I Brought The Black Mamba Out Today

[AzShooter1]

For the past few months I've been shooting my S&W 617 for Steel Challenge Matches. It's been a lot of fun and I love having a gun I can count on never giving me a jam of any kind.

Today I took out my Black Mamba. I practiced with it earlier in the week running 500 rounds of CCI-SV without a jam so I felt confident to shoot it. Other than one failure to fire everything went very well.

I'm shooting Rimfire Pistol Iron for now and may stay that way until the State Championship. Again, it's fun.

My Mamba has the Cornerstone Safety and the Striplin Thumb Rest. I like the way it lets me purchase the gun the same each and every shot. One of my friends noticed that I was gripping the gun so tight it was shaking. After that I tried to just hold the gun out there with 50/50 % pressure from each hand and my accuracy improved. I'm also trying to relax more, i.e. not lock my knees or elbows while shooting.

My time wasn't the greatest but it wasn't the worst. It was a great day, shooting in the morning and it only got to 98 degrees by the time we left the range. Glad I wasn't out longer. Final temperature today was 107.

 

[Mainsail]

I like the Volqs upper and bolt on the top one- for some reason I went with the PacLite on mine, and the Volqs lower. I built the gun from parts, since I didn't like anything Ruger that was available. The only Ruger parts on mine are the bolt and mainspring.

Which prompts the question; how important is the bolt for accuracy?

 

[Frankl03]

Congrats on the Mamba! Sweet looking pistol! I'm sure you will get years of shooting pleasure from it!

I have the VQ Scorpion based on the MK III. Great gun, really well made! I have it topped with a Holosun 403B which works great! I need to take some pictures of mine. Its supper accurate with a really nice trigger. I don't have the comp on mine.

At the range my favorite target for pistol is the steel plates!

 

[AzShooter1]

I like the Volqs upper and bolt on the top one- for some reason I went with the PacLite on mine, and the Volqs lower. I built the gun from parts, since I didn't like anything Ruger that was available. The only Ruger parts on mine are the bolt and mainspring.

The bolt helps more for reliability than accuracy. It is so slick I don't need to add any oil to the gun before a match. It's also a breeze to clean.

Which prompts the question; how important is the bolt for accuracy?