Thread: Target Shooting

Never tried a "Texas Star".

I do recall one intersting afternoon, when I shot a rattler from horseback with a 38-40 Colt SAA. About the time I torched off on the damn snake, I remembered that I wasn't riding "my' horse. Just so happens that bronc I was riding took strong objection to that pistol going off three feet from his right ear. I got two shots off and hit the snake in the middle of the first jump as the rodeo commenced. I doubt I'd have won any points for style but we survived.

I had my hands full trying not to get my ass dumped in the vicinity of a half shot snake and trying to hang on the my pistol. My pard said it was quite a show. I wish I could have seen it rather than been it.

Does that count?

Now that made me laugh!


Mick

That is kind of the idea. A target on a platform that moves however the speed would be about 4x faster than that Texas star thing. The idea being many people who think of themselves as great shots when shooting at a static target literally can't hit the broadside of a barn when it is moving fairly fast and you are being timed.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

That is kind of the idea. A target on a platform that moves however the speed would be about 4x faster than that Texas star thing. The idea being many people who think of themselves as great shots when shooting at a static target literally can't hit the broadside of a barn when it is moving fairly fast and you are being timed.

The Texas Star moves as fast as the skill of the shooter. The idea is to balance the star as best as you can by choosing which plates to knock off depending on how the star is moving. The guys shooting in the video are pretty good and kept the star reasonably balanced and thereby minimizing its movement. If you mess up and get it off balance too much, it spins incredibly fast. I've seen good shooters empty their magazine trying to hit the last fast moving plate.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

That is kind of the idea. A target on a platform that moves however the speed would be about 4x faster than that Texas star thing. The idea being many people who think of themselves as great shots when shooting at a static target literally can't hit the broadside of a barn when it is moving fairly fast and you are being timed.

Got a link?

I just got a SWEET deal on a a BRNO Target stock that I'm going to drop my 452 into. It is a "factory second," with a small repaired crack in the butt, so it was about the same price as a Boyds stock would be. Something of an impulse buy, but I figure I'll never see a deal like that again. Pics will definitely follow once it arrives, but here is one on an Ultra Lux with BRNO match sights.



BTW, I shot this last night. I was getting a lot of excess wax on my ammo, so I'll blame that along with myself (a little under the weather) for the less than stellar performance. Luckily, there were some free leftover donuts from the afternoon NRA pistol class to cheer me up.