BassCliff
Ronin
Hey folks,
Nope, I haven't cleaned my long barreled 9mm pistols yet so I took them back to the range to make sure they were good and filthy. Is this the fourth or fifth time this bunch as been the the range? So all these pistols have about 250 rounds through them, not too filthy, I suppose. There were no malfunctions today. I hope I find the time to clean these soon.
Today's course of fire was pretty simple. Four pistols, four targets, four boxes of ammo, get the idea? Yes, I brought my favorite target in order to pound each one with 50 rounds, looking for big raggedy holes. I guess I had a little success. I shot four targets at 10 yards and then ran the "drill of the week" a few times, the Mozambique (Failure To Stop) at seven yards, with the recommended target. OK, let's go!
You'll forgive me if I don't buy a raffle ticket this month. I would not like this Glock, but I wouldn't mind the optic.
I don't want to lube my glizzy either, thank you very much.
I'll start with the Echelon 5.28" Threaded Barrel and the PPU ammo. I'll shoot the Remington later.
I sent the 12x18 silhouette out to 10 yards, pounded it with 50 rounds, and it came back like this.
I'm shooting fairly quickly today, about one second between shots, mag changes as necessary. I had loaded all my mags with 10 rounds. I'm working toward keeping them all in the 9 ring on this target at this pace. Don't worry, I'll keep practicing. Next up is the Glock 17L.
The Splatterburst target had a hint of a raggedy hole. There are still too many outside the 9 ring. That's just me and my brain farts.
Shifting back to the Springfield products, here's the XDM Elite Precision 5.25". I used the Remington ammo for this target. I've heard that it's fairly accurate.
After 50 rounds the target was ventilated thusly.
OK, a couple of small raggedy holes but still a few outside the 9 ring. Next up is the Echelon 4.5F Comp using the Remington ammo. I'm using only the dot (rather than the circle-dot) in the optic. It's working better but sometimes it still takes me a second to find it.
I thought I might have to check the zero on this optic. You might remember it's had a habit of coming loose. It was pretty cool that the first hit on this target was right in the middle of the red bullseye. I should've taken a picture.
It's not exactly centered but there is the beginning of big raggedy hole. I think this qualifies for a glam shot.
I had brought a partial box leftover from my last class. I'm going to use it for the "drill of the week". It's just two to the chest, one to the head at seven yards. I was able to use my timer to go from low-ready. I was in the wrong lane to draw from my holster. Next time. I used the E4.5 to run the drill ten times for a total of 30 hits.
I was able to use my timer for the 10 runs. Here are the times. A couple of times were slower because I couldn't find the dot right away. A couple of times I really pushed it and was able to keep things aligned. Sorry, I did not keep track which hits belong to which times. But it seems like all the hits are in the vicinity.
Sure, the head shots were in a nice tight group but were a little below the "zone". I'll try to remedy that in the future. Now I seem to have seven rounds left at the end of my session. I decided to run this target back out to 10 yards and put one hit on each number and one head shot. I shot the numbers in order with the head shot last. It's funny that both numbers on the bottom row got hits just below. That's definitely me and my mediocrity.
But, all in all, I was pleased with this session. Everything was on the paper and nobody got hurt.
I packed up all my filthy pistols.
This Condition 1 case is great. I'm going to get another insert for 2 or 3 pistols with a storage area. I figure that way I won't have to clean so many pistols at once. Here's a parting shot of all the targets side by side. I don't know, I think the G17L had the tighter group but the Echelon 4.5F had the bigger raggedy hole.
Hopefully this old man will be able to improve a little before he gets totally decrepit. Oh, I forgot to tell you that I had been shooting in my favorite lane. Now we say goodbye to #6.
Then, because she is so indulgent, I stopped and got Mrs. BassCliff some flowers and Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. It made her happy.
