New Member introduction Topic

First topic message reminder :

Hello and welcome to the family, you have joined the worlds largest gathering of Bullseye "precision pistol" shooter's and bullseye Gunsmith's on the planet! These folks are the friendliest and most knowledgeable to the sport you will ever find in one place and all willing to help with anything you might care to discuss about the sport. Please tell us a little about yourself and what brings you here!

After a 30 year absence from bullseye I made the mistake of attending a practice shoot at our local club!My new pistol was ordered the next day and a ton of volquartsen parts also.Hope to learn from everyones knowledge and wisdom.Thanks for the add!

Welcome to the forum

Hi, new member from Idaho.  Full disclosure, I've never shot a Bullseye match, not available in my area.  I am interested in accurate guns, general target shooting and handloading though so there's some overlap with your sport.  I've signed up to ask a few gun/equipment questions and to be able to use the classifieds.  Thanks for having me.

Hi there. I have been a lurker for a little while now and have been plinking with a FWB AW93. I am no getting more involved with a fun rimfire group and will be asking more questions and reading LOTS more. 
Matt

I'm a lifelong handloader and a cartridge junkie, fascinated by the .32 S&W Long and, to a lesser degree, the .38 Special. I'm also a casual collector of the Thompson Center Contender pistol and barrels. I have not yet participated in the sport of Bullseye, am not aware of any organization in my area. I came here specifically hoping to learn more about the .32 S&W L and the folks still shooting and loading this cartridge.

First Post! Hello, call me Bryan
I Started competitive rifle shooting in 1970 with a Army Reserve Team.
My first trip to Perry was 1972 with the USAR All Reserve Team.   Earned my Rifle Distinguished in 1978. With an M14. Had a break in competing between 1979 -1984. Then resumed rifle. Made the P100 with both M14 and AR 15. Continued to shoot rifle and begin to venture into combat style shooting which included pistols.  Earned my Distinguished Pistol in 2004 as a member of the USAR Pistol Team, and made the P100 with the M9. Retired in 2009. My competing slowed down a bit then. But in 2020 I begin to get the bug to compete again. I have been hitting it fairly hard the last couple years. And the progress has been slow. So, I bought Bruce Martindale’s book feeling center and it has helped. I really recommend his book. And to quote a statement in Bruce’s book that describes me, “I have forgotten more than I knew”. Been a forum member for a couple of years. But I am not much of a computer guy.  And I enjoy reading the posts, by all the knowledgeable forum members.
Currently live in Wisconsin, but spend a fair amount of time in Texas.
A. B. Wood

Bryan, We sure walked on the same ranges!  I shot service rifle, as a civilian, in the 1980s.  At the time i shot with many of the people you had as teammates.  Guys like Al Ewing, Barbara Depasque(?), WO Coutts, and more I can’t remember……. I got P100 rifle in 1985, and legged out in 1986.  Welcome!

Welcome!!

Been active in uspsa, handgun hunting, and so on. Looking to add bullseye to the list!

Trying to find sanctioned matches in Wyoming or the surrounding area

Hi all,

I’ve been shooting for just over a year. Indoor paper punching got me trying to improve my accuracy. Outdoors even more so. Then I fell in with some bad actors at my outdoor range who shoot bullseye more or less informally every week. 

Boy did I learn how far I had to go. 

This fall, I put an accurizing kit in my Mark IV. Then, after I felt I was getting nowhere, I got a MantisX, and that has really helped trigger pull. That got me thinking of trying a match this summer, so I got the cheapest red dot on Amazon, just to try it, and that created another step, with 25 yard groups dropping to 4”-5” on the regular. 

But I didn’t have a decent CF gun, so I went WAY out there and got a Pardini GT45 so I can do a 2700, on the principle (finally) of buy once. Or whatever. (But let’s face it, that trigger is irresistible)

You can see how this got out of hand. 

Anyway, I’ve been lurking for a while trying out advice here and seeing that help my shooting. I need so much more, and I’m absorbing as fast as I can. Thank you for a great forum. I will be listening intently.

Greetings all.  Glad to see you folks keeping this historic sport alive.  I was a member here once but misplaced my credentials so started out new today.

Someone out there has a Kidd M9 I sold here that I hope is still serving them well.  Leo Ahearn.