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I try to shoot the local club's Bullseye match (NRA Conventional Outdoor Pistol) at least twice a month, and yesterday I managed to score the 100 shown below in the third round of timed fire (25 yards). It's not my first 100 (actually my 4th), but it's by far my tightest one (nothing near the edge of the ten ring). I'm especially happy with this one because the wind was strong yesterday, gusting to 25 mph at times.

My Bullseye gun is pretty special to me. It's a Hi-Standard Supermatic Trophy (Model 102) and it's been in my wife's family since it was purchased new in 1958. It hadn't been shot much if at all in the last 40 years until I got it a couple of years ago. I cleaned a lot old gunk out of it, put an (improved) Volquartsen extractor in it, changed out the recoil spring and substituted a 5-1/2" aluminum shrouded barrel from Lebanon (Pa) Screw Products for the 7" bull barrel it came with. Even though it was a tack driver with the original barrel, the aluminum wrapped barrel came tapped for a rail to which I could easily add the red dot sight and still reduce the weight of the total package by a few ounces (and leave the rear sight in place). It also changed the pistol's weight distribution from nose-heavy to neutral, and the new barrel no slouch either. It's supposed to shoot 1" groups at 50 yards with CCI SV ammo, and I have no doubt that it would so from a Ransom Rest. I've scored as high as 97 with it from 50 yards.