The firearm thread

[Mr Merde]

Swoop

Thanks for that. CAS is fairly similar in that we shoot steels.


Relax. Probably the best advice I have had.

Cheers mate.


Mr

[pritch]

Any one out there ever shot a "Steel Callenge" match?

Only once and then with a revolver. Maybe again fairly soon though.

[Wolf]

Anyone in the local area with a .30-30? Just doing some tidying and found some boxes of Winchester .30-30 that I don't need.

[jrandom]

Anyone in the local area with a .30-30?

Yes, please.

How many rounds?

[Wolf]

Yes, please.

How many rounds?

40 rounds. Winchester "Super-X", 170-grain Silver Tip Expanding. Dunno what your preferred weight and style of bullet is, but you can at least practise with them.

[Mr Merde]

Anyone in the local area with a .30-30? Just doing some tidying and found some boxes of Winchester .30-30 that I don't need.

Winchester 94 carbine ok?

Papakura, welcome to borrow it if you need to.

PM me

Mr

[Mr Merde]

Sorry misread the post or misunderstood more likely. Lost my reading glasses.

Always on the lookout for ammo.



Mr

[Mr Merde]

Well I shot my first steel challenge today.

The longer ranges stumped me. Not used to shooting them fast.

Stupid me stripped and cleaned the pistols yesterday and forgot to put all the screws back in one of them. No pressure on the hammerspring so no strike on the cartridge. Did the whole mathch with the one SAA after that. Not fast but sometimes not too bad. Couple of stages where the semi auto race guns were doing about 4 seconds for the five targets I was in the mid 8 second range. Not bad for a pistol that kicks like a mule, belches fire and smoke and has to be cocked manually every time.

i was shooting it all with black powder so I raised a few smiles with the IPSC boys. All good. They realised us CAS shooters are just as safety orientated as they are and a few of them are coming out to try CAS, so they informed us.

It was a good day at the Auckland Pistol Club and they are a great bunch of people.


Mr

[Sniper]

Bloody good read mate. Well done

[Swoop]

Glad to hear that you enjoyed yourself!

Rule #1 of gunfighting: Have a gun.
Rule #2: It must go bang every time you pull the trigger.

I'll try and dig up the USMC "Rules for gunfighting"! I believe I still have them at home somewhere...

[ghost]

Glad to hear that you enjoyed yourself!

Rule #1 of gunfighting: Have a gun.
Rule #2: It must go bang every time you pull the trigger.

I'll try and dig up the USMC "Rules for gunfighting"! I believe I still have them at home somewhere...

Hows this?

1. Bring a gun. Preferably, bring at least two guns. Bring all of your friends who have guns.
2. Anything worth shooting is worth shooting twice. Ammo is cheap. Life is expensive.
3. Only hits count. The only thing worse than a miss is a slow miss.
4. If your shooting stance is good, you're probably not moving fast enough nor using cover correctly.
5. Move away from your attacker. Distance is your friend. (Lateral and diagonal movement are preferred.)
6. If you can choose what to bring to a gunfight, bring a long gun and a friend with a long gun.
7. In ten years nobody will remember the details of calibre, stance, or tactics. They will only remember who lived.
8. If you are not shooting, you should be communicating, reloading, and running.
9. Accuracy is relative: most combat shooting standards will be more dependent on "pucker factor" than the inherent accuracy of the gun.
9.5 Use a gun that works EVERY TIME. "All skill is in vain when an Angel pisses in the flintlock of your musket."
10. Someday someone may kill you with your own gun, but they should have to beat you to death with it because it is empty.
11. Always cheat; always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.
12. Have a plan.
13. Have a back-up plan, because the first one won't work.
14. Use cover or concealment as much as possible.
15. Flank your adversary when possible. Protect yours.
16. Don't drop your guard.
17. Always tactical load and threat scan 360 degrees.
18. Watch their hands. Hands kill. (In God we trust. Everyone else, keep your hands where I can see them).
19. Decide to be aggressive ENOUGH, quickly ENOUGH.
20. The faster you finish the fight, the less shot you will get.
21. Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet.
22. Be courteous to everyone, friendly to no one.
23. Your number one Option for Personal Security is a lifelong commitment to avoidance, deterrence, and de-escalation.

11 and 21, classic advise for anyone......

[Sniper]

Hahaha, I remember reading those years ago. Bloody good post, cheers Ghost

[Mr Merde]

For your words of wisdom I thank you.

Felt really stupid. Out comes my second gun and ........ click , click click.

If anyone knows single action revolvers, there is a screw at the bottom of the grip frame that joins the two parts together. That is the screw I forgot.

Found out that with out it the hammer spring doesnt work properly and you do not get a full strike to the primer. Hence, no bang, bang. Cost me 30 seconds that did.

Duh............


Oh well now to clean the guns properly, oil and grease them. Next shoot on the 28th and 29th April in Taupo. A proper CAS event run by another very enthusiastic club. This time I will be camping on the range so I pray its not wet or too cold.


Mr

[ManDownUnder]

Following the SHITLOADS of fun I had bunny shooting with a loaner Winchester 1200 pump action... I have just now acquired one of my very own.

Linky thing here

... now I just have to explain it to the fun police...

ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLRIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!

Here bunny bunny bunny....

[Wolf]

For bunnies (and possums or other small game) my preferred weapon is a moderated Brno bolt action with subsonic rounds. They don't even know they're being shot at. Never been in the situation myself, but a friend was sayng about being down-wind of the watering hole and bagging 7 bunnies with a moderated bolt action using subsonics before the other bunnies realised something was amiss and scarpered.

Peter: great watering hole, eh Floppsy? Floppsy? You OK? Oh FUCK!

It would be interesting to see if I can get similar results if I ever encounter a bunch of bunnies all in the same place.

I do know that you can fire 5 shots at a possum from my rifle and it'll just sit there looking at the pretty light (some silly bugger (me) had knocked the sights to 300m range and the bullets were probably only passing over him by a slim margin) but discharge a semi auto loaded with standard .22lr and if you miss, the bugger will take off fast...