I finally had the chance to take my little Whitney Wolverine to the range. It is an absolute dream to shoot. Modern gun manufacturers could learn a lot by studying this thing. It wasn't cheap to manufacture but it is awesome to run.
The little guy was sprung too stiffly to cycle with the Winchester subsonic stuff and didn't have enough spring to run the Aguila hyper velocity rounds.
It ran well with the Remington Target, Remington bulk, Federal bulk, and Winchester Super X 37 and 40 grain. The Federal stuff had a few rounds that didn't fire the first time through. A few CCI Stingers were tried but it had a couple feed issues. I think they are a little hot for the gun.
As far as shooting goes, the gun had no problems keeping each of the loads at an inch or less at 15 yards. I'm sure it can do better in more capable hands. Today was not a good day for me. I've been going through an incredible amount of personal stress and my blood pressure has been really high. In fact, I was having such a hard time flinching and shaking that I went through more than 40 rounds of 10mm trying to dial in the sights on the Contender. After serious concentration I was able to stack rounds at 15 yards but it took hard work.
I'll run the guns again after some of the stress subsides.
I'm a regular at that range and have been for several years. The range officers know me because of my big boomers and the Encore/Contender collection. Today, I showed one of them the Whitney and he ran a mag through it. We discussed how it was built and I broke it down for him. After that, he ran down another range officer so he could play with it too. We ended up chatting about the gun for quite some time after the other shooters left. The first RO took notes on his phone so he could research the guns a bit more.
It really is a rare item. That's almost shameful because of how beautifully it handles and how artfully it's made. After running it today, I feel that any shooter that appreciates the design and mechanics of firearms needs to run a Whitney at least once. Mine was in the hands of 7 different shooters today.
To me, sharing a unique gun with others is the fun part of shooting.
The little guy was sprung too stiffly to cycle with the Winchester subsonic stuff and didn't have enough spring to run the Aguila hyper velocity rounds.
It ran well with the Remington Target, Remington bulk, Federal bulk, and Winchester Super X 37 and 40 grain. The Federal stuff had a few rounds that didn't fire the first time through. A few CCI Stingers were tried but it had a couple feed issues. I think they are a little hot for the gun.
As far as shooting goes, the gun had no problems keeping each of the loads at an inch or less at 15 yards. I'm sure it can do better in more capable hands. Today was not a good day for me. I've been going through an incredible amount of personal stress and my blood pressure has been really high. In fact, I was having such a hard time flinching and shaking that I went through more than 40 rounds of 10mm trying to dial in the sights on the Contender. After serious concentration I was able to stack rounds at 15 yards but it took hard work.
I'll run the guns again after some of the stress subsides.
I'm a regular at that range and have been for several years. The range officers know me because of my big boomers and the Encore/Contender collection. Today, I showed one of them the Whitney and he ran a mag through it. We discussed how it was built and I broke it down for him. After that, he ran down another range officer so he could play with it too. We ended up chatting about the gun for quite some time after the other shooters left. The first RO took notes on his phone so he could research the guns a bit more.
It really is a rare item. That's almost shameful because of how beautifully it handles and how artfully it's made. After running it today, I feel that any shooter that appreciates the design and mechanics of firearms needs to run a Whitney at least once. Mine was in the hands of 7 different shooters today.
To me, sharing a unique gun with others is the fun part of shooting.