David Bradshaw Photos Vol. LXXXIX, Silhouette Part 6 – 1978
May 16, 2016 19:10:58 GMT -5
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Post by Lee Martin on May 16, 2016 19:10:58 GMT -5
Handgun silhouette continued through 1978 with the three IHMSA (International Handgun Metallic Silhouette Association) categories of competition, defined by the guns permitted: PRODUCTION, STANDING, and UNLIMITED. Production meant a factory pistol or revolver with no visible modifications, with a barrel not to exceed 10-3/4”, and weight limit of 4 pounds, fired freestyle. STANDING is fired offhand with a Production gun. An UNLIMITED pistol has a barrel limit of 15-inches, with weight not to exceed 4.5-pounds. Iron sights only.
Revolvers were steadily hammered by single shot pistols chambered for rifle-type cartridges. Only a nation-wide caste of hard corps wheel gunners the revolver kept the revolver from extinction. Here hotshot Edna Huff of Pennsylvania topples steel with her nickel plated, 8-3/8-inch Smith & Wesson Model 29 .44 Magnum, loaded with Sierra bullets. Her husband spots. Sights are blackened. A carbide lamp made the best of all blacks, which sticks to steel better than aerosol sight black. The aerosol was popular for convenience and would not melt the plastic red ramp insert, standard on the M-29.
Edna Huff in prone with M-29 .44 Mag. Nickel enjoyed a practical popularity. The old firing pin in hammer proved perfectly reliable.
Husband and wife confer as targets are reset. It is the spotter’s job to accurately report impacts and misses, and to not fudge when he did not see where the bullet went. Hits sooth nerves better than misses, making life easier all around.
Well worn revolvers got plenty of play time in IHMSA silhouette. An old Blackhawk .44 Mag waits its turn on the Firing Line. Note a few shotshells in the belt loops, indicating this gun may have more than one job at home.
Shooter puts his Ruger Blackhawk .44 Mag to work. The Blackhawk’s Peacemaker-scaled aluminum grip frame bit the hand sharply with full house loads, which had inspired Bill Ruger to introduce his Super Blackhawk, which achieved huge success busting steel.
Despite holster wear, original Blackhawk .44 shows careful polish many of these received. Today, the early Blackhawks are universally known as “Flattops."
Young target setters reset and paint half-inch thick steel pigs at 100 meters.
STANDING shooter in T-shirt issued to competitors at IHMSA 1978 Pennsylvania Championship. Revolver looks to be a Colt of post-Python design. Not all Colt double actions of Trooper and Mark series had the accuracy to compete. Bradshaw had never encountered such wide accuracy variation in a name-brand revolver.
-Lee
www.singleactions.com
"Chasing perfection five shots at a time"
Revolvers were steadily hammered by single shot pistols chambered for rifle-type cartridges. Only a nation-wide caste of hard corps wheel gunners the revolver kept the revolver from extinction. Here hotshot Edna Huff of Pennsylvania topples steel with her nickel plated, 8-3/8-inch Smith & Wesson Model 29 .44 Magnum, loaded with Sierra bullets. Her husband spots. Sights are blackened. A carbide lamp made the best of all blacks, which sticks to steel better than aerosol sight black. The aerosol was popular for convenience and would not melt the plastic red ramp insert, standard on the M-29.
Edna Huff in prone with M-29 .44 Mag. Nickel enjoyed a practical popularity. The old firing pin in hammer proved perfectly reliable.
Husband and wife confer as targets are reset. It is the spotter’s job to accurately report impacts and misses, and to not fudge when he did not see where the bullet went. Hits sooth nerves better than misses, making life easier all around.
Well worn revolvers got plenty of play time in IHMSA silhouette. An old Blackhawk .44 Mag waits its turn on the Firing Line. Note a few shotshells in the belt loops, indicating this gun may have more than one job at home.
Shooter puts his Ruger Blackhawk .44 Mag to work. The Blackhawk’s Peacemaker-scaled aluminum grip frame bit the hand sharply with full house loads, which had inspired Bill Ruger to introduce his Super Blackhawk, which achieved huge success busting steel.
Despite holster wear, original Blackhawk .44 shows careful polish many of these received. Today, the early Blackhawks are universally known as “Flattops."
Young target setters reset and paint half-inch thick steel pigs at 100 meters.
STANDING shooter in T-shirt issued to competitors at IHMSA 1978 Pennsylvania Championship. Revolver looks to be a Colt of post-Python design. Not all Colt double actions of Trooper and Mark series had the accuracy to compete. Bradshaw had never encountered such wide accuracy variation in a name-brand revolver.
-Lee
www.singleactions.com
"Chasing perfection five shots at a time"
