BassCliff
Ronin
Friends and neighbors,
I made a quick trip to the range on Tuesday. The older facility is closed on Mon-Tue so I went to the newer facility. I'll go old school next week.
It was a little busy today when I arrived but the guys know me and gave me the first available after about a 5 minute wait, even though I did not have a reservation. Today I put 50 rounds through the XDM Elite OSP 10mm and 100 rounds through the XD9 Mod.3.
Starting with the 10mm and a full 15 round magazine, this is the damage I did to the first B-8 target. Kinda yuck.
Now that that's out of the way, I had a little more fun with the next 15 rounds.
I was able to keep all but three hits in the 9 ring. A little more practice and I think I'll be able to put most of them in the 10 ring. That's the aim, anyway. (See what I did there?) For my last 20 rounds through this pistol I ran a couple of "5x3 scenarios" on the automated target carrier. The scenario takes your target out to distance and turns it toward you 5 times for 3 seconds each time. I shot double-taps for most of these and triple-taps for one. Yeah, this wasn't so good, even at 7 yards. More practice!
I used the scenario a few times today. I'll have video at the end, just in case you like to see targets flapping around. This was my 10mm target after my second 5x3. It was a little better.
Now it's time for more practice with the Mod.3 and Holosun 507C. I started at 10 yards, 10-shot strings on the B-8 targets. Here's #1.
Here's target #2. Hey, if you give me the line breaks, I count seven in the X ring.
I changed to the 1/3 USPSA silhouette at 10 yards. I came dangerously close to getting all 10 shots in the A box.
Then I sent the target out to 15 yards for a little extra fun.
Yes, using a shoot-n-see for all the range to gawk at. Thankfully I didn't do too terribly, one low flyer.
I'll patch that up and try it one more time. Oh phooey, I had two low fliers on this one. Shhh, don't tell anyone.
OK, one more target at 15 yards. This time I'll put two magazines (20 hits) downrange.
Oof! That first magazine went a little low for some reason, kind of a nice group, but low. I fixed it with the second magazine. Even so, the whole group was smaller than my hand.
Anyway, my last exercises were with the 5x3 scenarios. First, a triple-tap (15 rounds) at 7 yards.
And lastly, double taps at 10 yards.
Yeah, one bad low flyer that barely nicked the target. I've been getting more consistent having the dot "there" when coming up from low ready, but I missed it that time. Here's the video from all the 5x3 scenarios. It's just four and a half minutes of targets flapping around, but there are a few nice, tight double-taps and triple-taps, just a few. The rest, as you can see, are a little spread out.
I also shot a raffle target and got a couple of entries for a S&W precision target/competition pistol of some sort. Sorry, I didn't pay much attention 'cause I probably won't win anyway. But there you have it. I appreciate you guys stopping by to share my fun. Until next time, be blessed, be strong, do good.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
I made a quick trip to the range on Tuesday. The older facility is closed on Mon-Tue so I went to the newer facility. I'll go old school next week.
It was a little busy today when I arrived but the guys know me and gave me the first available after about a 5 minute wait, even though I did not have a reservation. Today I put 50 rounds through the XDM Elite OSP 10mm and 100 rounds through the XD9 Mod.3.
Starting with the 10mm and a full 15 round magazine, this is the damage I did to the first B-8 target. Kinda yuck.
Now that that's out of the way, I had a little more fun with the next 15 rounds.
I was able to keep all but three hits in the 9 ring. A little more practice and I think I'll be able to put most of them in the 10 ring. That's the aim, anyway. (See what I did there?) For my last 20 rounds through this pistol I ran a couple of "5x3 scenarios" on the automated target carrier. The scenario takes your target out to distance and turns it toward you 5 times for 3 seconds each time. I shot double-taps for most of these and triple-taps for one. Yeah, this wasn't so good, even at 7 yards. More practice!
I used the scenario a few times today. I'll have video at the end, just in case you like to see targets flapping around. This was my 10mm target after my second 5x3. It was a little better.
Now it's time for more practice with the Mod.3 and Holosun 507C. I started at 10 yards, 10-shot strings on the B-8 targets. Here's #1.
Here's target #2. Hey, if you give me the line breaks, I count seven in the X ring.
I changed to the 1/3 USPSA silhouette at 10 yards. I came dangerously close to getting all 10 shots in the A box.
Then I sent the target out to 15 yards for a little extra fun.
Yes, using a shoot-n-see for all the range to gawk at. Thankfully I didn't do too terribly, one low flyer.
I'll patch that up and try it one more time. Oh phooey, I had two low fliers on this one. Shhh, don't tell anyone.
OK, one more target at 15 yards. This time I'll put two magazines (20 hits) downrange.
Oof! That first magazine went a little low for some reason, kind of a nice group, but low. I fixed it with the second magazine. Even so, the whole group was smaller than my hand.
Anyway, my last exercises were with the 5x3 scenarios. First, a triple-tap (15 rounds) at 7 yards.
And lastly, double taps at 10 yards.
Yeah, one bad low flyer that barely nicked the target. I've been getting more consistent having the dot "there" when coming up from low ready, but I missed it that time. Here's the video from all the 5x3 scenarios. It's just four and a half minutes of targets flapping around, but there are a few nice, tight double-taps and triple-taps, just a few. The rest, as you can see, are a little spread out.
I also shot a raffle target and got a couple of entries for a S&W precision target/competition pistol of some sort. Sorry, I didn't pay much attention 'cause I probably won't win anyway. But there you have it. I appreciate you guys stopping by to share my fun. Until next time, be blessed, be strong, do good.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
