Range Report: Another 45 Day + NGD, 11/22/25

[BassCliff]

Howdy friends and neighbors!

Be patient. I have a lot of pictures so it will take at least two posts. Today I took two dirty .45s, the XD45 Mod.2 Tactical and Garrison 1911 along with my new Sig 1911-X Freedom. I think I had a pretty good day. But you be the judge. I had 150 rounds and a partial box of 230 grain from LAX Ammunition, which gave me no malfunctions at all today. The pistols and partial box got loaded up in my Condition 1 case.

You guessed it. I got my favorite lane at the older facility.

Here they are in all their glory. The ammo is in boxes I had saved to load up from a can of loose ammo. It's a little ugly but practical.

I have uploaded paperwork to Sig to get three free magazines but have not been approved yet. Hopefully I'll hear from them soon. I like shooting 10-shot strings. I should just order more Chip McCormick extended magazines. All targets for this session were sent to 10 yards. I found out that I'm not real good at shooting an all black target, even if I stick on a red bullseye sticker.

This first target with my brand new Sig 1911-X came back like this.

Yes, just 8 shots on the first few targets. I wanted to use the (2) included factory magazines to make sure they work OK. It's a new pistol so I started a little low left. Drat. I will tape on a B-8 center and try again. Here's target #2.

That's a little better. Just one low-left flyer with seven hits inside the 10-ring. This Sig 1911 is a very, very nice pistol. I haven't even cleaned it yet. I just put a couple of drops of oil on the slide and had my way with it. As you can see, the B-8 center is a little easier for these old eyes to focus on at 10 yards.

Target #3, 8 rounds, came back like this. Yeah, I'm having too much fun with my new pistol.

I settled down with target #4 and got all but one in the 10-ring.

For target #5 I changed the target to the 1/3 size USPSA silhouette. I guess I was in the neighborhood of the A box.

I wanted to shoot a 10-shot string with my new Sig and the CMC magazine did just fine.

For fun I used a reactive 8" circle and it came back like this.

I guess I'm sill figuring out my hold for this sight picture. I think I can do better than that. I'll load up 10 more rounds and try one more time.

OK, that's a little better. The 9-ring on this target is only a little larger than the 10-ring on a B-8. Now it's time for the first glam shot with my new Sig Sauer 1911-X Freedom.

Let's move on to the Garrison. I did a little better with the all black target this time. Here's the first target using the Garrison .45.

I haven't measured that 9-ring so I can't tell you how big that group is. But that 10-shot string is not too horrible. Let me tape on a B-8 center and see if I can do better. You might recall last time I was struggling a bit with this pistol. Here's target #2.

Yep, three out of the black this time. I think I can do better. Here's target #3.

Yes, that was better but I let one fly too soon and it went way high. I was riding the reset too tightly. Drat. OK, to stay consistent I taped on anther 1/3 size silhouette. Here's target #4.

Well, that was a mess. Let me put on another 8" reactive circle, settle down, and see if I can make you proud. Here's target #5 using the Garrison.

Hey! That's nothing to sneeze at. I think that deserves a glam shot.

Hang on, I'll be back in the next post to finish up the session with my XD45 Mod.2 Tactical.

Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

 

[BassCliff]

Hi,

I'm back! Continuing with the XD45 Mod.2 Tactical, here's the all black target #1 after 10 hits.

That's not too terrible with all of them in the 9 ring. Let's use a couple B-8 targets and see if that helps. Here's target #2.

Meh. It's still a little spread out, especially those two hits in the 8-ring. Maybe target #3 will be better.

OK, it's a little better. There seems to be a pretty good group, just a little high. Let me adjust my hold using the 1/3 size silhouette.

Oh man! If you give me some generous line breaks, there's only one hit outside of the A-box. All right, last target is, again, 10 hits on an 8" reactive circle. C'mon Cliff, keep it together.

Oof! One bad flyer high and right. Still, how 'bout a glam shot?

Here's 10 hits on the last targets from all three pistols, side by side. What do you think?

I'd say I shoot all three of them equally mediocre.

But I tell you what, this Sig 1911-X is a hoot! I'm going to shoot it a few more times before deciding whether or not to put an optic on it. The iron sights work really well for me.

While I have your attention, I've decided I want to replace the trigger in the XD45 Mod.2 Tactical. It's a smooth trigger but is nothing but mush. PRP has one that will work. Do you guys have any other suggestions? Thanks for your insights.

I hope everyone enjoys their Thanksgiving holiday. I'm planning to put up Christmas lights on the house tomorrow, before it gets too cold out there.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

 

[NMEDGE]

Great shooting Cliff! That new gun looks and shoots great.

 

[Belt Fed]

Good shootin agent, llokin good on them last three. i was about to accuse of you of buying up all the targets.