Bill Calfee
Gun Fool
A pretty May day with my XP Pistol
CYA friends:
Spent the afternoon shooting my XP pistol.
Brought back old memories.
Steve Turner owned this #4 pistol for a lot of years.
The last registered ARA match I can remember him shooting it, was the Indiana State ARA several years ago, at Livonia.
Anyone who has shot at Livonia during the day knows what the shooting conditions can be like, and they were kinda windy, as usual, for that Indiana State.
Anyway, after the 5th card, I was helping score, Steve was in the lead.
As he walked out the door of the clubhouse I said to Steve, "A 2300 and no one can beat you"
Steve then said, " It's up to me now, ain't it? "
Steve walked out there and laid down either a 2300 or maybe a 2350............and of course won.
Number 4 is kinda interesting.
It has a manual re-set trigger..........I'll do a little movie of it one day..........the neat thing about a manual re-set for the Remington pattern trigger is that the upward pressure of the transfer bar against the bottom of the cocking piece is entirely eliminated.
I produced this conversion back in the early 90's and yes, it has 6 ignition, so I've been using 6 ignition for a lot of years now......
You know, I've known the benefit of 6 ignition since the middle 80's when I produced my first XP with it, but I never thought the day would come when we would have it in custom RFBR actions........................
And now, today, we take 6 ignition for granted...........
Anyway, man these pistols are fun to shoot.......my competitive shooting days ended years ago, but, if someway I ever did shoot again, it would be with a pistol, and would I feel handicapped? Not hardly.
About this little movie:
For me to do a "through the scope" movie requires me to hold a magnifier in one hand so I can see the tiny screen on the back of the camera.
You can't do this with a pistol as it takes both hands to shoot it...........
But, I've been thinking about a way to mount a magnifier on the back of the camera mount so it will be hands free...........
When I get it rigged up, I'll do some through the scope movies..........
It is simply amazing how these pistols shoot.........
Big Dog has got that #12 pistol, a Shilen Ratchet and the last time I was up to Big Dogs cabin I got to shoot it.........
Man that thing will pickum' up and layum' down...............
My #4 won't run with Big Dogs #12..................it's close, but that #12's Ratchet will best my #4's Lilja.............
But that situation is subject to change............
Anyway, what a pleasant afternoon pistol shooting........
Your friend, Bill Calfee
A little fun movie
CYA friends:
Spent the afternoon shooting my XP pistol.
Brought back old memories.
Steve Turner owned this #4 pistol for a lot of years.
The last registered ARA match I can remember him shooting it, was the Indiana State ARA several years ago, at Livonia.
Anyone who has shot at Livonia during the day knows what the shooting conditions can be like, and they were kinda windy, as usual, for that Indiana State.
Anyway, after the 5th card, I was helping score, Steve was in the lead.
As he walked out the door of the clubhouse I said to Steve, "A 2300 and no one can beat you"
Steve then said, " It's up to me now, ain't it? "
Steve walked out there and laid down either a 2300 or maybe a 2350............and of course won.
Number 4 is kinda interesting.
It has a manual re-set trigger..........I'll do a little movie of it one day..........the neat thing about a manual re-set for the Remington pattern trigger is that the upward pressure of the transfer bar against the bottom of the cocking piece is entirely eliminated.
I produced this conversion back in the early 90's and yes, it has 6 ignition, so I've been using 6 ignition for a lot of years now......
You know, I've known the benefit of 6 ignition since the middle 80's when I produced my first XP with it, but I never thought the day would come when we would have it in custom RFBR actions........................
And now, today, we take 6 ignition for granted...........
Anyway, man these pistols are fun to shoot.......my competitive shooting days ended years ago, but, if someway I ever did shoot again, it would be with a pistol, and would I feel handicapped? Not hardly.
About this little movie:
For me to do a "through the scope" movie requires me to hold a magnifier in one hand so I can see the tiny screen on the back of the camera.
You can't do this with a pistol as it takes both hands to shoot it...........
But, I've been thinking about a way to mount a magnifier on the back of the camera mount so it will be hands free...........
When I get it rigged up, I'll do some through the scope movies..........
It is simply amazing how these pistols shoot.........
Big Dog has got that #12 pistol, a Shilen Ratchet and the last time I was up to Big Dogs cabin I got to shoot it.........
Man that thing will pickum' up and layum' down...............
My #4 won't run with Big Dogs #12..................it's close, but that #12's Ratchet will best my #4's Lilja.............
But that situation is subject to change............
Anyway, what a pleasant afternoon pistol shooting........
Your friend, Bill Calfee
A little fun movie
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