BassCliff
Ronin
Hey all,
Yesterday I managed to slip away to the closer range to put a box (each) through three of my favorite .45 pistols. The day before I went shopping for a bean bag toss game for when the kids and grandkids come over this weekend. A guy down the street builds them and sells them. Since the 4th is coming up, I thought this set would be appropriate.
The bags are red and white striped, and blue with white stars. Pretty cool. I can't wait to play with the grandkids. Anyway, since there was nobody at the range when I arrived, my favorite lane was available.
I think this is the fourth trip in a row for these beauties, XD45 Mod2 Tactical, Garrison .45, Sig 1911X. I shot my usual Freedom/LAX ammo.
I took my timer out of my range bag. Since I was by myself, I was going to run a 10-10-10 drill with each pistol. But, alas, the battery was dead in my timer and they had none behind the counter. Curses, foiled again. So I just sent my first B-8 target out to 10 yards and counted one second between shots. It came back not-too-bad.
I have decided I'm definitely going to upgrade the trigger on this unit. It's mushy like oatmeal and breaks like a wet noodle. Just to make sure I'm lined up properly, sometimes I will go over to the other side of the range to check my distance, 10 yards.
Actually, the 30 foot marker here seems a little longer than the 30 foot marker in my basement. But it's good to practice with a little extra distance anyway. The next target, after a sting of ten, came back like this.
Oof! If I'm not really paying attention to that trigger pull, it will get away from me. Sorry about the flyer, right off the paper. I guess you could call that a gut shot, under the body armor.
OK, let's try that one more time and see if I can tighten it up.
That's me, Mr. Overcompensation. I let one get a little high that time. Still, for me, that's not too bad. Let's shoot a little at 15 yards.
I stuck on a small reactive circle for the "head" shot and the B-8 center for the high chest. Let's go for 10 hits on each. It's came back like this.
My group spread a bit but I think I would've done some damage, if necessary. Now I'm going to keep that same target setup and shoot it with the Garrison. Here's the first target, ten on top, ten on center, at 10 yards.
Yep, there I am, letting three get a little low-left on the top target. The center target is my regular mediocrity. Here's the same thing on target #2.
Hmmm, if you give me some line breaks there's only two off the top target. The center target fell apart. Maybe I need a nap. OK, for grins and giggles I'll send one target out to 15 yards and put ten hits on it. Here it is.
Just in case you didn't see it, I pointed out the low flyer off the paper. I'm still working on consistency. I got five in the 10 ring but the rest were all over. OK, it's time for the Sig 1911X. We'll start at 10 yards again, same target setup.
I took a little extra time and got all ten hits on the top but let the center hits spread out some. The next target is going out to 15 yards for the same treatment. It came back ventilated thusly.
I seem to have struggled with the top target. I wasn't paying attention. Even on the center target, I let the hits go low. Let's see if I can redeem myself. I hung my favorite target, sent it out to 15 yards, and put my last 10 hits on it.
Well, I didn't quite fully redeem myself.
At least all the hits are on the silhouette. I had an extra box so I used five cartridges to shoot a raffle target. I don't even know what they're giving away this month, and I didn't shoot this target that well, but I've got a ticket!
On Monday I have an Advanced Defensive Pistol clinic. It'll be indoors this time because it's not convenient for some of the students to drive to the outdoor range. The instructors always set up some good scenarios for scootin' and shootin'. It'll be fun and challenging. I'll take one of their "force on force" classes later.
I hope you all have a blessed weekend. Stay safe in the wild weather.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
Yesterday I managed to slip away to the closer range to put a box (each) through three of my favorite .45 pistols. The day before I went shopping for a bean bag toss game for when the kids and grandkids come over this weekend. A guy down the street builds them and sells them. Since the 4th is coming up, I thought this set would be appropriate.
The bags are red and white striped, and blue with white stars. Pretty cool. I can't wait to play with the grandkids. Anyway, since there was nobody at the range when I arrived, my favorite lane was available.
I think this is the fourth trip in a row for these beauties, XD45 Mod2 Tactical, Garrison .45, Sig 1911X. I shot my usual Freedom/LAX ammo.
I took my timer out of my range bag. Since I was by myself, I was going to run a 10-10-10 drill with each pistol. But, alas, the battery was dead in my timer and they had none behind the counter. Curses, foiled again. So I just sent my first B-8 target out to 10 yards and counted one second between shots. It came back not-too-bad.
I have decided I'm definitely going to upgrade the trigger on this unit. It's mushy like oatmeal and breaks like a wet noodle. Just to make sure I'm lined up properly, sometimes I will go over to the other side of the range to check my distance, 10 yards.
Actually, the 30 foot marker here seems a little longer than the 30 foot marker in my basement. But it's good to practice with a little extra distance anyway. The next target, after a sting of ten, came back like this.
Oof! If I'm not really paying attention to that trigger pull, it will get away from me. Sorry about the flyer, right off the paper. I guess you could call that a gut shot, under the body armor.
OK, let's try that one more time and see if I can tighten it up.
That's me, Mr. Overcompensation. I let one get a little high that time. Still, for me, that's not too bad. Let's shoot a little at 15 yards.
I stuck on a small reactive circle for the "head" shot and the B-8 center for the high chest. Let's go for 10 hits on each. It's came back like this.
My group spread a bit but I think I would've done some damage, if necessary. Now I'm going to keep that same target setup and shoot it with the Garrison. Here's the first target, ten on top, ten on center, at 10 yards.
Yep, there I am, letting three get a little low-left on the top target. The center target is my regular mediocrity. Here's the same thing on target #2.
Hmmm, if you give me some line breaks there's only two off the top target. The center target fell apart. Maybe I need a nap. OK, for grins and giggles I'll send one target out to 15 yards and put ten hits on it. Here it is.
Just in case you didn't see it, I pointed out the low flyer off the paper. I'm still working on consistency. I got five in the 10 ring but the rest were all over. OK, it's time for the Sig 1911X. We'll start at 10 yards again, same target setup.
I took a little extra time and got all ten hits on the top but let the center hits spread out some. The next target is going out to 15 yards for the same treatment. It came back ventilated thusly.
I seem to have struggled with the top target. I wasn't paying attention. Even on the center target, I let the hits go low. Let's see if I can redeem myself. I hung my favorite target, sent it out to 15 yards, and put my last 10 hits on it.
Well, I didn't quite fully redeem myself.
At least all the hits are on the silhouette. I had an extra box so I used five cartridges to shoot a raffle target. I don't even know what they're giving away this month, and I didn't shoot this target that well, but I've got a ticket!
On Monday I have an Advanced Defensive Pistol clinic. It'll be indoors this time because it's not convenient for some of the students to drive to the outdoor range. The instructors always set up some good scenarios for scootin' and shootin'. It'll be fun and challenging. I'll take one of their "force on force" classes later.
I hope you all have a blessed weekend. Stay safe in the wild weather.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
