, 49 again
Last pass, 46, slightly disappointing
Total score of 191 put me in second place overall, amongst some 25 competitors
5 practice shots (2&3) and then 4 X 5 shots in 5 minutes, 3 minutes, 1 minute and 40 seconds on the ISSF speed target at 25 meters for a total max of 200 points (warm up shots being used in case of a tie)
My weapon of choice in the ordnance division is my 1979 made Sig P210-6 in 7.65 mm parabellum (.30 Luger). The vintage Swiss military ammo is very accurate.
Loaded and ready to compete
2 warm up shots, great
3 warm up shots, got carried away by the first two and lost my focus a bit
1st pass, 49
2nd pass, 47
3rd pass, 49 again
Last pass, 46, slightly disappointing
Total score of 191 put me in second place overall, amongst some 25 competitors
The weather has been nice with really mild temperatures for the season, so I spent some time at the outdoor range today with various toys.
I started with handguns at 25 meters
S&W 48-2 in .22 Magnum
S&W 627-0 in .357 Magnum
Then a LAR Grizzly in .45 Win Mag
I finished off that target with some 12 ga slugs from the Ithaca 37
I started with handguns at 25 meters
S&W 48-2 in .22 Magnum
S&W 627-0 in .357 Magnum
Then a LAR Grizzly in .45 Win Mag
I finished off that target with some 12 ga slugs from the Ithaca 37
Then the Auto Mag in .44 AMP
Then some rifles at 50 meters
Winchester M14 in 7.62 NATO
HK 93 in 5.56 NATO
Suppressed HK MP5 9 mm
I was not very accurate today, I mostly wanted to have fun without too much concentration (and my glasses were fogging up).
And Lord did I have a ton of fun
Then some rifles at 50 meters
Winchester M14 in 7.62 NATO
HK 93 in 5.56 NATO
Suppressed HK MP5 9 mm
I was not very accurate today, I mostly wanted to have fun without too much concentration (and my glasses were fogging up).
And Lord did I have a ton of fun
