Brought out the GI with a National Match barrel and bushing at around 12 yards. It shot about as well as my Ruger MKII.
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What did you shoot today?
To be fair, these were from yesterday:
Rock Island GI .45
RIA GI .45 by awp101, on Flickr
Ruger SR1911 Commander size
SR1911 CDR by awp101, on Flickr
S&W Model 57
IMG_0844 by awp101, on Flickr
Ruger target, 50rds at 7yds. The low shots were the first ones. The rest were after I made my self slow down and focus
SR1911 CDR 7yds 230g 50rds by awp101, on Flickr
Model 57 target, 12 rds at 7yds. My first go 'round with the .41 Magnum and I can certainly see the attraction
Mod57 7yds 185g Hornady 12rds by awp101, on Flickr
Let's see who else has been burning powder recently!
Rock Island GI .45
RIA GI .45 by awp101, on FlickrRuger SR1911 Commander size
SR1911 CDR by awp101, on FlickrS&W Model 57
IMG_0844 by awp101, on FlickrRuger target, 50rds at 7yds. The low shots were the first ones. The rest were after I made my self slow down and focus
SR1911 CDR 7yds 230g 50rds by awp101, on FlickrModel 57 target, 12 rds at 7yds. My first go 'round with the .41 Magnum and I can certainly see the attraction
Mod57 7yds 185g Hornady 12rds by awp101, on FlickrLet's see who else has been burning powder recently!
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Took the 5” and 4” SA RO to the indoor range today. Testing a new projectile (200 RNFP from Summers Enterprises). Fed flawlessly with only one exception — 10 rounds in Chip McCormick Power Mag. 9 all day — 10 the short round doesn’t make it up onto the ramp (somewhat expected).
Changed distance, hands, timing. Felt good. Even had a distraction — kid next to me was spraying 9mm with brass flying over the divider onto me. Fortunately I was wearing my normal billed cap (pretty much always wear it when shooting) so they would bounce off. But good test of concentration.
Head shots at 7, 10, 15 yards, iron sights, Rushed two 10 yard shots.
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Changed distance, hands, timing. Felt good. Even had a distraction — kid next to me was spraying 9mm with brass flying over the divider onto me. Fortunately I was wearing my normal billed cap (pretty much always wear it when shooting) so they would bounce off. But good test of concentration.
Head shots at 7, 10, 15 yards, iron sights, Rushed two 10 yard shots.
It wasn’t today however it was last Thursday.
Still how fun is this?
Got to break in two Guncrafter Hellcats, in 9mm and 45,
and a Dan Wesson Blue Valor in 45.
Sorry for the crappy cell phone pics
Hellcats at 10 yards
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7 yards
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Valor at 10 yards
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Shot each 100 rounds.
All three were 100%.:cigar:
Also shot Dan Wesson 38 Superb Valor, Vbob , Guardian,
which were also 100% reliable.
Although the Valkyrie Commander fed ok, I did have some issues
with FTEs on the Valkyrie.
I still need to give the extractor a tad more tension,
and shorten the ejector as I also had trouble extracting live rounds.
All in all, fired 450 rounds... Now its back for gun cleaning and then
to the reloading press.
Man I love these 1911's!:thumbs:
Still how fun is this?
Got to break in two Guncrafter Hellcats, in 9mm and 45,
and a Dan Wesson Blue Valor in 45.
Sorry for the crappy cell phone pics
Hellcats at 10 yards
7 yards
Valor at 10 yards
Shot each 100 rounds.
All three were 100%.:cigar:
Also shot Dan Wesson 38 Superb Valor, Vbob , Guardian,
which were also 100% reliable.
Although the Valkyrie Commander fed ok, I did have some issues
with FTEs on the Valkyrie.
I still need to give the extractor a tad more tension,
and shorten the ejector as I also had trouble extracting live rounds.
All in all, fired 450 rounds... Now its back for gun cleaning and then
to the reloading press.
Man I love these 1911's!:thumbs:
Shot the Baer today. This time, I tested it with Federal HST and SIG V-Crown hollow points. The Baer fed them without any trouble.
I mostly just practiced double tapping 4x4 sticky notes at 15 yards. When I did my part, the Baer printed nice and tight pairs. (The IDPA practice target in the background had been used as a backer for the sticky notes, which were placed in random locations each time I reset the drill. Hence, what appears to be 45 cal scatter gun holes in the background )
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I do need to read up more on practice drills. I have a hunch that I could be using my time and ammo more efficiently than I currently am.
I did have a two nasty failures to extract when shooting Remmington UMC (out of 150 rounds). I was using Wilson Combat ETM mags.
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These may have been cause by me. I used to have a problem with pitching the gun up (healing) to avoid/minimize the recoil impulse. I thought I had gotten over it. It's been a long time since I caught myself doing that. Maybe it snuck back up on me. Well, practice what you suck at, I guess.
I mostly just practiced double tapping 4x4 sticky notes at 15 yards. When I did my part, the Baer printed nice and tight pairs. (The IDPA practice target in the background had been used as a backer for the sticky notes, which were placed in random locations each time I reset the drill. Hence, what appears to be 45 cal scatter gun holes in the background
)
I do need to read up more on practice drills. I have a hunch that I could be using my time and ammo more efficiently than I currently am.
I did have a two nasty failures to extract when shooting Remmington UMC (out of 150 rounds). I was using Wilson Combat ETM mags.
These may have been cause by me. I used to have a problem with pitching the gun up (healing) to avoid/minimize the recoil impulse. I thought I had gotten over it. It's been a long time since I caught myself doing that. Maybe it snuck back up on me. Well, practice what you suck at, I guess.
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