Time To Switch To My 617 Again

[AzShooter]

I've been having loads of fun with my Black Mamba, shooting our monthly Steel Challenge Matches and have been improving on each match. In March it's time for me to switch guns and start shooting my S&W 617.

Last year I shot it with iron sights. This year I've mounted my C-More 12 MOA red dot sight on it and went out to experiment with a variety of ammo.

I shot Champions, American Eagle, AutoMatch. Eley and Wolf Match Extra. I only have 3 bricks of Wolf but that gives me 2 matches. It shined as the best grouping ammo this time around. Very light recoil and a pleasure to shoot. Not too dirty, I was able to shoot 10 reloads before having to clean the cylinders. ( I take an electric drill with me for fast clean-up between stages.
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AutoMatch gave me too many failures to fire so it will be relegated as practice ammo while Champion and Target held their own but required cleaning after only 5 cylinders full. Eley had 2 failures to fires but went off on the second strike. Not match ammo.

CCI Mini Mags and Blazers I have a lot of and they work fine. When I'm out of the Wolf ME I'll probably just go with.

 

[ds-10-speed]

AZ, I start my 10 week pin shooting league tonight, I'm going to start with Auto Match for the first couple weeks to practice, then switch to CCI for reliability when I shoot for scores.

We used to use real bowling pins but now we use steel pins on a hinge, a lot easier on the back since we don't have to bend over and pick them up. The steel plates are more consistent when hit but I do miss the unpredictable action of a real pin.

The fun starts tonight!

 

[AzShooter]

Good luck with your league. WOW, your speed is very impressive.

 

[gbclarkson]

I think you need one more speed loader.

 

[ds-10-speed]

I have a several hundred more but I only use 10 at a time.