I hope that the members and readers here at this forum won't get the wrong impression and think that I may be "tooting-my-horn" when it comes to a post like this one right here. My mission, and only mission, is to tell the story of a Dan Wesson Firearm. An early one for sure, but a Dan Wesson that did well at a Combat Match involving po-po's. Some well trained law enforcement personnel was participating in this monthly match limited to the duty sidearm, the Glock 21 or the S&W Military & Police .45 Pistol. Both are high quality polymer made pistols that many agencies use. I was grand-fathered in with my Colt Official Police .38 back in 92 when the change-over from revolver to pistol occurred. I shoot my DW Model 11 in these matches for two reasons; the first one is that with my 11's four-inch barrel, .357 Magnum chambering, and fixed sights  qualifies as a service revolver and the second reason is the accuracy factor of the Dan Wesson Revolver. I'm not a gifted shooter by no means just a very experienced one if you can understand that. I know the load that my 11 prefers and I use it with fiendish delight. My 11 is no longer hooted at anymore because of its frequent presence at the range and the past previous times that gun has brought home much cherished "bragging rights" and an in-expensive medal. So this past Sunday, once again, My 11 and me showed up and got on the firing line next to the younger and smarter troopers. The rules of the road was read to us and the first relay started. We had multiple relays because of the number of shooters present and when all the firing was done and completed the scoring of each individual B-27 target began. The maximum score is a 480 and under a strict time clock and constantly moving from yard line to yard line very rarely is "that" score attained. The 3, 7, 15, and 25-yard lines require shooting from with great emphasis on the 25 with 18-rounds fired from here under the clock. Six of the 18 are with the weak hand and this is where most shooters come up short. I fired my Model 11 and I could see, up close, that my grouping was going good. On the last shot the all-clear announcement was made and at this point the range instructors started scoring the targets for my relay with the below listed results for my Model 11;

16-shots into the X            12-shots inside the 10-ring          12-shots inside the 9-ring 6-shots into the 8-ring        2-shots into the 7-ring.

This is a 48-round course of fire and my Model 11 and I scored a "450" with 16-X's and a 2nd Place A-Class Placing with medal awarded. Out of all the latest state of the art firearms hardware in the Glock and M&P Pistols a Model 11 out-gunned them and placed behind another old revolver shooter using a S&W 686 to beat me out of first.  If I was a better shooter we would have took first and not second. In our partnership (Model 11 and me) I am the "weak-link" for sure! My Model 11 has served me well and provided me with some "Kodak" moments for certain. I just wished I had been introduced to it earlier when I was young.

*SECOND PLACE A-CLASS FOR THE MODEL 11 WITH A 450 SCORE & 16 X's*

David

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