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Late last year, I decided to join a local range. I had been heavily involved in competitive shooting until I got married / bought a house / had a couple of kids... you all know the story.

I was itching to get into a match to see if I could still shoot straight. Remebering NRA postal matches from high school, I immediately thought that FR would be a good place to find like-minded souls lookin' to do some shootin'.

I was right, quite a few expressed interest and I had to turn several away. After a few mis-steps, the participants finally got their targets.

I shot the match on a windy day that had the target holders spinning in their stands. For the .22, I used a Ruger MkII 6-7/8" SS fairly stock except for the grips and a target trigger.. For centerfire, I used a S&W 6" L Frame 586 in .38 - again stock except for trigger and grips. Ammo was S&B wadcutters and Federal match .22's.

I was not especiallly happy with my scores, but considering that I last shot in a match 10 years ago (with younger eyes), I'll take what I got.

What we have here are 16 winners, everyone got to go out and improve their marksmanship, have fun, and learn a little about their abilities.

Congratulations to Shooter, umgud, 5madman and chookter on their outstanding performance.

If I get any more targets, I will post the revised list, but I am sure most of you were as anxious as I was to see where you stood.

Thanks again to all !

I had a lot of fun and learned a lot. For rimfire I used a Magnum Research Mountain Eagle 6" semi-auto. It is too light for offhand shooting but is pretty accurate. For CF, I used a .357 Ruger BlackHawk, 5 1/2" shooting 38 spl semi-wadcutters. I was happy with this until I had to shoot rapidfire, which is tough with a sa cowboy gun. I think this style match needs single action semi-autos. Maybe a long-slide 1911 and a Ruger like yours. There is a world of difference between offhand and benchrest. I practice offhand because I hunt a lot with a handgun, but I've never had to do it like this.

The other big news here is that Mrs. Ibbryn whooped Mr. Ibbryn in all categories except one. We know who's struttin in that home for a while.