Ok. It’s unseasonably HOT here with no rain and smoke from fires burning throughout the state AND it’s my day off from work and AH threads/posts have been boring lately. So, when I went through the Sheriffs’ Academy in 1977, I was carrying the issued Smith Model 15 .38 Special. The ammo during the Academy was reloaded 148gr full wadcutters. They reloaded the ammo on site and between the dirty powder and soft lead, it was a real BITCH to keep your gun clean. I would soak my gun (with cylinder removed) in a mason jar with the cylinder in Hoppes #9 overnight. I would get up at 0 Dark Thirty and brush out my gun and then go to the Academy. We shot a 60 round PPC course ( including 12-18 rounds from 50 yds). You could shoot single action from 50 and 6 were from prone and at least 6 were from the barricade strong hand and MAYBE 6 from the weak hand barricade? Then, we he had to shoot 60 rounds from 25 yds in the American Standard Course (ASC). All shots standing over a bench, single action, double action, etc. Each week, we had to turn in five course documents from both the PPC and ASC, which meant we had to shoot on our lunch hour. The ONLY guy who outshot me was using a Colt Python. He shot 300 once. I shot 299 once and a number of 298, 297s, but never a 300. Anyway, the wadcutters were a real pain to reload with speedloaders quickly until time went on and I adjusted to them. This is all about nothing but ancient shooting history, but maybe you’ll find interesting?
