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Range Report: Mixed Practice w/VP9, 9/23/25

BassCliff

Hellcat
Hey gang!

Since I got my laundry done yesterday, it's too wet to mow, I didn't feel like vacuuming, and Mrs. BassCliff is out of town, guess what? I went to the range for a little practice session. I did stop by the range last week just as they were closing. I had 15 minutes to dump 50 rounds. I loaded up three magazines and put them on this target. I know, it's ugly. This week's targets are a bit better.

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That was 50 rounds rapid fire at 10 yards, as quickly as I could do my slide lock reloads. I had a better plan for this week, some slow fire marksmanship and single hand practice. I was back at the older facility. Someone was on my favorite lane, #10, so I got my other favorite lane, #1.

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I brought only my primary EDC, the VP9. I had 100 rounds of PMC and 50 rounds of Privi.

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I practiced with 10-shot strings, using a small silhouette, mostly at 10 yards but I did send one target to 15 yards before I started my strong-hand-only and weak-hand-only practice. Here's target #1, with a yellow sticker for reference. (I'm not crazy about an all black target.)

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After this initial target I taped B-8 centers on center mass and used 4" reactive circle for head shots.

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Target #2 came back like this, everything in the black on center mass and only one out on the head. (Line breaks!)

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OK, I guess I'm starting to get warmed up. I was hoping to do better on the next target. Here's target #3.

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Bummer. Just one out on top, a few out of the black on center, but I think there are more in the 10 ring. That's something, right? OK, that's the first 50 rounds of PMC. Next I'll shoot 50 rounds of PPU and see if I notice any difference. Here's target #4, again at 10 yards with 10 hits on center and 10 hits on the head.

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Well, that's pretty yuck. The center got spread out a bit with three near misses on the head. Drat. Before I blame the accuracy on the ammo, let's try on more time, perhaps a little slower. Here's target #5.

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Hmm, not too bad for this old noob. All the head shots are good, six hits in the 10 ring on the center with everything else in the black. I'll take it. Glam shot? Why not?

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I've got 10 more PPU cartridges so before I start practicing single hand I'm going to shoot one target at 15 yards. My one and only 15 yard target for the day came back like this.

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Hey! OK! Except for the one bad flyer, the rest is kind of a little better than mediocre. I think I was riding the reset too tightly and let that one get away. I did that a few times today. Now I'm going to shoot a couple of targets using strong-hand-only then weak-hand-only. Here's the first strong-hand-only.

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I thought, "Well, at least they're all on the paper." But, no, you see one shot hit the tape in the lower left corner. Drat. I'll concentrate a little more for the next target.

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Wow! This is kind of unbelievable. It's rare I get everything in the 10 ring even when shooting with both hands. I'll try to remember to keep doing whatever I did this time. Next is a couple of targets shooting weak-hand-only. I tried the "thumb technique" suggested by my instructor. Also, if you cant the gun toward your thumb, just a little, it's supposed to improve stability as well.

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The first WHO target came back like this. Almost all of the hits were on paper.

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There's a flyer on the lower right, off the paper. And, oh yeah, I meant to put a hole in the "O" on "WHO". :LOL: The second WHO target came back like this.

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Meh, I should've take a little more time. Too many hits off the paper. That's OK. It just means MORE PRACTICE shooting single hand. Yay!

I patched up one of my favorite targets for the last 10 rounds, the 12x18 reactive silhouette. I was really planning to do good on this one, using both hands at 10 yards.

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Pretty good! I think riding the reset again caused that flyer. I did manage to make a little ragged hole with six hits leaving the other four around it.

All right. I feel pretty good about my practice session this week. I even perused the revolver cabinet just for fun.

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I gotta tell ya, this 608 was mighty tempting.

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But I did not buy a new gun today. Maybe next time.

I appreciate you guys stopping by to share my fun. Blessings to all.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff
 
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