Charlie B from Gonzales wants to say hello, considering IHMSA pretty much self destructed and the website gets about as much activity as a website dedicated to building sod roofs.
Member Link Up All you old members of IHMSA, Charlie wants to connect
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While I never shot IHMSA, I did shoot NRA Hunter Pistol. Half the distances and half the target sizes. Man that was waaaay back then. Fun stuff. Guys dominated with rifle scopes on TC Contenders but I was committed old school with my .44mag Redhawk.
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This is a good place to show off those XPs.
Especially the extra special thumbhole one
This is a good place to show off those XPs.
Especially the extra special thumbhole one
Shot on the 80s and 90s. Started before optics were allowed. Had several Contenders and a XP100 in 7BR. If I didn’t shoot a 40 with the XP that was all me. Once shot turkeys at 300 meters with it. Dialed in 200 meter setting on the King tube. Shot just under the belly of the first then cleaned the other nine.
That was before the eyes went.
That was before the eyes went.
Hi Charlie! Hope you're doing well. Tell Phillip I said hello. I eat, slept, and breathed IHMSA competition from 1997 to 2012 or so......then the interest started waining and dwindled to nothing in the NC area. Absolutely loved it, and had a good amount of success at it too. Made many dear friends that I still stay in contact with. IHMSA is hands down the most difficult shooting sport I've ever done; but probably the most fun. I've said for years that the reason it's died off is the level of difficulty....well that and some questionable management decisions. Steve Roe. NC
Well, I don't know Charlie either, but if he shot IMHSA, then he's a kindred soul and just a crazy as the rest of us addicts.
Central Coast Silhouette Shooters out of Morro Bay CA in mid to late 80's was the reason my family was semi destitute.
The whole family was involved. Son was 13, daughter was 3, wife was young and hot and I was younger, uglier, and dumber than I am now but just as broke.
Wifey won the 1985 (I think that year...) AA Production .22 class for the CA State shoot. Still has the stainless Mark II 10" bull barrel. Eley Tenex didn't cost near as much as it does now. We were shooting upwards of 2 bricks of .22 as week in addition the my big bore efforts and a monthly match. My efforts w/ a Ruger Single Six w/ 10" (with one side of trigger spring disengaged to conform to production rules) was responsible for quite a few 1st place club matches and 40/40 patches.
I was also able to hit a couple of targets (60 for 60) and outshot a bunch of half blind, one armed, and deaf midgets in 1986 at Ojai CA at the Region 6 match (CA, OR, WA, ID, NV..I think it's changed up now) . They gave me a plaque no one else wanted.....
Used a TC 14" in 7 International Rimmed (30-30 necked down to 7mm w/ 154 Hornady), for the Unlimited class and a 10" in .357 Maximum for Production class. Still have them as well and shoot 'em once in a while.
However, old eyes are not useful for iron sights and the range closest to me w/ targets won't allow any handguns without a scope. Besides, the Chickens START at 200m at this range and that used to be the shoot off stage for all those that cleaned a 40/40 first round. I could hit most of 'em at that distance back then but hell, I can't even see 'em now.
I miss the competition. Good times and good peeps. Thanks for the post and recall of memories.
Central Coast Silhouette Shooters out of Morro Bay CA in mid to late 80's was the reason my family was semi destitute.
The whole family was involved. Son was 13, daughter was 3, wife was young and hot and I was younger, uglier, and dumber than I am now but just as broke.
Wifey won the 1985 (I think that year...) AA Production .22 class for the CA State shoot. Still has the stainless Mark II 10" bull barrel. Eley Tenex didn't cost near as much as it does now. We were shooting upwards of 2 bricks of .22 as week in addition the my big bore efforts and a monthly match. My efforts w/ a Ruger Single Six w/ 10" (with one side of trigger spring disengaged to conform to production rules) was responsible for quite a few 1st place club matches and 40/40 patches.
I was also able to hit a couple of targets (60 for 60) and outshot a bunch of half blind, one armed, and deaf midgets in 1986 at Ojai CA at the Region 6 match (CA, OR, WA, ID, NV..I think it's changed up now) . They gave me a plaque no one else wanted.....
Used a TC 14" in 7 International Rimmed (30-30 necked down to 7mm w/ 154 Hornady), for the Unlimited class and a 10" in .357 Maximum for Production class. Still have them as well and shoot 'em once in a while.
However, old eyes are not useful for iron sights and the range closest to me w/ targets won't allow any handguns without a scope. Besides, the Chickens START at 200m at this range and that used to be the shoot off stage for all those that cleaned a 40/40 first round. I could hit most of 'em at that distance back then but hell, I can't even see 'em now.
I miss the competition. Good times and good peeps. Thanks for the post and recall of memories.
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Hey Steve, I think of you often and wonder how your business is going
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