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clarence said
My problem–nobody to fight over them. So you’re fortunate in that respect.
I have the same problem, Clarence. We may need to get together.
TXGunNut said
Big Larry-I suppose I was wrong (again) but I agree with your dad’s fondness for the Woodsman. I sold a nice one a few years ago when I decided to focus on Winchesters. I still think he would like your 41. Never could find a High Standard for a match gun when I had the money, lol. My .22 for Pistol was a lowly Ruger MKI bull barrel but it thought Winchester Wildcat was target ammo and it pulled me and my .45 up a class or two. That’s fortunate, I couldn’t afford match ammo. I shot my Series 70 Colt (customized for IPSC) duty gun and store bought cast bullets for CF and .45 but it would barely hold the black as it had the factory Colt barrel and Series 70 bushing. I slipped into the low end of Expert class IIRC and the experience gave me off season trigger time as well as keeping me sharp with my duty gun. Besides, I could only afford a few comp guns and my first love was PPC. Just remembered I would often shoot a match on Saturday morning, take a nap, wipe the soot off my duty gun, load it up with duty ammo and work a shift for the PD that night. ?
Those Bullseye shooters I shot with were pretty awesome, learned a lot from them. Every now and then I’ll stick my left hand in my pocket and put five in the black @25 with that old Ruger. Nowadays I gotta use target ammo, it doesn’t like Wildcat any more.
Thanks for the memories, Big Larry. Your dad made me think of Billy Taggert. Billy was a Marine team shooter (WWII vet) who mentored the Ft Worth PD pistol team and anyone else who was smart enough to listen. He was a colorful coach and I’m sure FWPD hasn’t forgotten him, even tho his favorite student retired years ago.
With apologies to Winchester collectors, at least I was using Winchester ammo and loading my 45’s with 231 powder and WLP primers.
Mike
I am sure my Dad knew Taggert. Dad is gone now along with his neat stories about shooting. Dad had his own reloading shed that the USMC let him have. He melted down the 230 gr. slugs for lead and added tin to harden the lead. Hensley Gibbs mold, and a Star Press. This was for practice only with his 1937 vintage NM Colt. Not allowed in USMC matches. It was fun for my Sister and I to watch Dad making ammo. I still have a full box of his reloads and a bar of pure tin. The NM Colt and his K-38 are long gone. The Woodsman survived somehow. It has a very worn trigger that measures about 1 lb. Big Larry
November 7, 2015
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Big Larry-
Hard to beat the H&G mould, was probably the 68. I use a clone of it these days to feed my social equipment on practice days. When factory ammo went up over $20/50 rds I dug a couple thousand pieces of old match brass out from under the loading bench, cast a big pile of bullets and pulled the cover off my Dillon 550. Some of that brass is 40 years old!
I wouldn’t be surprised if your dad knew Taggert, would be willing to bet they shot some of the same matches.
Mike
TXGunNut said
Big Larry-Hard to beat the H&G mould, was probably the 68. I use a clone of it these days to feed my social equipment on practice days. When factory ammo went up over $20/50 rds I dug a couple thousand pieces of old match brass out from under the loading bench, cast a big pile of bullets and pulled the cover off my Dillon 550. Some of that brass is 40 years old!
I wouldn’t be surprised if your dad knew Taggert, would be willing to bet they shot some of the same matches.
Mike
Dad was on the West Coast USMC pistol team until 1954. He retired in 1957. His friend, Lt. Col. Mc Millan, went on to get the gold in the 1960 Olympics. Big Larry
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