One of our club members wrote this story about bullseye pistol in his family. It reminds us of the history and traditions of our sport. Bullseye is alive and active, but we didn’t start yesterday. It’s a tradition in our country.
In doing some genealogy work I came across a cool picture. One grandfather was a policeman in the town I grew up in and he was (I believe) the forces marksmanship instructor. I came across an undated and unmarked photo (of course unmarked, everyone will always know who, when and where!) of some shooting that is interesting. He shot in bullseye competitions outside the police stuff, as that was probably the only game in town back then. The attached photo has him in what appears to be a bullseye competition-I am saying that only as no one is in a uniform, and all are using a one handed hold, but I don’t think regular police shooting used 2 hands until much later on. I am guessing that this is mid to late 1940s based on his looks. He is the third person from the right, and is the only one using a revolver. Are the other pistols Colt Woodsman model? The semis all appear to be smallish pistols, so this is perhaps the .22 match. My father had his old .22 match revolver (a S&W, beautiful trigger job and with nicely carved grips that had a thumb rest) but it was stolen in the early 80s unfortunately. None of the shooters have their own spotting scope, and one even has a holster. Things sure have changed.
