TargetTalk

.25, young(ish) eyes. Will be trying .5 at some point.

Last minute update: 50 meter match at 1 PM. And of course I'm sick today...

Apparently there is to be some discussion of the match schedule for this year. Hopefully we will end up with a good turnout and an active year.

Why do humans waste their time and money on anything? When it comes right down to it, we're hard pressed to come up with a rational excuse for just about any of our hobbies. In addition to free pistol, I climb mountains, participate in "ultra distance" bicycle rides, and taste/collect fine...

It took about 15 years before I came to my senses and got a free pistol. In all that time going to various California indoor and outdoor ranges, shooting rifles and pistols, plinking, competing in action events, and just generally loafing around and burning powder, I saw a grand total of two free pi...

It's just too bad their new rifling style is so poorly suited to cast bullets. That's taken a lot of the wind out of my sails re. the "classic" series.

That's what, like six guys? Shouldn't be too hard...

Yes, it was Greg and a gentleman named Leon, who's last name escaped me. Nice fellows. Hopefully I'll get to meet you next month, if the trees allow!

It was just me and two other guys, neither of whom was you, Jonathan! What's up with that? Anyway, looks like times are a bit tough for Black Mountain. Apparently they had a bit of a falling out with Prado management over the air pistol hall, and things kind of fell apart after that. Sounds like the...

Tool arrived yesterday. The tool head is too big to fit through the hole in the grips; you have to unscrew it, insert it into the chamber, and thread the rod back into it through the hole in the grips. After use, a pair of needle nose pliers are needed to loosen the tool head in the loading port. Ex...

Just FWIW, I can't see anything wrong with the chamber, but I have noticed a pattern of scratches on each fired case -- including one corresponding with the firing pin -- so that seems the most likely culprit. I will order the Brownell's tool (thanks Fred!) and update with results. Thanks to all for...

Ah. Mine's just the standard version. I definitely need to look into the chamber/dry fire deal. I know mine's been dry-fired...

I guess I don't know what a "top loader" is. I was under the impression that they were all falling block actions, with the only variation being the placement of the lever.

Interesting. How did you do the job?

Well, the extractor seems pretty "snappy" to me, and the mechanism is clean. Of course, I don't have anything with which to compare, so what seems snappy to me might seem pretty weak to someone with experience. It will fling a dummy round several feet from the gun, FWIW. It just seems like...

Sorry if this is a repeat, but I've done the search... Essentially, my TOZ (older one, not the "M") works perfectly but does not fully extract/eject regardless of ammunition. (Have so far tried Eley Club, RWS Rifle Target, and an old lot of PMC Scoremaster). The ejector pulls the cases hal...

FWIW, I have fairly long fingers, wear a size large glove, and use a TOZ with original grips in the large size. I was surprised to find that I had to slide the trigger almost all the way back to get it comfortable for me. It's hard for me to imagine a hand that would be comfortable with the trigger ...

I've been wondering about the same thing, but with the added complication of sub six aiming. Sub six on the 50 meter target is obviously a lot further below the bullseye than the same hold on the 50 foot target. I'm assuming that I'll just have to learn the required sight adjustment by trial and err...

For Bullseye I took the "standard" advice about finding correct stance/NPA: eyes closed, raising pistol, opening eyes, etc. I found that I take a fairly "square" position to the target. I am not completely facing the target, but my stance is perhaps 20 degrees away from it. Now I...