Lab4Us
Custom
Actually came in and picked it up Friday, got it home, field stripped and cleaned. No way do I do range on weekends when I almost always have weekday mornings to myself at the range - like this morning 
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So this morning, hit the range with the plan (successful) to put 150 rounds of 230g American Eagle FMJ and 50 rounds of 230g Federal LE Tactical HST downrange to check out the gun, sans optic.
First round at 7 yds. Was trying to aim at the 20 - I think I’ve shared a bunch how much trouble I have with focusing on front iron sights (and why I prefer optics). Thought this was pretty good since I had no idea what sight picture to use - this was the blurry version of equal height center of point of aim.
Next 21, along with 21 into the red following - player 2 wins!
Next up - 22 into lower red, followed by 22 into lower blue, all still at 7 yds. Then I moved target to 3 yards and put 7 into the top right little blue square, followed by 7 into the lower right little red square. 100 rounds down, 100 to go!
With 50 rounds of FMJ and 50 rounds of HST to go, it was time for…TACTICAL DUDE!
First round FMJ, second round HST - 50 rounds each round.
3 yards, 5 rounds ea left and right shoulder, slow fire
5 yards, 10 rounds center when on target (mag change after 5)
7 yards, 10 rounds center when on target (mag change after 5)
15 yards, 5 rounds center slow fire (most of which I missed left or low)
3 yards, five strings of 2 rounds to center, 1 to head, when on target (mag change after 3, then after next 6)
Poor Tactical Dude…
All in all, a fun day, like all range days, especially with a .45 1911.
Gun seems solid and tight. Fit in finish is pretty nice for gun in its’ category (semi-custom?).
Nothing appeared to come loose after the 200 rounds, about 25% of it fast fire. I did relubricate after 100 rounds since gun was new.
Only malfunction I had was round number 29 (179 overall) of the HST, which would have been second to last fast fire into center at 7 yards, lodged in chamber but did not fire. The trigger seemed to pull like normal (did not feel as safety was ridden up and initiated), but no fire. Magazine (still containing one round) and round in chamber ejected as expected and reloading resulted in firing perfectly. With zero other issues before or after, I’m chalking it up to fast fire messed with my grip a bit, and was also probably why I didn’t notice a variance in trigger pull.
Now I’m back to where I am with my .45 Emissary AOS. Do I really need an optic
? I know I really don’t for this 15yd indoor range, or to hit my target safety at reasonable self defense ranges. I did, however, acquire a matching color (coyote) Trijicon RMR for this gun so you can bet it’s going on! I’ll probably break down and put the Holosun 507C in my closet on the Emissary as well. While I’m comfortable with results without optic, it sure is nice to see a nice CRISP aiming point instead of a blurry conglomeration of iron sights alignment. I suspect after optic additions, my groups with get somewhat tighter. Maybe then Player 1 can beat Player 2!
.So this morning, hit the range with the plan (successful) to put 150 rounds of 230g American Eagle FMJ and 50 rounds of 230g Federal LE Tactical HST downrange to check out the gun, sans optic.
First round at 7 yds. Was trying to aim at the 20 - I think I’ve shared a bunch how much trouble I have with focusing on front iron sights (and why I prefer optics). Thought this was pretty good since I had no idea what sight picture to use - this was the blurry version of equal height center of point of aim.
Next 21, along with 21 into the red following - player 2 wins!
Next up - 22 into lower red, followed by 22 into lower blue, all still at 7 yds. Then I moved target to 3 yards and put 7 into the top right little blue square, followed by 7 into the lower right little red square. 100 rounds down, 100 to go!
With 50 rounds of FMJ and 50 rounds of HST to go, it was time for…TACTICAL DUDE!
First round FMJ, second round HST - 50 rounds each round.
3 yards, 5 rounds ea left and right shoulder, slow fire
5 yards, 10 rounds center when on target (mag change after 5)
7 yards, 10 rounds center when on target (mag change after 5)
15 yards, 5 rounds center slow fire (most of which I missed left or low)
3 yards, five strings of 2 rounds to center, 1 to head, when on target (mag change after 3, then after next 6)
Poor Tactical Dude…
All in all, a fun day, like all range days, especially with a .45 1911.
Gun seems solid and tight. Fit in finish is pretty nice for gun in its’ category (semi-custom?).
Nothing appeared to come loose after the 200 rounds, about 25% of it fast fire. I did relubricate after 100 rounds since gun was new.
Only malfunction I had was round number 29 (179 overall) of the HST, which would have been second to last fast fire into center at 7 yards, lodged in chamber but did not fire. The trigger seemed to pull like normal (did not feel as safety was ridden up and initiated), but no fire. Magazine (still containing one round) and round in chamber ejected as expected and reloading resulted in firing perfectly. With zero other issues before or after, I’m chalking it up to fast fire messed with my grip a bit, and was also probably why I didn’t notice a variance in trigger pull.
Now I’m back to where I am with my .45 Emissary AOS. Do I really need an optic
? I know I really don’t for this 15yd indoor range, or to hit my target safety at reasonable self defense ranges. I did, however, acquire a matching color (coyote) Trijicon RMR for this gun so you can bet it’s going on! I’ll probably break down and put the Holosun 507C in my closet on the Emissary as well. While I’m comfortable with results without optic, it sure is nice to see a nice CRISP aiming point instead of a blurry conglomeration of iron sights alignment. I suspect after optic additions, my groups with get somewhat tighter. Maybe then Player 1 can beat Player 2!
