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I had a great day today shooting our December Steel Challenge match at the Cactus Match League in Phoenix. Normally I shoot RFPO but decided to take off my C-More Red Dot and put a Green Fiber Optic front sight on my Black Mamba with a Volquartsen Adjustable rear sight. I also put a new set...

I tried a mix of ammo today in my S&W 617 to get ready for our next Steel Challenge Match. My goal is to find accurate, reliable ammo that will extract easily from my chambers. I tried CCI Mini Mags, CCI Blazer, Remington Golden Bullet 1400 bucket, Wolf Me, Eley Force and Federal Auto Match...

Today I took my 6 inch and 4 inch 617s to the range. I wanted to test ammo to what my guns like, especially the 4 inch because that's what I intend to shoot the next Steel Challenge with. I started out with Eley Force. Surprisingly everything went bang and shot pretty well. After 50 rounds I...

I had the opportunity to sight in my 4 inch 617 today with a Bushnell First Strike 2.0 red dot sight. I've been shooting my 6 inch for Steel Challenge matches for a while with a 12 MOA C-More Railway and wanted to see the difference between 6 and 4. The four inch with the dot is more accurate...

Finally got to shoot a match with my 617. I really enjoyed it more than shooting my Black Mamba. There's just something about revolvers that fit my hands better. I shot an abbriviated Steel Challenge Match. We could only shoot 5 of the 8 stages because another club took over one of the larger...

Today I set up my 617 for this month's Steel Challenge Match. I've decided to shoot it instead of my Volquartsen Black Mamba for the next few months. I'm using a Dawson Precision fiber optic front sight ( green ) because my eye sees green faster, along with an LPA rear sight. The LPA has a...

I've been having loads of fun with my Black Mamba, shooting our monthly Steel Challenge Matches and have been improving on each match. In March it's time for me to switch guns and start shooting my S&W 617. Last year I shot it with iron sights. This year I've mounted my C-More 12 MOA red...

Made this one today. First time tooling a flower and my initials. All comments welcome.

Just getting back into leatherwork and I decided to do a few things. I've made competition holsters for USPSA, ICORE and Steel Challenge for over 30 years and feel comfortable with them. I copy an old design from Ernie Hill and even he says mine are pretty good. I wanted to get out of my...

Not once but twice today my Walther 1911 22 fired out of battery. Good think I always wear safety glasses. Loud report and smoke all over my hand but no other damage. I think I need a heavier recoil spring so I ordered a few of different weights.

A few days ago I made a holster for my 1911 22. After I posted the picture I saw that I forgot to stitch the support piece so today I cut out a new holster. I also made 2 double magazine pouches. So today I made a single pouch. Now I can carry 5 magazines. Just enough for Steel Challenge...

A little weekend project: I decided to make a new holster for my Colt 1911 22 Gold Cup Trophy from Walther. Here is an Avenger style holster with two magazine pouches.

I decided to shoot the Walthers today. I took my P 22 and my Colt 1911 22 Gold Cup Trophy to the indoor range for some practice. Both guns worked fine. The P 22 seems to really like CCI Stingers and Velocitors. I fired 50 rounds of both with no problems. The gun shoots a bit low but as...

I've been playing with leather again and decided to make an Avenger style holster for my 1911 22. I had plenty of 4 - 5 ounce leather so I made my form using that. Next time I'll use 7 - 8 ounce for better stiffness. I used Neatsfoot oil instead of tan dye that I normally use just to see...

Today I shot out monthly Steel Challenge match with my Volquartsen Black Mamba and test fired my new Colt 1911 22 Gold Cup Trophy. I shot the best time I've had in 5 years. Even with a few jams, ammo related, my times were faster. I've been practicing on plain paper targets ( Bianchi...

Today I shot out monthly Steel Challenge match with my Volquartsen Black Mamba and test fired my new Colt 1911 22 Gold Cup Trophy. I shot the best time I've had in 5 years. Even with a few jams, ammo related, my times were faster. I've been practicing on plain paper targets ( Bianchi...

Playing with the trigger pull of my Colt Gold Cup 1911 22 I found that the Sear Spring is very important. I was getting a 9.5 pound trigger pull from the factory. I ordered a Cylinder & Slide trigger kit which brought the pull down to 7.5 pounds. Still not what I was looking for...

I did a trigger job on my Colt 1911 22. Basically all I did was replace the trigger parts with a kit from Cylinder & Slide. I also replaced the thumb safety. That was the easy part. I took it to the range today and the hammer followed after every shot. A new round chambered but didn't go...

Well, I finally got around to changing out the Safety on my new 1911 22 Gold Cup Trophy. I just didn't like the way my hand fit so I ordered a new Safety from Brownell's. I watched a video on You Tube before trying to set the Safety and that was a big help. I only had one real problem the...

Well, I ordered the Government Model but the gold Cup Trophy showed up. I'm happy because I saved the money on having to buy adjustable sights. I also like the grips better and the beavertail grip safety. I finally got a chance to shoot it today. I had one magazine that I converted to 15...