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Mike Benedict

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  1. Does any one have an copies of the results from the Nationals in the mid 1980s to the early 90s? I really appreciate any copies that you may have Mike
  2. The Apex sear is definitely an improvement over the Pro sear. It drops in at about 4lbs. It yields a very short reset It certainly makes doing a trigger job on the M&P a lot easier. My test bed for the sear is a well worn 22k rounds M&P Pro that I shot in competition for a couple years I just ordered a sear online and installed it as is. It dropped in at 4lbs on the nose and was a bit crisper than the pistol with the Pro sear I then polished the trigger bar contact surfaces and rounded the firing pin plunger All that yielded a 4lb trigger, very little creep and relatively crisp for a striker fired pistol. Certainly a much improved trigger than the stock M&P Pro I'm looking forward to the new carry sear kits that are reported to be coming out soon. Mike
  3. I am doing well Bill. Just hanging around in N. Georgia shooting and making holsters. I run a little gun club called Deliverance IDPA. I actually have piles of pics from the early days of IPSC both in Africa and the US. most are from Andy Langley's collection. Mike
  4. Rhodesian Win Pistol Team Event September 1, 1977 Dave Westerhout Andy Langley Rhodesia Made It! For the second year in a row the Rhodesian practical pistol shooting team won the world championships, and this time the captain, Dave Westerhout, walked off with the individual gold medal. After six tense days of shooting with little to separate the leading teams, Rhodesia and the US., official confirmed yesterday that Rhodesia had pipped the U.S. by 41.010 points. South Africa came third followed by Britain, West Germany and Belgium. Westerhout, who was the backbone of the Rhodesian team, not only shot brilliantly to win the individual event by a wide margin, but was responsible for much of the preparatory work for the championships. "Lots of people helped with the mountain of work over the last few weeks," said Westerhout who passed special credit to Andy Langley and Alex du Plessis. "They did many hours of work on the range to the detriment of their shooting." Asked how he felt about being world champion, Dave said said he could not really believe he had done it. "I'm not sure yet that it actually happened, or whether it is a dream. I was just lucky I guess." Second to Westerhout was Rhodesia's Peter Maunder, 116.403 points behind and third was America's Raul Walters (U.S) a further 41.741 points back. Maunder's efforts was particularly good as, after two mediocre trial shoots he failed to make the Rhodesian Team. " He shot fantastically well in the Felon shoot and that pulled him up quite a few places," said Westerhout. "But we won because we made less mistakes than the Americans did under pressure. The shooting wasn't that good, it was just that we held on better in the tight spots. RESULTS Individuals 1 - Westerhout (Rhod) - 1960.433 2 - Maunder (Rhod) - 1844.030 3 - Walters (US) - 1802.289 4 - Nakling (Norway) - 1802.272 5 - Campbell (US) - 1793.337 6 - Chapman (US) - 1778.371 7 - Smith (Rhod) - 1776.675 8 - Usher (US) - 1741.721 9 - Lerch (US) - 1731.898 10 - Knight (US) 1719.523 11 Dalton (US) ; 12 Boniface (Rhod) ; 13 Kirkham (US) ; 14 Langley (Rhod) ; 15 Parker (Rhod) ; 16 Von Sorgenfrei (SA) ; 17 Du Plessis (Rhod) ; 18 Stockbridge (Britain) ' 19 Davis (US) 20 Ellingford (SA) ; 21 Gore (SA) ; 22 Hartman (Rhod) ; 23 Pretorius (SA) ; 24 Hill (SA) ; 25 Lacey (Rhod) Team 1 - Rhodesia - 8776.064 2 - US - 8735.054 3 - South Africa - 7808.542 4 - Great Britain - 7437.616 5 - West Germany - 6941.581 6. - Belgium - 6465.203 DaveDave Westerhout:New Rhodesian Combat Shooting Champion. Combat Pistol Sweep David Westerhout made a clean sweep of all four individual titles in the Rhodesian combat pistol championship in Salisbury last Sunday. Westerhout, who was captain if the Rhodesian team which took the world combat pistol championships in Austria, won the jungle lane, standard exercises, moving target shoot and the grand aggregate to become the national champion. He was also a member of the SAS team that won both the team event - Rob Johnson, Peter Maunder, Danny Hartman, Andy Langley and Westerhout. Marlborough Pistol CLub did well to finish second in the team event - Mike Large, Peter Boniface, Nigel Parker, Dick Laban and Berwick Nicol were 27 points behind the SAS and 57 ahead of the the third team, Cleveland Pistol Club. South African policeman Koert Pretorius was impressive and finished third behind Westerhout and Lionel Smith. Alex du Plessis made a welcome return to form by coming second in the jungle lane, despite having spent a considerable time over the week-end preparing moving targets and assault courses. The South African competitors appeared to enjoy the facilities available and the official Rhodesian and South African teams expect to meet for a Test Match in Johannesburg on December 4-5. The Rhodesians are unlikely to be beaten provided they maintain their present form. Combat pistol shooting is a fast growing sport in many parts of the world and recently a number of international pistol shooters have shown great interest in the Rhodesian training and coaching methods.
  5. I use several revolvers all Smiths 3" S&W 64 4" S&W 581 4" S&W 19
  6. I have around 100 COFs in Power Point email me if you would like them mike@talontactical.com Mike
  7. Raul was a real race-horse--very competitive and extremely talented. I understand that he moved to California after the loss of one of his kids. I'd like to know anything about his passing, if any of you have info. Early shoot me and email Mike@talontactical.com or give me a call 7707375054
  8. For those who did not hear one of the original IPSC shooters Raul Walters died Wednesday Raul Walters is survived by his wife, Vicki Walters, daughters Wendy Walters and Stacy Walters Cobb, son-in-law Daniel Cobb, and two grandchildren, Zachary and McKenzie Cobb.
  9. You always see a few S&W autos at the nationals but there are few if any at the local level in Georgia. But each area has its own pistol preferences. In Ohio lots of Beretta's few Glocks In Georgia just the opposite
  10. I have shot a lot of IPSC (20+ years) and I shoot IDPA these days. The thing is that good shooters are just that good shooters. I believe IPSC lost touch with reality many years but that doesn't make a Master class IPSC shooter some how incapable of shooting IDPA and doing well. Any capable action shooter can do well in IDPA if he (she) sets his mind to it. Are the courses of fire in IDPA easier? I don't think so! They are in many cases simpler and have fewer targets but I find them most challenging. In case anyone cares I'm an IDPA Master Mike
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