Pistols - Who Shoots Pistols?

[brett1868]

Was getting a little bored shooting rifle's and cant get bush often enough for a fix of fifty cal so I've started shooting pistols again. Picked up a Glock G4 17a 9mm and a Sti Trubor 38Super last week and had my second shoot tonight. Would be good to swap info and experience with other pistol shooters on this forum but don't see much here relating to pistols. Pictures will be uploaded when I fix my main PC at home

[aaronjo]

Fellow pistol shooter here too!

[sandgroperbill]

Not yet, but i have been considering starting. The brother shoots pistols and is keen to get me into it

[pomemax]

If anyone is considering shooting pistol and has the time and $ do it you will not regret it
I shoot rimfire and centerfire precision pistol and ipsc also have a revolver just for fun most weekends I get through about 200 9mm and up to about 300 .22 and a few .22 mag rounds in revolver bout 100 .
The difference to rifle its like cheese and chalk don't get me wrong always take 3 rifles to the range or more but pistol try it.
I keep telling my Mrs to give pistol a go but then i think i will be reloading another 300 rounds a week I can see i have to teach her to reload , haha yer thats never going to happen
Brett 1868 where are you shooting

[wrenchman]

i love shooting hand guns i think i have said it before on here i like to shoot my revolvers more then my semi auto i have been thinking of getting a 10 shot revolver 357 smith and giveing my 9 to my son

[Noisydad]

LN and I will be starting our pistol licensing process next month when our black powder club is hosting a training day. Hangin' out to add a "Remington New Model Army" cap and ball revolver to the BP fleet once I'm all legal.here's a vid of them...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK6Qr7qmSvY

[brett1868]

Brett 1868 where are you shooting

I'm a member of St Mary's Pistol club, not too far from home and I'm there a couple times a week shooting rifle so it was an easy choice. The club is very well organised, well patronised and the training is first rate. I dealt with a number of instructors and range officers over the training, novice and trainee stages and was very impressed with the level of commitment to safety and quality of information provided.

when selecting pistols I wanted something that was "legal" for most comps so got a Glock 17a Gen4 9mm and for IPSC Open I went with the STI Trubor 38Super. The Glock shoots well, nothing less then 8's on the standard pistol target @ 10m which isn't bad considering I haven't owned pistols since the early 90's and I'm a bit rusty. Still working out a load for the 38Super as it appears the max load in the ADI manual isn't "Max" enough to cycle the STI's action. 8 / 10 rounds fail to extract due to not enough recoil, spoke to a gent last night who gave me some pointers on loads so I'll try 8.5Gr of AP100 on 125Gr LRN and see if that improves extraction.
Next on the agenda is a Dillon RL1050 cause I'll never keep up with the reloading any other way. Observed a IPSC match last night out at St Marys and keen to get my holster accreditation and get into it.
The interesting part of buying the pistols is that I passed "Graduation" from trainee to probationary member on the 26/8, mailed off my 2 PTA's to the registry 27/7 which were received by them 28/7. I was expecting a minimum 5-7 weeks for them to come back but nearly fell over when they were in my mailbox last Friday 28/8 with a valid from date of 28/8. I was home early on Friday, saw the PTA's in the mail box then got straight back in the car to drive over to Magnum's to pick up the pistols, didn't even bother going inside to kiss the missus or take a piss. Very impressive turn around time for the registry on this one and I didn't mind 1 bit the bumper to bumper traffic driving home.

The big mental challenge now is coming to grips with group sizes bigger then 1/3" like I strive for shooting rifles. A 3"-4" group at 10m is apparently not too bad but I'll get practising and pushing myself to do better. Next year once I get my full Cat H I'll give give Western Action a crack, looks like a huge amount of fun plus it involves a pair of 6 Guns, a shotgun and a lever action rifle which must be fun no matter what way you look at it.

Below is the Trubor as it comes out of the box, looks impressive and shoots as good as it looks.

[Lorgar]

Soon to be I think.

That tax return isn't going to spend itself after all

Going to the states really galvanized my desire for a HK P30 or 45. I just need to get a bit more knowledge/experience with the pistol cartridges to decide which way to go.

[Title_II]

I prefer shooting revolvers but I carry and train with autos. I only carry a revolver when the Eagles are playing and I am wearing game gear or maybe at a BBQ or something. Because I have a nice revolver holster. I only have 3 handguns which is pretty low here.

[Herdsman]

I want a Colt Python after watching The Walking Dead

[Baldrick314]

Another pistol shooter here. I opted for the Glock 34 cos I didn't like the little bit of barrel sticking out the front on the 17A. Also own a S&W 686. You should try your hand at a revolver Brett, in my experience they're more precise than auto's. Although you should have no problems with that STI

[Wylie27]

I just joined st marys pistol club and do my safety course next week.

I shot many years ago at st Ives and getting back into pistols.looking forward to the journey and really want to go down the practical pistol side.

