Remington Golden Bullets

I keep reading about folks having good luck shooting RGB's. Or at least their pistols fire them without trouble. I keep shooting the the box I bought a couple of weeks ago. The Walther P22 fires them without problem, but without accuracy. Saturday's shooting with RGB's in the P22 resulted in bullet spray all over a 6" target at 15 yards. Switched to the 22/45 just to check and ended up with about 2" groups with RGB's. I have enough problems with the P22 and RGB's don't help.

Taurus PT1911 and Ammunition

Shot the Pt1911 Saturday. Groups looked good with Ultramax 230gr lead bullets. Then fired Independence 230gr. The scatter was so bad that I put the PT1911 down figuring I just couldn't shoot it and shot the GP100. Got good groups with the GP. Fellow at the range sold me 2 1911 magazines and a box of Winchester ammo. Shot the Winchester from the Taurus and got the best group I've had with it. Looks like the Taurus doesn't like Independence Ammo.

Another day shooting

Wandered out to the range today primarily to shoot the 22A, single six, fight the walther and bang a bit with the M&P9. Did very well, for me, with the 22a and single six. The walther continues to be a bit of a struggle. Did better than usual with the M&P9, but the rear sights need to be moved a bit left, POI is a tad right.

Fired a Glock 26. Nice pistol and put the rounds where I thought I was pointing the pistol. Fired an Enfield 303. Darned nice shooting rifle. I see why the Brits held on to them for so long.

Walther P22 and Golden bullets

Bought a value pack of Remington Golden Bullets because I had heard that the P22 shot them pretty well. Didn't see any difference between the GB's and Federal HV 36gr hps.

GB's shot well in the 22A w/7" barrel and the single six. Not as well as CCI SV.

The P22 is a frustrating little pistol. It takes me a while to get the accuracy to sub 6" and then sub 4" for 10 rounds. I can do better with any of the others picking them up cold than I can do after several mags with the P22. Still it's fun to shoot, and will be even more fun if I learn to shoot it.

22A June 2

Typical trip to the range, took the 22A (both barrels), P22, single six and M&P9 to the range. The 22A with the 7" barrel was a exercise in "almosts" Shot at the Midway Rifle targets (4 3" targets per page) in strings of 10 rounds. Six of 8 targets were 7 rounds of 1" or less with 3 flyers making the groups 2". The other two targets had the infamous trigger snatch putting one round at about 3 inches. The 7" barrel didn't seem to be as much affected by high velocity hollow points as does the 5.5" barrel.

Shot the 5.5" barrel at the end of over 2 hours of shooting. I didn't do as well with that.

More on the PT1911B

I finally got accustomed to the Taurus. A bit of fiddling with the right grip and a minor change in my stance and this pistol could well be a tack driver. It doesn't seem to mind which cheap ammo I shoot. It tends to shoot where it is pointed. A few hundred more rounds and it will look like I know what I'm doing.

Back where He Belongs

When Luther was put down, Pam elected to have his ashes. Took her a while to get them and then we didn't know what to do with them. We just took a trip to Michigan. We decided Luther liked Michigan better than Virginia. Here, he didn't have as much room to roam and hunt as we did in Portage. Part of the trip was a side trip to the Gourdneck Wildlife Management Area where he loved hunting and tolerated fishing. The ashes are now in the outdoors place he liked best.

There is probably not another one like him out there.