Now wht do I do with it?

[AzShooter]

Finished the Trapper and I think it came out well. Shooting nice groups at 25 off the bench, may need to play a little more with patch size to get them all clustered together but I'm happy so far. 20 grains works best. I've tried from 15 - 45 grains of FF. Next I'll start working with FFF and see what difference it makes.

Now, at matches, what distance do people shoot pistols at? Do you shoot with one hand hold or two? What target?

I'm having too much fun to just shoot it off the bench.

Safety warning.... Patch knife's are sharp. Just touched the join on my first finger with mine today and bled for an hour. When I was asked if I wanted to get stitches I just put a few bandaids on it, about 5 patches to keep the blood from coming through and taped it all nice and tight with masking tape. Wish I would have had Duct Tape. Would of fixed it sooner.

 

[bwhoffman]

our club shoots anywhere from 20 to 50 yds at paper targets of various design. we also shoot the trail, which at times can be the rifle trail, so distances can be long!
I do better with my trapper and my Wm parker using a 2 hand hold. I do see a lot of people using just one.

Brett

 

[biliff]

Geez, Brett, they're hand guns, not handS guns. :rotf:

 

Geez, Brett, they're hand guns, not handS guns. :rotf:

Do you stick one hand in your back pocket when you swim?

One hand shooting is why most people can't hit with a pistol.

 

[bwhoffman]

Geez, Brett, they're hand guns, not handS guns. :rotf:

Do you stick one hand in your back pocket when you swim?

One hand shooting is why most people can't hit with a pistol.

Actually, I prefer the overHAND stroke, so yes, I do swim with one hand! never heard of the overhands stroke yet :rotf:

In reality, I cant hold the trapper on target with one hand if I had too, the parker, maybe.

 

[Norskie]

Range officer will tell you one hand or two. You'll want to practice both. I used to shoot the long targets kneeling two handed (off hand under the pistol butt), but that wasn't a sanctioned shoot, just a couple of us poking at the hundred yard gong for kicks.
This was a Trapper pistol, by the way. Nice gun.

 

[JiminTexas]

OK then Ghost, do you use a teeth brush or do you you only have one tooth?

 

[crockett]

I think most matches are ten shot affairs and either 25 yards or fifty yards. If you plan on that type of shooting make a small loading stand to help loading on a bench.

 

[amccall]

I have a Trapper that I have shot competition with. We shoot 25 and 50 yards one handed, 10 shots per target. I added a little lead weight in the brass cap at the butt of the pistol to give it better balance and added an extra brass curl on the trigger guard for my pinky finger. I use 20 grns. fffg and a .495 ball, .016 ticking and a felt wadd. The best I shot with it was a 96 and three X's on the 25 yard range.

 

[AzShooter]

Thanks for all the help. Now I have an idea of what to practice for. I definately think I'll fill the brass cap with lead to help ballance the pistol out. 20 grains seems to be the correct number for this pistol.

 

[renovato]

The only matches I've shot were one hand at 25 yards. The gun holds a tight group at that distance, but my one handed shooting could use some work. I plink with it at 50-80 yards a lot though, and in a two hand hold, I sometimes amaze myself with what I can hit.

Originally I only bought the Trapper kit to match the looks of my Investarms Hawken, but it became one of my favorite guns fast. When I take it out, I always take the T/C Patriot also. I find that I shoot the Trapper more often and enjoy it more so the Patriot gets to watch more than play.

 

[biliff]

Do you stick one hand in your back pocket when you swim?

One hand shooting is why most people can't hit with a pistol.

No, don't have pockets on my swimsuit.

One hand shooting isn't the cause of people's inability to shoot accurately. Lack of practice is.

 

[arquebus]

Bakeoven Bill said: "One hand shooting isn't the cause of people's inability to shoot accurately. Lack of practice is."

Amen to that!!

 

[crockett]

Yeah, for most of us the gun is more accurate than we are so practice is the key.
At home you can do a lot by just holding the pistol steady on a target 25 yards away. Will help you develop the ability to hold steady.
And, later on you may be able to add a single stage set trigger- I see them advertised for about $35-40. Has anyone fitted such a trigger into a CVA pistol?

 

[bwhoffman]

my excuse to use a 2 hand hold....

entirely way too much coffee!
funny, I drink a pot before I leave for the shoot every month, we stop at this quaint general store and buy a cup of "foo foo" coffee for the drive up, get there and there is this big pot O' joe simmering most of the day!
since I changed guns, i have reduced the coffee intake and scores have gone up!