Quigley Shooting Association

Mini Quigley

Ken Hall

 

Fired at our standard Quigley buffalo paper silhouette target. Shot at a range of 400yds, this comp is restricted to pistol calibre underlever rifles.

 

White markers are used in the sand backstop to get shooters on target, but if needed a bullseye target is provided and each firer allowed five shots to sight in.

 

The competition consisted of ten rounds to count at the bucket zone scoring 5pts for a hit on the bucket and 1 pt for a hit on the backer. This is  followed by ten rounds at the buffalo silhouette using the scoring zones. Barrel rests are permitted, but iron sights only are allowed in the spirit of the original.

 

Past competitions have shown lever action rifles are accurate enough to perform well at ranges below 300yds, some amount of after market improvement is necessary in order to shoot well past this range, especially in adverse conditions. The following points have been noted, but the list is by no means complete.

 

1. Sights.               A ladder type sight mounted on the barrel, or a tang-mounted peep sight is to be recommended.

 

2. Calibre.             Not really conclusive but  .44 seems a winner.

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3. Ammunition.      Loads are generally the same as those normally used at 100yds and have no particular difficulty in reaching the target.

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4. Bullets.              It is interesting to note that everyone uses standard round nosed flat profiled bullets. Perhaps some other profile could be more successful when loaded singly, and not in the tubular magazine for obvious safety reasons. As QSA rules require lead only bullets, they need to be very hard cast and would probably benefit from a tumble in alox lube to reduce leading.

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5. Barrel length.     Firers using carbines with barrel lengths of only 20in achieve respectable scores, so whilst 24in barrels might seem more accurate, the truth is it matters less than you would think.

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6. Rifle.                 Winchester, Rossi, Marlin and Uberti are all used.