Range Trip 112307

Overall, not as good as last week. Started with the P22 to warm up and really couldn't get it settled down. Moved to the M&P9. Whatever twitch I had Thursday night stuck for a while, it put most of the first couple of magazines and I started hitting center. Firing the GP100 was a trip. First couple of rounds in the bull and then scatter. The MKIII Hunter performed well, any rounds outside the black were the shooter. For some reason, I don't shoot the slabsides as accurately as I did the Hunter. Time to check the pistol out. I also switched to hv hp amo. and did ok, but a bit more scatter.

Trigger,trigger, trigger!

MKII GC 112307

Followed the Hunter with the slabsides. I do not shoot this pistol as well as I do the Hunter. The only difference is sights and trigger. Can't figure out why I'm so off with this one, comparatively.

MKIII Hunter 112307

I followed up the GP100 with about 70 rounds from the Hunter. Except for a few rounds I pulled, the thing didn't do badly.

GP100 112307

Followed the M&P with the GP100. Shots going to the right are certainly descriptive of the twitch I have with the trigger. I didn't have it last night.

M&P9 112307

I went through dry firing with the "Wall Drill" Thursday night. I hit a patch of "twitches" to the right at the end of the drill. It seems to have carried over into this morning's shooting. Started out with a majority of the shots going right before I settled in. For about 70 rounds most were in the black at 15 yards. Ok, but the trigger thing is driving me nuts.

The day was sunny, cool and windy. The Crimson trace is not "seeable" by me at 15 yards under these conditions.

Armalite AR24

I was asked to "check the sights" on a new pistol by a not-too-good shooter. The pistol was an Armalite Ar24. The sights seemed to be dead on. The pistol, from a 5-round test, was comfortable, reasonably good sights, fairly good trigger in SA and reasonably accurate. I don't know that I'd run right out and buy one, but it didn't seem t be a bad pistol.

Taurus Judge

I had the opportunity to fire the Taurus .410/.45lc revolver. The revolver is light, has reasonably good grips. The Hi-Viz front sight makes target acquisition easy. The revolver with .45lc is reasonably accurate at 15 yards. The revolver has a heck of a recoil and is not, unless you like mini-cannons, a pistol one would take to the range for enjoyment. It would make an interesting SD weapon.

Shooting 11/17/07

This was a pretty good day for me. This means that I hit a 6-inch target with some regularity. I've been trying a new(to me) dry fire technique called the "Wall Drill". Hold the pistol/revolver one inch from a blank wall. Concentrate on the front sight---no distractions. Use the grip/trigger combo that holds the front sight steady. I think I even got going pretty well with the P22.

Problem areas: Still slap the trigger every now and then. Shoot when I'm tired, which reinforces bad habits.

Plusses: Good day until the end with everything I fired. Could have done better with the dot torture target.

Fired: M&P9mm, Gp100, P22, MKII678GC, Buck Mark Standard.

P22 11/17/07

Working with the trigger and sight picture using the wall drill seems to have helped a great deal. This is one of the best 15 yard targets I've had with the P22. Somewhere around 50 rounds in the target.

GP100 11/17/07

The GP100 fired well. Again, a session of trigger drill (wall drill) seems to have helped. The pistol fires better with 158gr or .357 than WWB 130gr .38 special. Most of the "fliers" are the 130gr. There is about 50 rounds in this target. Target was at 15 yards

M&P 9mm

I may have learned, finally, to shoot the M&P 9mm. Changes in grip and more attention to the trigger seems to steady it out. Also, worked with the new Crimson Trace grip. The CT works fine in low light or cloudy days. It does not work well in bright sunlight. I seemed to steady out with the pistol. I think a few sessions of wall drill worked. Need to do this 2-3 times per week. The target was at 15 yards

OK with Centerfires

Took the GP100 and PT1911 to the Range today. I didn't have much time because I got involved in some "shooting instruction." The PT1911 (top) shot pretty well. The two rounds at 9 and 11 are from a .32 revolver. Wish I had something to blame the low rounds on. Need more work on the GP100. Used 158gr semiwadcutters. The target is a combination of two-hand (SA, DA) and one hand (DA). Most of the high came from the one-hand shooting. Targets at 15 yards.

Teaching your son to shoot-How not to

A father brought his ~12-year old son to the range yesterday to teach him to shoot a pistol. The kid was struggling to hit anything and the father got increasingly frustrated and let the kid know it. Another shooter finally made some suggestions about checking eye dominance. As best we could figure, he was right handed and left-eye dominant. I loaned them my 22A with red dot so the kid wouldn't have to try to figure out open sights. He did much better and proudly took the target home.

They were shooting at about 12 yards and should have been in the 7-yard lane. Makes it easier to hit something. They should also have been using the full-size silhouette targets. And lastly, don't let your frustrations out on the kid. He needs to think he is successful.

600 Round Afternoon

22A, 7" Barrel with Bushnell red dot: Took about 30 rounds before I settled down with the red dot. It certainly points out some funky squeezing just before I pull the trigger. Once I got my problem "solved" I moved from the 25-yard NRA target to one with a series of 1" circles and did a fair job of putting 50-60 rounds in one of the circles.

22A, 5.5" barrel, open sights. The pistol shot a tad high, left. Looks like two inch group of about 30 rounds on the top edge of the 1" circle. No down adjustment left on the sight. My sight picture?

MKIII Hunter. Seemed to be the champ today. I could see the Hi-Viz sights better than the sights on the other pistols.

MKIII 22/45: Usual excellent job.

MKII Slabside: I'm still playing with the sights and am still uncomfortable trying to shoot the thumb rest grips two-handed.

Buck Mark: For whatever reason, I didn't shoot the Buck Mark as accurately as I have in the past.

Single Six: OK, but I can do a lot better.

I used the NRA 25-yard targets to get the pistols sighted in and to get me "sighted in" with the pistols and then moved to the target with 1" circles. All at 15 yards.

Tried about 150 rounds at 25 yards with the MKIII Hunter and Slabside. Did OK. But had enough fliers that the 3" groups weren't 3". Did better with the Hunter.

Shot a brick of CCI SV and abut 100 rounds of Xpert22 and Federal Bulk HP. Loads of fun, but I really should limit the pistols I take and start at 25 yards and then move to 15 as I tire.