So I got a chance to shoot a Western Action comp today. Lever, coach gun and single action 357 revolver with (felt very underpowered) 38’s.
My single action technique sucked major donkey balls. On the first revolver, I kept dropping the hammer before it had a chance to cock itself or at least get enough momentum to fire. Although, once I got the hang of it, I plowed through it pretty fast with the second revolver Lever and a coach gun are my go to toys, so no issues there.
Anyway, I am not sure how I feel about it. Shotgun and lever action is fun, but I feel like it’s more to do with sleeking the gun and speed of operation. I didn’t feel like there was any accuracy involved at those distances (could be biased that I shoot a lot of lever guns and take some things for granted, but never the less). Targets were very close and very large. Maximum 15m.
Single action revolver had certain charm to it, but I feel like it’d get pretty old real quick, when it’s time to quickly reload. Golly, I think I have found a discipline I am indifferent too 
Now, that said, I did get a little tingling in my special sports when I heard that ‘Wild Bunch’ (see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pLYwcGRAnk) comps maybe on the agenda, which are very close by using generally milspec 1911 instead of single action revolvers. So, yeah, sort of excited!
That’s my news for this week.
