Target Shooting

Dad and I used to do target shooting with rifles and pistols a lot. We did our own ammunition reloading. Now years later in this politically correct world we live in I can't just go out into the woods and shoot. Since that is the case, I recently got this Crosman 1377 pellet pistol and have been trying to knock off 25 years of shooting rustiness by practicing in the back yard.

I just got a box of German match pellets and tried them out. This is the target at 50 feet doing standing, offhand shooting. Though the Crosman is not a Walther match pistol, at $55 with open iron sights I didn't do too badly. I had one flyer when the wind knocked the target around, but the other 5 shots grouped at 2 inches and all shots were within 1 1/4 inches of the red bullseye.

Not too sloppy for not having shot in a quarter of a century. With practice I should be able to tighten up the group to an inch or so, hopefully. It's a lot of fun and I highly recommend the Crosman 1377 pistol as an inexpensive pistol. It is reasonably accurate and the pump mechanism means you don't need to buy CO2 cartridges. It is a single shot pistol. The limiting factor to accuracy is the open sight.

Though I don't believe in hunting, I love target shooting as a sport. I'm teaching Karen the wife how to shoot now. She is doing pretty good for a novice and may outshoot me one day after she practices.