10m air pistol practise

Some 10m air pistol practise, just to see if after 35 years, I can still do it!

Shot two 10-shot practise cards on a freezing indoor range, using my new Steyr LP10 and H&N Finale Pistol Match pellets.

Both cards were around my BP average; 77.0 and 79.0

The group on both cards was slightly high, even though I have dropped the rearsight.

Stats
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Barrel count: 200
Session scores: 77.0 + 79.0
Average: 75.45
Personal best: 85.0
Std Dev: 7.15

Two practise rounds - one with new balls.

The first practise card was poor 54.0 It was shot using the original Hornady .350 balls with prelubed .015 Ox-Yoke patches. Contributing to the poor score was the greasiness of the lubed patches transferring from fingers to the pistol stock. Although I wiped my hands on a baby-wipe after each loading, I had to properly wash my hands at the end of the 10-shot detail.

The second card was much better. I managed a 77.1 again with a 10-shot detail. This time I swapped to using my newly cast .350 lead balls. Using recovered lead from the range butts, mixed with some left over .38 wadcutters and some old air pistol pellets, the finished balls are nice and shiny, as well as a little bit harder than the normal balls.

STATS
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Session score: 54.0 + 77.1
Average: 79.38
Cards: 59
BC: 762

Std. Dev: 1.61 (on second card)

The second card started off well with 9 shots in the black. The 10th shot ruined it with a shot out in the 3-ring at 10 o/c. Otherwise it was a fairly good group inside the 8-ring.