ACP230
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I shot a steel plate match yesterday with my six-inch blued M57.
I hadn't shot my first .41 Magnum in a while. I'd been shooting newer, longer and shorter .41s and autopistols.
The last time I shot this annual plate match I used the blued M57, so it seemed fitting to take it. I had a coffee can full of recently-reloaded .41s with 230 grain LSWC bullets. Just the thing for plates I thought. I had my son find a whole bunch of speedloaders for the M57, and loaded them up the night before.
Had to wait around for a while to shoot, but when I got on the line the .41 seemed fast from plate to plate. The six-inch barrel and the relatively large adjustable sights made it easy for me to get on the plates and drop them. There was a mover on one stage and I managed to hit it with the M57 although I missed it earlier with a BHP.
The flat-nosed 230 grain bullets really smacked the plates down. The difference between the speed the plates dropped with the 9mm and the .41 was interesting. The 9mm ammo was hot surplus Santa Barbara but the plates dropped in sort of leisurely manner.
I found myself cocking the revolver for most of the shots at plates. That probably isn't a real good idea but it worked that afternoon. The M57 just felt good in my hands. I used to shoot pins with it at a big pistol match for years, so I got memories of running it fast.
No results yet, but I don't think I shot well enough to win anything. It was a good day with a good gun and that's enough.
I hadn't shot my first .41 Magnum in a while. I'd been shooting newer, longer and shorter .41s and autopistols.
The last time I shot this annual plate match I used the blued M57, so it seemed fitting to take it. I had a coffee can full of recently-reloaded .41s with 230 grain LSWC bullets. Just the thing for plates I thought. I had my son find a whole bunch of speedloaders for the M57, and loaded them up the night before.
Had to wait around for a while to shoot, but when I got on the line the .41 seemed fast from plate to plate. The six-inch barrel and the relatively large adjustable sights made it easy for me to get on the plates and drop them. There was a mover on one stage and I managed to hit it with the M57 although I missed it earlier with a BHP.
The flat-nosed 230 grain bullets really smacked the plates down. The difference between the speed the plates dropped with the 9mm and the .41 was interesting. The 9mm ammo was hot surplus Santa Barbara but the plates dropped in sort of leisurely manner.
I found myself cocking the revolver for most of the shots at plates. That probably isn't a real good idea but it worked that afternoon. The M57 just felt good in my hands. I used to shoot pins with it at a big pistol match for years, so I got memories of running it fast.
No results yet, but I don't think I shot well enough to win anything. It was a good day with a good gun and that's enough.