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OK things are looking good for me to get this going this year. I have a few Contender barrels and a frame or two I'll likely be selling after I finish some product test shooting for the reviews I have to write. That should get me a couple of handguns and Big Ed has very generously offered to front me the leather so I need to decide on what handguns to buy.
Let me start by saying I don't wanna shoot Rugers. I want to shoot Colt Clones. Now my experience with them is limited. I had an EMF Dakota with 4-3/4" barrel and must admit I really fell in love with it. Fit was as tight as could be, not like a FA but really tight for a production gun. Trigger pull was awesome. Near the equal of the FA guns. Honestly. Accuracy was excellent, as good as my tired old eyes can see. BUT POI and POA were over a foot apart at 25 yards. Now that seemed way too much and so I no longer have the gun. Long story told elsewhere on here.
So now help me decide what I should get. What distances are targets normally shot at with the handguns? Over or under 25 yards? How big are the targets generally? Bigger than a soda pop can? Smaller?
Normally I'm a long barrel fan when shooting for accuracy but if I understand this game correctly real precision isn't called for like in the silhouette games I used to shoot. So I'm thinking along the lines of either 4-3/4" or 5-1/2" barrels. Should both guns be the same? Is there an advantage to one having a longer sight radius than the other?
Brands? Yeah I know that's an open question for sure. Money is gonna still be short so the more expensive ones aren't in consideration for now. I might or might not decide to shoot BP later but for now lets talk only about smokeless.
Would EMF Dakotas be a good choice? Who would I get to adjust the POI to my POA if they shoot off like my other one did? What other of the less expensive brands should I consider? AWA? Who else?
Are Rossi 92s still being made? I really like the one Hook had when I visted him to hunt deer awhile back. Half round and half octagon barrel about 24" long I think. Other choice would be a Marlin Cowboy I guess. Had one in .45 LC but didn't get started in CAS like I intended and traded it off for something so am familiar with them.
Shotguns. Since it looks like my Stoger 28 ga. isn't technically legal and since my right shoulder has bursitis really bad I'll go for a 20 ga. I guess. Is the Stoger OK. 20" barrels or 26" What's best here.
Now understand please I'm not getting in this to be a competitive shooter. Just to have fun. Winning is of no importance, just having fun.
I think I want to use .45 Colt for ammo in both rifle and handguns. I'm set up for it already and have a fair supply of cases and bullets and moulds to make more.
So put the advice on me.
GB
Let me start by saying I don't wanna shoot Rugers. I want to shoot Colt Clones. Now my experience with them is limited. I had an EMF Dakota with 4-3/4" barrel and must admit I really fell in love with it. Fit was as tight as could be, not like a FA but really tight for a production gun. Trigger pull was awesome. Near the equal of the FA guns. Honestly. Accuracy was excellent, as good as my tired old eyes can see. BUT POI and POA were over a foot apart at 25 yards. Now that seemed way too much and so I no longer have the gun. Long story told elsewhere on here.
So now help me decide what I should get. What distances are targets normally shot at with the handguns? Over or under 25 yards? How big are the targets generally? Bigger than a soda pop can? Smaller?
Normally I'm a long barrel fan when shooting for accuracy but if I understand this game correctly real precision isn't called for like in the silhouette games I used to shoot. So I'm thinking along the lines of either 4-3/4" or 5-1/2" barrels. Should both guns be the same? Is there an advantage to one having a longer sight radius than the other?
Brands? Yeah I know that's an open question for sure. Money is gonna still be short so the more expensive ones aren't in consideration for now. I might or might not decide to shoot BP later but for now lets talk only about smokeless.
Would EMF Dakotas be a good choice? Who would I get to adjust the POI to my POA if they shoot off like my other one did? What other of the less expensive brands should I consider? AWA? Who else?
Are Rossi 92s still being made? I really like the one Hook had when I visted him to hunt deer awhile back. Half round and half octagon barrel about 24" long I think. Other choice would be a Marlin Cowboy I guess. Had one in .45 LC but didn't get started in CAS like I intended and traded it off for something so am familiar with them.
Shotguns. Since it looks like my Stoger 28 ga. isn't technically legal and since my right shoulder has bursitis really bad I'll go for a 20 ga. I guess. Is the Stoger OK. 20" barrels or 26" What's best here.
Now understand please I'm not getting in this to be a competitive shooter. Just to have fun. Winning is of no importance, just having fun.
I think I want to use .45 Colt for ammo in both rifle and handguns. I'm set up for it already and have a fair supply of cases and bullets and moulds to make more.
So put the advice on me.
GB