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Offline Golfswithwolves

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Ruger Silhouette Revolver
« on: October 20, 2008, 05:37:16 PM »
I'm planning to start a bit of silhouette shooting again after being out of it for a number of years. Will I still be able to make a decent showing (if I can still shoot!) with my Ruger .44? I remember that it was becoming difficult even 20 years ago to stay even with the arms race that started up. Does a shooter require a FA revolver these days to be competetive?
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Re: Ruger Silhouette Revolver
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2008, 09:06:46 AM »
The FAs do win the Internationals.  Rugers and DW win their share of local matches.  RUger and DW shooters probably have more fun at local matches.  Good shooters do well with whatever they have in their hand.

Shoot the Ruger 44.  You will have fun and that is what it is all about.

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Re: Ruger Silhouette Revolver
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2008, 09:27:52 AM »
Freedom Arms if you want to win, anything else if you just want to have fun.

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Re: Ruger Silhouette Revolver
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2008, 10:56:08 AM »
You are probably talking IHMSA some thing I have no experience with but in days of old at least in NRA silhouette matches me and my S&W 29 with 10-5/8" barrel were a force to be reckoned with here in Bama. One year in B'ham at the only range running iron sight only matches I won every one with it. Most were shooting TCs or Rugers. The TCs probably had an edge in accuracy potential but the way the sights are set up you lose sight radius with them to revolvers.

Of course in IHMSA I think you should double the size target at double the range we did back then as we shot to a max of 100 meters.

Still I think the S&W has/had the accuracy potential to drop all targets if the shooter is up to the task. I don't doubt however the FA has more intrinsic accuracy potential but I'm not sure I was ever good enough to shoot one better than the other.
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Re: Ruger Silhouette Revolver
« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2008, 03:50:05 AM »
I used to shoot BB Revolver against our current local IHMSA directors FA's with a Blackhawk Flattop I'd had for decades.   I'd beat him now and then, but probably only because of my long familiarity of the old 44 while it seemed he was always fiddling with the newest FA he'd added to his collection of them (he had over a dozen of them then, I don't know how many now).

yooper has it exactly right... it's the fun that matters at the local level even if you are working on advancing.   My game was the BB & SB unlimited classes with my specialty pistols.   But the BHFT (left over from my early BG hunting days with revolvers) was an excuse to shoot BB Revolver off and on and to try to make Paul eat some sand (he is our GC's FA poster boy).
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Re: Ruger Silhouette Revolver
« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2008, 09:20:01 AM »
With the SBH you probably won't shoot Int. scores  but SO WHAT, that is why there are classifications based on scores. And 20 years ago your eyes were much better that they are now, so you can spend $$$$$ on a FA and $ on a shooting loop [single lens shooting glasses] or just get the loop,spend a little time developing an accurate load for the SBH and have fun.
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Re: Ruger Silhouette Revolver
« Reply #6 on: October 28, 2008, 01:19:43 PM »
Thanks for the advice and encouragement!
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Re: Ruger Silhouette Revolver
« Reply #7 on: February 06, 2009, 08:07:39 AM »
The Major Golden award at the Internationals (IHMSA) is given to the highest shooter with a revolver in all 3 categories - kind of an "Iron Man" award. It is named for a nice old cowboy that shoots all 3 classes with long barreled Rugers, standing up with iron sights the way God intended.

He also likes to watch the western channel with a Colt in his hand, and he's never ever drank caffeine. I have found both of those little habits to be highly conducive to better marksmanship.
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Re: Ruger Silhouette Revolver
« Reply #8 on: February 06, 2009, 10:51:50 AM »
Two points to remember here are (1) Dave Whitman shot the first ever Revolver 40 with a Ruger Super Blackhawk, and (2) your only competition is yourself.  Your goal should be to shoot better and each subsequent match.  You will only "need" a Freedom Arms when you feel that your skill level has outrun the capability of the Ruger.  Until then, shot & have fun.

