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This started as a Parkerized Springfield Armory Mil-Spec. The father and sons shooters who will share this gun wanted one for all forms of bullseye shooting. Wadcutter and Hardball. The gun had to meet CMP regulations for hardball, thus there are few add ons. The frame was checkered 25lpi by Metalsmith and a new MSH without the ILS was matched. A Kart National Match barrel was fit after the slide and frame were welded and recut. The sear is a Warner True radius and the long spur hammer is Cylinder and Slide set up with a crisp 4# break. A new Greider trigger was also installed. The gun tested sub two inches for wadcutter and sub three inches for 230gr. ball ammo. The finish is blue, very similar to WWi with the rounds lightly polished. The grips which must not exceed 1.3 inches when on the gun are by John Hoskins in Texas. Hope they both make "Master" with it.

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DerrPrecision.com

I would love to see a resurgence of Bullseye shooting. For those that have never tried it, probably the most difficult and demanding handgun sport out there.

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CT Brian Custom
'Blending Art With Firepower'

Tim. I agree with you on this. The "gee whiz" mentality of the new breed seems to be double stack nines. Having been a range safety officer on several of the current instructors courses such as Haley, Costa and Vickers those receiving the training trend to some version of the "plastic nine" regardless on make.

Whether it is wider array of the firearm and ammo, affordability (9mm averages 25% less cost then 45 acp) or simple easier to control the mindset of the student before the course started NOT the teacher was suppressive fire NOT accurate or accurate suppressive fire.

One more thing, it is refreshing watching these 95% of these shooters who are like sponges absorbing everything they can. Ninety Percent were newer shooters. They deserve credit as it is quite an expense to take time off of work, travel, hotel and all the rest involved to attend the training.

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Be safe and keep the brass flying

Terry Peters

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I personally have never found a .45 to be particularly hard to control, even defensive loads. My reloads are actually close to Wilson's test loads, and they are extremely light as well. I can see the appeal of a 9 for target shooting though. It's cheaper, factory or reloading, but I always preferred .45. I can't stand plastic guns though!