BassCliff
Professional
Greetings Patriots!
It was a good week! Mrs. BassCliff was out of town visiting her mother so I was able to visit the the range three days in a row. How about that! Instead of three different threads I'll just put all my practice sessions in subsequent posts. I didn't get crazy throwing lead downrange. I had a plan just to practice fundamentals at 10 yards and shoot only 50 rounds each from my XD9 and Garrison .45. Soon I need to practice some more single hand and off hand for defense purposes. For these sessions I was trying to fix little things, adjust grip, keep proper sight picture, etc, and get more consistent. Especially with the .45, I feel like I'm trying to keep the gun from moving at all. I feel like I'm still gripping REALLY hard just as the trigger breaks and causing the muzzle to pull low/left. It seems I shoot better when I don't try so hard. Let me show you all the holes I put in the paper.
On Wednesday I shot a little extra 9mm. I had a half box left over from a previous training session. I got my favorite lane at Fletcher Arms and got set up to have my fun.
Today was just for the 1911 Garrison .45 and XD9. I brought my timer just in case. It turns out that I got to use it for one drill.
I have two CMC 10 round magazines for the 1911 as well as three 7 round units. I like shooting 10 round strings at each target but sometimes I'll just shoot two or three of the 7 rounders. Depends on my mood. I've been using LAX Ammunition's .45ACP, their store brand. It works well. I put 50 rounds from their loose can in an old box so that I can keep track of the number of rounds used.
Today when I arrived the range was pretty quiet so I started with a cold 10-10-10 drill. For not running this drill for a while I thought this wasn't bad. Using the Larry Vickers scoring (90 or better to pass, one second penalty for each hit out of the black), from low ready, my first shot was at 1.33 seconds and the 10th shot was 7.03 seconds. It would've been a passing score of 92 but I missed the par time by 0.03 seconds. Drat.
For grins and giggles, here's the video. (Sorry @KillerFord1977.)
The rest of my targets were slow fire. Funny that target #2 was worse than #1 even though I took my time. But the targets generally got better as I "warmed up" and really thought about fundamentals.
This has got to be some kine of mental block. Seven hits in the 10 ring with three in the 7 ring. Meh.
#4, again seven hits in the 10 ring but only one out of the black.
Then disaster struck. As I was bumping the target up toward me to affix another center, the line broke on the carrier. Oops.
So I just moved over to my other favorite lane, #9, and continued my practice. Here's target #5. Breaking the carrier must've messed with my head. This is pretty lousy.
Target #6 was one of my better ones today, all in the black.
Target #7, only three in the 10 ring but one in the 8 ring as well. (Line break!)
Believe it or not, I'm now out of B-8 centers. So I pulled out a couple of 1/3 size USPSA targets. One of these days I'll get all ten hits in the Alpha box.
To finish up the half box I had left over from last week, I put only five shots on my last XD9 target. This makes 85 rounds through the XD9 today.
I brought out some 8" reactive circles and used them on my B-8 target to start my Garrison practice. I thought "shoot'n'see" would be fun.
After the first ten rounds, seven actually made it onto the reactive circle.
I patched up the circle and put more holes in it. You'll find four hits outside of the 8" circle. Pfffft!
I stuck on a new 8" reactive and taped up the paper. Then I shot all three 7 round magazines at this target. More than half of these were low/left.
For the last target I had an odd number of .45 cartridges left. I loaded my last nine and put them on a fresh target. Not too bad but still low and left.
After I had my fun for the day, I enjoyed one of my favorite local brews.
Hints of caramel and apple, not too hoppy, smooth, very drinkable, and pairs well with just about anything.
There you have it, my range report and beer review. In the next post I'll continue with more of the same. Thanks for looking!
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
It was a good week! Mrs. BassCliff was out of town visiting her mother so I was able to visit the the range three days in a row. How about that! Instead of three different threads I'll just put all my practice sessions in subsequent posts. I didn't get crazy throwing lead downrange. I had a plan just to practice fundamentals at 10 yards and shoot only 50 rounds each from my XD9 and Garrison .45. Soon I need to practice some more single hand and off hand for defense purposes. For these sessions I was trying to fix little things, adjust grip, keep proper sight picture, etc, and get more consistent. Especially with the .45, I feel like I'm trying to keep the gun from moving at all. I feel like I'm still gripping REALLY hard just as the trigger breaks and causing the muzzle to pull low/left. It seems I shoot better when I don't try so hard. Let me show you all the holes I put in the paper.
On Wednesday I shot a little extra 9mm. I had a half box left over from a previous training session. I got my favorite lane at Fletcher Arms and got set up to have my fun.
Today was just for the 1911 Garrison .45 and XD9. I brought my timer just in case. It turns out that I got to use it for one drill.
I have two CMC 10 round magazines for the 1911 as well as three 7 round units. I like shooting 10 round strings at each target but sometimes I'll just shoot two or three of the 7 rounders. Depends on my mood. I've been using LAX Ammunition's .45ACP, their store brand. It works well. I put 50 rounds from their loose can in an old box so that I can keep track of the number of rounds used.
Today when I arrived the range was pretty quiet so I started with a cold 10-10-10 drill. For not running this drill for a while I thought this wasn't bad. Using the Larry Vickers scoring (90 or better to pass, one second penalty for each hit out of the black), from low ready, my first shot was at 1.33 seconds and the 10th shot was 7.03 seconds. It would've been a passing score of 92 but I missed the par time by 0.03 seconds. Drat.
For grins and giggles, here's the video. (Sorry @KillerFord1977.)
The rest of my targets were slow fire. Funny that target #2 was worse than #1 even though I took my time. But the targets generally got better as I "warmed up" and really thought about fundamentals.
This has got to be some kine of mental block. Seven hits in the 10 ring with three in the 7 ring. Meh.
#4, again seven hits in the 10 ring but only one out of the black.
Then disaster struck. As I was bumping the target up toward me to affix another center, the line broke on the carrier. Oops.
So I just moved over to my other favorite lane, #9, and continued my practice. Here's target #5. Breaking the carrier must've messed with my head. This is pretty lousy.
Target #6 was one of my better ones today, all in the black.
Target #7, only three in the 10 ring but one in the 8 ring as well. (Line break!)
Believe it or not, I'm now out of B-8 centers. So I pulled out a couple of 1/3 size USPSA targets. One of these days I'll get all ten hits in the Alpha box.
To finish up the half box I had left over from last week, I put only five shots on my last XD9 target. This makes 85 rounds through the XD9 today.
I brought out some 8" reactive circles and used them on my B-8 target to start my Garrison practice. I thought "shoot'n'see" would be fun.
After the first ten rounds, seven actually made it onto the reactive circle.
I patched up the circle and put more holes in it. You'll find four hits outside of the 8" circle. Pfffft!
I stuck on a new 8" reactive and taped up the paper. Then I shot all three 7 round magazines at this target. More than half of these were low/left.
For the last target I had an odd number of .45 cartridges left. I loaded my last nine and put them on a fresh target. Not too bad but still low and left.
After I had my fun for the day, I enjoyed one of my favorite local brews.
Hints of caramel and apple, not too hoppy, smooth, very drinkable, and pairs well with just about anything.
There you have it, my range report and beer review. In the next post I'll continue with more of the same. Thanks for looking!
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