BTW, we run a side match in Field Pistol called "Standard Handgun".  It is for handguns that are stock, chambered in standard handgun chamberings, and have a barrel no longer than six & one-half inches long.  Additionally, you can't adjust your sights thus leveling the playing field between fixed & adjustable sights.  There have been times when the winner of Standard Handgun for the match was also high score in Field Pistol Production.  The winning Standard Pistol score last year was a 28x40 shot with a six inch 686 by (you guessed it) Dave Whitman.

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Re: Ruger Silhouette Revolver
« Reply #9 on: February 06, 2009, 03:08:33 PM »
A good 10 1/2" Super Blackhawk will allow a skilled shooter to shoot International Class scores, if he or she has the ability. That shooter won't shoot as many 40's as they would with a FA, but they can win a heck of a bunch of local club matches.
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Re: Ruger Silhouette Revolver
« Reply #10 on: February 09, 2009, 01:25:11 PM »
Never owned a FA and have never shot in IHMSA I have to ask what makes a FA so mich better?
Couldn't an other brand be made as accurate as a FA?
I don't know but would like to know!


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Re: Ruger Silhouette Revolver
« Reply #11 on: February 09, 2009, 03:11:06 PM »
Shot a guy's FA in ".353 Casull" (.357 maximum?) for an IHMSA match. Like a freakin' laser beam, but ... most of that was the load IMO. I wasn't ashamed to pick up my stock Bisley afterwards, and I've honestly never stared wistfully at their website. When I'm a better shot than my Bisley ... like that'll ever happen.
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Re: Ruger Silhouette Revolver
« Reply #12 on: February 09, 2009, 04:40:27 PM »
Quote from: Golfswithwolves on October 20, 2008, 05:37:16 PM
I'm planning to start a bit of silhouette shooting again after being out of it for a number of years. Will I still be able to make a decent showing (if I can still shoot!) with my Ruger .44? I remember that it was becoming difficult even 20 years ago to stay even with the arms race that started up. Does a shooter require a FA revolver these days to be competitive?
Shoot....the worst thing I did was to give up my 44mag Dan Wesson by locking up with FA and never shot a perfect 40 again???
Shot the first cast bullet 40 with a 44DW while David shot the first ever 40 in a jacketed  44 mag. Ruger!
By all means get a Ruger or DW....since they 40 capable!
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Re: Ruger Silhouette Revolver
« Reply #13 on: February 15, 2009, 03:23:00 AM »
Quote from: LONGTOM on February 09, 2009, 01:25:11 PM
Never owned a FA and have never shot in IHMSA I have to ask what makes a FA so mich better?
Couldn't an other brand be made as accurate as a FA?
I don't know but would like to know!


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Precision and tolerances. In IHMSA Revolver competition, the guns must be unmodified (although in later years, regular manufacturer's sight upgrades have been allowed)
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Re: Ruger Silhouette Revolver
« Reply #14 on: February 24, 2009, 07:04:55 AM »
Shoot your SBH, it'll probably be a while before you outshoot it.  I shot my 1st silhouette match with a 3 screw .44 SBH (still have it) Shot it standing, shot a 27 (missed a bunch of turkeys and has several rams not go down) 27 tied the world record at that time but within a week or two someone shot a 31 then I shot a 32 then right away there was a 35 then I decided it was time to get a contender in 7TCU, with it I shot a 36, that was in 1983, I've heard the record now is 38.  I did shoot a 39 once but it was part of a club fun shoot that didn't count toward the record.  At that time Elgin Gates was still in charge and FAs weren't allowed, there was a price ceiling. I never shot anything but Standing Production and didn't use a spotter ,just a scorer.  It can be a humbling experience though.  I took a friend once
who thought that he would do well at Silhouette.  He had a S&W .41 Mag.  When it was over he had only hit 1, he never went back.
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