[brett1868]

Another pistol shooter here. I opted for the Glock 34 cos I didn't like the little bit of barrel sticking out the front on the 17A. Also own a S&W 686. You should try your hand at a revolver Brett, in my experience they're more precise than auto's. Although you should have no problems with that STI

My very first pistol in 1988 was a S&W 586 in 357Mag S/N AVC6564 complete with 6" barrel and 4 position adjustable front sight. Awesome piece of gear and I put several thousand rounds through it without any dramas. The second pistol was a S&W 645 S/N TBT0377 9mm stainless which was my favourite till it was damaged beyond repair in a car accident and replaced by one of the first Glock 17's. I got out of pistols in 92' when I stopped working in the security business and couldn't justify my 1A license anymore. Always meant to join a club and get back into it, only took 23 yrs to get round to it

[pomemax]

Brett 1686
If your @ St Marys on a saturday round 12ish look for an old fart with a trolley full of rifles im there every weekend normally Ask any of the counter staff if Ians there

[Baldrick314]

My very first pistol in 1988 was a S&W 586 in 357Mag S/N AVC6564 complete with 6" barrel and 4 position adjustable front sight. Awesome piece of gear and I put several thousand rounds through it without any dramas. The second pistol was a S&W 645 S/N TBT0377 9mm stainless which was my favourite till it was damaged beyond repair in a car accident and replaced by one of the first Glock 17's. I got out of pistols in 92' when I stopped working in the security business and couldn't justify my 1A license anymore. Always meant to join a club and get back into it, only took 23 yrs to get round to it

Shame about the car wreck but sounds like a nice pair. My 686 has the adjustable front sight too, love it!

[brett1868]

Brett 1686
If your @ St Marys on a saturday round 12ish look for an old fart with a trolley full of rifles im there every weekend normally Ask any of the counter staff if Ians there

I've probably walked past you several times, if I shoot on Saturday I try to get there as the doors open cause it can get quite crowded after lunch. I'll certainly keep an eye out for you and most of the boys there know me as well due to the tacticool cannons I shoot

[Heckler303]

When I get my cat H license in the future, there's one brand I'm set on.





German superiority FTW!

[Baldrick314]

On a couple of occasions I've shot a Walther PPQ M2 and can't recommend them enough. The trigger is amazing for a striker fired pistol.

[aaronjo]

I concur...

[aaronjo]

Got a .22 & 9mm, now to decide which 357mag...

[Heckler303]

I concur...

That case, those mags....that walther...


How much did that cost you all up?

[tarnagulla]

I am with Title II - revolvers are perceived to be slower, but a jam or misfeed in a semi-auto fairly ruins your score in a speed event! Never suffered either issue with a revolver - and in my experience they seem to be more accurate anyway (Ruger GP100, and S&Ws of all sorts, at least).
Still won't part with my WWI Erfurt P08 though...

[aaronjo]

I just wish there was more of a choice with revolvers as compared to pistols. It's pretty much Ruger (GP100) vs S&W (686) to my limited knowledge if I wanted a solid 6 shooter.

[<<Genesis93>>]

Handguns are lot of fun, havent shot a great deal, 1911, lots of fun - the 'auto'.... fs92 just damn nice and solid, Sig, quality, S&W29 say no more, Tan race gun - just so slick I was sure the slide was going to take off... Glock; just freakin odd - light as heck, a pistol needs a bit of mass!!!

So much fun, but the licensing requirements!!! minimum participation or you LOSE your guns..... just not right.

For me? I'll have;
1911 (2 of them, you've got 2 hands after all)
Beret92
Tisas 9mm (the one with the selector lever )

That would start me off........

[<<Genesis93>>]

When I get my cat H license in the future, there's one brand I'm set on.

German superiority FTW!

88

[Wylie27]

I am with Title II - revolvers are perceived to be slower, but a jam or misfeed in a semi-auto fairly ruins your score in a speed event! Never suffered either issue with a revolver - and in my experience they seem to be more accurate anyway (Ruger GP100, and S&Ws of all sorts, at least).
Still won't part with my WWI Erfurt P08 though...

Ok this is the extreme end but Jerry Miculek competes in the world speed challenge with a revolver and I think it was 2011 came third in the open division. So he was up against race guns!

[Wylie27]

Previous time with my cat h, I owned
Ruger MK II stainless
Ruger MK II blued
Hamerli 208
Hamerli air pistol
Beretta 92FS
norinco 1911a1

[wrenchman]

When I was shooting a lot I could keep up with the semi autos for the first 6 rounds reloads are what got me
I have speed loaders but I just never got any good with them.

[Wylie27]

Revolver, 12 shots, one reload sub 3 seconds. Only one man can do that jerry!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lLk1v5bSFPw

[wrenchman]

That man is great I wish I could shoot like that his daughter and wife compete and are real good
A couple of makers are Taurus they have a warranty thats great charter arms I don't know if you can get them there are othr