BassCliff
Hellcat
Greetings and Salutations,
This afternoon I was able to brave the cold and spend some time at my newer facility. Yeah, we've still got snow on the ground but it's been there three weeks. It just won't melt. Maybe because it was 7° when I drove to the range.
Remember last week (maybe the week before?), I showed you the target we were shooting for the raffle? This is the gun being given away at the end of the month.
I have a couple of .22 rifles but not a 10/22. This one will come with a suppressor and scope. Plus it will sport patriotic colors, just like @belladonna's new shotgun.
Anyway... I procured my favorite lane #4 and got my kit ready.
Today I'm working with my optics pistols again, the XD9 Mod.3 w/Holosun HE507C-Grn-X2, and the Echelon 4.5F Comp w/Hex Wasp. Both were fed S&B 124 grain ball.
Most of the session used a target 10 yards away.
I started with the Echelon. I was trying to ensure the red dot was zeroed properly so I used my backpack as a rest. That with a chair worked pretty well. The first five shots came back like this.
It's a little high and left. I thought, let me try that again before I make any adjustments. I put five more hits on the B-8 and it came back like this.
OK, it's a pretty tight group but I'm going to make some minor adjustments. I taped on a B-8 center and tried five more shots.
The group is a little wider, probably just me, but it seems centered. I'll put five more hits on this target to see if I'm consistent.
Drat. Except for that high/left flyer, the rest were in the 10 ring. I'm going to work with that for a while as I try to remember my fundamentals. Now I'll put away my "rest" and try a regular two-hand string of 10 shots.
This single red dot is not my favorite sighting system. But that's not too bad, considering who's shooting. Let's do the same thing for target #4.
That's a little better. I'm still not thrilled with this Hex Wasp. Maybe I'll shoot better once I put a better optic on this pistol. Yeah, right. For target #5 I used an 8" reactive circle. Sometimes I shoot the reactive targets better.
Well, one bad low flyer and the rest somewhat mediocre. But I think those 10 hits are gradually getting closer together. I'm going to patch up this target and put twenty rounds on it. Let's hope for a big ragged hole.
Twenty hits later there's the beginning of a ragged hole, with three hits off the target. Drat. Let me take a breath and try another target with 20 hits. Here's #7.
That's a little better. I can't blame it all on the red dot. It's my lousy trigger press too, pulling the muzzle off target. I'm hoping as this trigger wears in I'll be able to manipulate it better. For my last 10 rounds with the Echelon I'm going to try one of the pre-programmed scenarios. I'll use the 5x3 at 10 yards.
I did take video of this scenario but it didn't turn out too well. I'll just show you the target.
Coming up from low ready, I was taking too much time finding the dot. I was putting two hits on the target each time it faced me. Half of them were really rushed. I'm going to practice this some more but I'm definitely getting a better optic.
This was my last Echelon target, 100 rounds total. I've got 50 rounds to put through the Mod.3 in the next post. I hope you don't mind all the pictures. They won't fit in one post. I'll be right back.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
This afternoon I was able to brave the cold and spend some time at my newer facility. Yeah, we've still got snow on the ground but it's been there three weeks. It just won't melt. Maybe because it was 7° when I drove to the range.
Remember last week (maybe the week before?), I showed you the target we were shooting for the raffle? This is the gun being given away at the end of the month.
I have a couple of .22 rifles but not a 10/22. This one will come with a suppressor and scope. Plus it will sport patriotic colors, just like @belladonna's new shotgun.
Anyway... I procured my favorite lane #4 and got my kit ready.
Today I'm working with my optics pistols again, the XD9 Mod.3 w/Holosun HE507C-Grn-X2, and the Echelon 4.5F Comp w/Hex Wasp. Both were fed S&B 124 grain ball.
Most of the session used a target 10 yards away.
I started with the Echelon. I was trying to ensure the red dot was zeroed properly so I used my backpack as a rest. That with a chair worked pretty well. The first five shots came back like this.
It's a little high and left. I thought, let me try that again before I make any adjustments. I put five more hits on the B-8 and it came back like this.
OK, it's a pretty tight group but I'm going to make some minor adjustments. I taped on a B-8 center and tried five more shots.
The group is a little wider, probably just me, but it seems centered. I'll put five more hits on this target to see if I'm consistent.
Drat. Except for that high/left flyer, the rest were in the 10 ring. I'm going to work with that for a while as I try to remember my fundamentals. Now I'll put away my "rest" and try a regular two-hand string of 10 shots.
This single red dot is not my favorite sighting system. But that's not too bad, considering who's shooting. Let's do the same thing for target #4.
That's a little better. I'm still not thrilled with this Hex Wasp. Maybe I'll shoot better once I put a better optic on this pistol. Yeah, right. For target #5 I used an 8" reactive circle. Sometimes I shoot the reactive targets better.
Well, one bad low flyer and the rest somewhat mediocre. But I think those 10 hits are gradually getting closer together. I'm going to patch up this target and put twenty rounds on it. Let's hope for a big ragged hole.
Twenty hits later there's the beginning of a ragged hole, with three hits off the target. Drat. Let me take a breath and try another target with 20 hits. Here's #7.
That's a little better. I can't blame it all on the red dot. It's my lousy trigger press too, pulling the muzzle off target. I'm hoping as this trigger wears in I'll be able to manipulate it better. For my last 10 rounds with the Echelon I'm going to try one of the pre-programmed scenarios. I'll use the 5x3 at 10 yards.
I did take video of this scenario but it didn't turn out too well. I'll just show you the target.
Coming up from low ready, I was taking too much time finding the dot. I was putting two hits on the target each time it faced me. Half of them were really rushed. I'm going to practice this some more but I'm definitely getting a better optic.
This was my last Echelon target, 100 rounds total. I've got 50 rounds to put through the Mod.3 in the next post. I hope you don't mind all the pictures. They won't fit in one post. I'll be right back.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
Hmm, I think there's five hits in that big hole on the right. 
What the heck, here's a closer look. 
My hope is that someone can at least learn from my mistakes. 
That's quite a compliment. 
I'm always looking for that balance of speed and accuracy. 
