Reeder Custom Guns - Hey Huey-were you the Misfit that bought

a Woodsman that came to Gary from an estate in the last year or so? If so, how do you like it?? I'm torn between a nice k-22, or a Woodsman, high standard or Model 41. I just really like the look of the first model Woodsman.

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The manager liked it so well, he paid me for it and got it transferred to him.

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But the Colt .22 auto has some small tinny parts that usually work fantastic until they don't. Most folks are dead that know how to fix them best. The HS guns are winners and fantastic, but magazines are $50 each on a good day and parts are getting sporadic.

About 20 yrs. ago a friend and I entertained ourselves with a Ruger MKI target equipped with a 4X Leupold M8 and a new 9" barrel Browning bull barreled Buckmark which had a 2-6x Bushnell on it. We took turns seeing who missed first pinging over 1/5 scale silhouette chickens at a measured 100 meters. They are about the size of a chicken egg. The old guns MIGHT hold their own IF you could add sights precise enough such as these. We had to aim about a foot high and there was a slight delay but once we figured that out we ran them a long time off a good solid rest. Parts and aftermarket galore still for those two guns and I have NEVER seen a S&W anything (personally) that could hold close, much less a revolver. Well an old M27 8-3/8 came close. FWIW

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My dad and I both had Colt woodsmans. Dad cheated, he took his to Memphis and had a gunsmith friend put on woodsman match target sights. Mine had the worst sights I have ever had an a pistol. Way too tall front sight and fixed rear. I still have a K-22.

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They were used in the military matches and the Olympics. They were known for their accuracy. Several different target models to choose from.

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and shooting in military matches and in the Olympics. He set a lot of world records that have yet to be broken. He used the High Standard Supermatic, this one..
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When he found out Alzheimer's was coming on he came by my shop in Sarasota and handed me his High Standard Supermatic. It had hardly any finish on it. He told me the gun was mine if I would slick the old girl up and make her pretty again, so I did. He also gave his personal 44 Auto Mag that High Standard was the distributor for at the time.
At the time I had a S&W M-41, a Ruger MK 1, a Colt Woodsman and the High standard Supermatic. In that bunch the High Standard was by far the most accurate. Excuse the fuzzy photo. it is the only one I have of the 4 guns.
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