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Today, I took my new Colt SAA down to test, bought from a friend reducing his collection. New unfired from the back of his safe. It was one of my Bucket List Guns. Low round counts will be my norm for each gun. I plan to shoot often, but low round counts to build my skills back up. I used to be a VERY good shot, I don't know yet if I still am. This isn't a fair test, new gun, arthritis acting up. I only brought 18 rounds to the range today. 45 long colt ammo is pricey.
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Here it is, Colt Single Action Army... even Miss T said "Ohhh" when I pulled it out of the gun bag.
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All today's shooting was done at 7 yards since it was a new gun and I had no idea how it would shoot... (Or I would shoot since it had been a while.) Loaded up six rounds and shot 3 rounds shooting one handed at seven yards, aiming center mass on the black dot.
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Hmmm, let's try two hands... Two hands, three shots, still at seven yards.
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I shot six more rounds one handed and was happier with the result. If you look at the pic below, the three shots left of the bull marked with the number 7 are the two handed shots. Those circled in red are those next six fired one handed.
I brought 18 rounds to the range so I fired the last six carefully, one handed, at the head.
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Overall I'm happy. With practice I'll learn to shoot this gun well and enjoy it. Especially in the summer when arthur is on vacation.
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I really enjoyed the first session back on the range, and look forward to many more. Happy to scratch another item off the Bucket List.