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Keyser Söze

On 6/3/16 12:56 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 3 Jun 2016 12:19:00 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote:

Heheheheh. D'uh. Ever been to a serious .22LR pistol shooting match? No,
I didn't think so.

I guess that is my problem with all of this. None of is are good
enough to compete at the highest level and my "out of the box" Colt
target woodsman shoots better than I do. A better gun is not going to
make anyone but the best shooters any better and shooting an inferior
gun will not improve scores that much for them. The difference is, at
that level, the match is won by millimeters.

The best pistol shooter I have ever seen was my chief on the Absecon.
He shot on the CG pistol team and had a very tricked out Gold Cup Colt
but 99% of the time, he just grabbed a random WWII surplus 1911 from
the rack and still kept them in the X ring most of the time. He told
me "don't buy a better gun until you can show me your old gun is what
is holding you back".

I think it depends at the level at which one shoots and one's
expectations. I just shoot informally with my Mark III, and in informal
competition with guys at the local outdoor range. The Volquartsen mods I
got make the pistol work more smoothly than a strictly stock out of the
box pistol, other than the trigger work, which made a considerable
different in crispness and smoothness. I don't shoot .22LR with a
compensator on the pistol, but I have seen guys do it. The threading on
my barrel is for the suppressor.

When I was at the range a couple of weeks ago, I "swapped" temporarily
with a fellow shooting a Glock, and he was just amazed at his accuracy
at 25 yards with my Mark III. I didn't do nearly as well with his S&W 40

.

The point about compensators is that on a .22, they have nothing to do
with "limp wrists," which, apparently OldFarte does not know. Not my
problem.

Frankly, I was hoping you might want the pistol, but I'll probably sell
it to a total stranger.