No photos, shot steel pistol gallery targets the other day.
I started with the rim-fire gallery with a Browning 1911-22. I’ve never tried the rim=fire gallery before, the steel targets there are tiny! I shot 100 rounds in what seemed like no time. Great warmup and excellent training with the combination of low recoil and did I mention the targets are tiny? My buddy loaned me his Henry lever-action with a peep-sight. All of a sudden every shot seemed effortless; gives a lot of weight to the saying “use your pistol to get to your rifle”.
Next was the big boy pistol gallery where the closest steel target is 11 yards out. I wanted to test my new P938 HiViz front sight. I am glad I did because it was dead on wrt windage, but shooting way high. I filed roughly 10 thousandths off the bottom to fit the dovetail. Apparently that is very significant on such a short sight radius. At $27 I will buy another and fit it by filing the dovetail on the new sight, therefore maintaining original height. I have an email into HiViz to find out which file I need to purchase from Brownells.
@Todd30 always wants to know what we learned at the range each trip. Well this time I found out I have taught myself a bad habit. I holstered up and took my 9mm 1911 that always shoots where I point it to the draw and fire section of the pistol gallery. I drew and shot a dueling tree knocking the steel target to the other side. I immediately reached up to pull the hammer back with my support hand! Why in the world did I do this? Because I have been training with a Strikeman laser cartridge at home. I have to pull the hammer back between shots to get another shot with the laser system.
Fortunately I have a plan to break the habit. There’s a Taurus G2C sitting in my safe. The striker hits the laser hard enough to work without racking the slide between shots. In other words I have infinite ammo as fast and as many times as I can pull the trigger.
That’s all folks! My no photo range report …