David Bradshaw Photos Vol. XC Silhouette Part 7 - 1978
May 16, 2016 19:12:49 GMT -5
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Bat Thomas ears back the hammer on his Super Blackhawk forty-four. As a member of the IHMSA Executive Committee, Bat could be counted on for a feisty defense of “Keep It Simple Stupid” rules, as befits a representative of silhouettes from the coal & steel region.
Bat Thomas takes aim with 7-1/2”
Another competitor at the 1978 Pennsylvania Championships with a nickel 8-3/8-inch M-29. Behind her, a prone shooter with the ubiquitous Super Blackhawk. The battle between Smith & Wesson and Ruger raged, with the seesaw tipping from match to match.
Nickel Model 29 .44 Magnum. These are the real classic Smiths, drop forged parts right down to the thumb piece, cylinder stop, and mainspring; firing pin attached to hammer. Don’t recognize the stock
Thumb rest stock may or may not have been “manufactured to a standard pattern” in conformance with rules governing PRODUCTION category guns. No question it suits this competitor, one of many women who campaigned the .44 Magnum.
Customary to pause between shots, lowering gun while lungs, muscles and eyeballs recharge with oxygen. During this meditation, her eyes assess the next target. Once she raises the revolver to register & read her sight picture, the eye shifts like a laser to the front sight. The target may become a gob of fuzz until buried under the recoiling barrel.
Pennsylvania IHMSA director Jack Parker on the line with his Super Blackhawk at the state championship
Jack Parker's football mitts fairly swallow the Dragoon grip.
The iscoceles stance dominated STANDING simply because it provides the longest eye relief. A side benefit, iscoceles pushes concussion farther from your face and ears.
-Lee
www.singleactions.com
"Chasing perfection five shots at a time"
Bat Thomas takes aim with 7-1/2”
Another competitor at the 1978 Pennsylvania Championships with a nickel 8-3/8-inch M-29. Behind her, a prone shooter with the ubiquitous Super Blackhawk. The battle between Smith & Wesson and Ruger raged, with the seesaw tipping from match to match.
Nickel Model 29 .44 Magnum. These are the real classic Smiths, drop forged parts right down to the thumb piece, cylinder stop, and mainspring; firing pin attached to hammer. Don’t recognize the stock
Thumb rest stock may or may not have been “manufactured to a standard pattern” in conformance with rules governing PRODUCTION category guns. No question it suits this competitor, one of many women who campaigned the .44 Magnum.
Customary to pause between shots, lowering gun while lungs, muscles and eyeballs recharge with oxygen. During this meditation, her eyes assess the next target. Once she raises the revolver to register & read her sight picture, the eye shifts like a laser to the front sight. The target may become a gob of fuzz until buried under the recoiling barrel.
Pennsylvania IHMSA director Jack Parker on the line with his Super Blackhawk at the state championship
Jack Parker's football mitts fairly swallow the Dragoon grip.
The iscoceles stance dominated STANDING simply because it provides the longest eye relief. A side benefit, iscoceles pushes concussion farther from your face and ears.
-Lee
www.singleactions.com
"Chasing perfection five shots at a time"