And that's how it is here in the Wild, Wild, Upper Midwest, where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average. Enjoy your blessings.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
Nope, I haven't cleaned my long barreled 9mm pistols yet so I took them back to the range to make sure they were good and filthy. Is this the fourth or fifth time this bunch as been the the range? So all these pistols have about 250 rounds through them, not too filthy, I suppose. There were no malfunctions today. I hope I find the time to clean these soon.
Today's course of fire was pretty simple. Four pistols, four targets, four boxes of ammo, get the idea? Yes, I brought my favorite target in order to pound each one with 50 rounds, looking for big raggedy holes. I guess I had a little success. I shot four targets at 10 yards and then ran the "drill of the week" a few times, the Mozambique (Failure To Stop) at seven yards, with the recommended target. OK, let's go!
You'll forgive me if I don't buy a raffle ticket this month. I would not like this Glock, but I wouldn't mind the optic.
I don't want to lube my glizzy either, thank you very much.
I'll start with the Echelon 5.28" Threaded Barrel and the PPU ammo. I'll shoot the Remington later.
I sent the 12x18 silhouette out to 10 yards, pounded it with 50 rounds, and it came back like this.
I'm shooting fairly quickly today, about one second between shots, mag changes as necessary. I had loaded all my mags with 10 rounds. I'm working toward keeping them all in the 9 ring on this target at this pace. Don't worry, I'll keep practicing. Next up is the Glock 17L.
The Splatterburst target had a hint of a raggedy hole. There are still too many outside the 9 ring. That's just me and my brain farts.
Shifting back to the Springfield products, here's the XDM Elite Precision 5.25". I used the Remington ammo for this target. I've heard that it's fairly accurate.
After 50 rounds the target was ventilated thusly.
OK, a couple of small raggedy holes but still a few outside the 9 ring. Next up is the Echelon 4.5F Comp using the Remington ammo. I'm using only the dot (rather than the circle-dot) in the optic. It's working better but sometimes it still takes me a second to find it.
I thought I might have to check the zero on this optic. You might remember it's had a habit of coming loose. It was pretty cool that the first hit on this target was right in the middle of the red bullseye. I should've taken a picture.
It's not exactly centered but there is the beginning of big raggedy hole. I think this qualifies for a glam shot.
I had brought a partial box leftover from my last class. I'm going to use it for the "drill of the week". It's just two to the chest, one to the head at seven yards. I was able to use my timer to go from low-ready. I was in the wrong lane to draw from my holster. Next time. I used the E4.5 to run the drill ten times for a total of 30 hits.
I was able to use my timer for the 10 runs. Here are the times. A couple of times were slower because I couldn't find the dot right away. A couple of times I really pushed it and was able to keep things aligned. Sorry, I did not keep track which hits belong to which times. But it seems like all the hits are in the vicinity.
Sure, the head shots were in a nice tight group but were a little below the "zone". I'll try to remedy that in the future. Now I seem to have seven rounds left at the end of my session. I decided to run this target back out to 10 yards and put one hit on each number and one head shot. I shot the numbers in order with the head shot last. It's funny that both numbers on the bottom row got hits just below. That's definitely me and my mediocrity.
But, all in all, I was pleased with this session. Everything was on the paper and nobody got hurt.
I packed up all my filthy pistols.
This Condition 1 case is great. I'm going to get another insert for 2 or 3 pistols with a storage area. I figure that way I won't have to clean so many pistols at once. Here's a parting shot of all the targets side by side. I don't know, I think the G17L had the tighter group but the Echelon 4.5F had the bigger raggedy hole.
Hopefully this old man will be able to improve a little before he gets totally decrepit. Oh, I forgot to tell you that I had been shooting in my favorite lane. Now we say goodbye to #6.
Then, because she is so indulgent, I stopped and got Mrs. BassCliff some flowers and Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. It made her happy.
And that's how it is here in the Wild, Wild, Upper Midwest, where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average. Enjoy your blessings.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
