BOTR : Swiss Pistols on the range, 1882 vs Luger 00/06
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I love my 1882 even more. 
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- Steel Town and The Peg
I bought 6 boxes of Remington Target 32 S&W Long lead round nose, and while not in the same league as Lapua, they deliver surprizing accuracy with my 1882. They are about 230 fps slower than my average handloads and not quite as accurate, but at $21 per box of 50, what the heck. Most of the brass gets very slightly bulged and I just discard them. My groups are often tighter than Blokes... though I have had plenty of practice. One thing is for certain, never judge this fine revolver with factory BP military surplus ammo, that crap is anemic, dirty, and not very accurate... with a 40% dud rate as per my last box.
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- Winnipeg, MB
How does Bloke On The Range not have a CGN account
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- Steel Town and The Peg
Bloke for PM !!
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- Steel Town and The Peg
Here's my old zombie GCN account reactivated!
Bloke.
PS - @The Kurgan - try those targets one day, in competition and under time pressure
If I am lucky to find the time, as I have been devoting a huge portion of my time to action shooting and some long range milsurp fun. My handloads just fall out of my chambers, save 1 on occasion, and that has certainly given me a speedy advantage. You might find this interesting, and not necessarily "proof", but my 1882 came with a pinkish red lanyard with a lead seal that faintly shows the logo for the 1900 Paris olympics. Could it have been used by the Swiss shooting team? Mine is a 1895 production with the hard rubber grips.
It's possible if it genuinely is the 1900 Paris olympics and not some cantonal Schützenfest with a similar logo. Before the paper stickers they used such lead seals at equipment control (hence the word "Plombiert" / "Plombé" for applying the sticker these days).
