Range Report: 50x3, 12/21/22

[BassCliff]

Ho! Ho! Ho!

A couple days ago I thought I'd run over to the local range before the blizzard got here. I'm striving for consistency at 10 yards with all my pistols. Today I shot 50 round each from the Garrison .45, XD9, and P22. I got lane #8, my favorite!

Herter's is the Bass Pro/Cabela's house brand, relabeled WWB. The .45 was from LAX Ammunition new brass, not reman. The LAX Ammo is manufactured in-house and ships loose in a "free" ammo can. I put it in other boxes so I can keep track of how much I shoot.

That B-8 looks so lonely out there.

I started with the Garrison. This is how I started.

After I warmed up on a few targets, trying to pull up the low/left shots, I ended this box of ammo with a couple of mediocre targets.

Last ten shots on the reactive silhouette.

I kept shooting the reactive targets with my XD9, putting two magazines (20 rounds) on the first one.

Then I would either patch it or stick on a new center.

A fresh silhouette for the last magazine.

Then I patched up that target and tossed 50 rounds at it with my P22. It's fun to shoot this little rapid fire.

And that's all the fun there is until perhaps next week. I'll get down to my basement laser range and brush up on some fundamentals. That can't hurt.

Thanks for putting up with me. Have a Merry Christmas!


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

 

[SimonRL]

I decided to go to the range today. I have a DPP freshly mounted on my Prodigy that I wanted to zero and my Shadow Systems DR920 Elite just arrived back from the mothership with a host of upgrades and, of course, I’m completely smitten with my AP5 and am putting ammo through it like it’s going out of style. I drove around for what seemed like forever looking for a Fletcher Arms to no avail and settled for my local, Range USA. I asked them to give me @BassCliff’s favorite lane, and sure enough I got number 14. So I stuck up a target with a bunch of my favorite 4 inch splatterburst targets and got to work. Zeroed the DeltaPoint Pro on the Prodigy and put 50 rounds down range at 15yds (top two targets). The DR920 finally performed the way it should and put 50 through it at 15 yds (bottom two targets) and then took the target back to 25yds and put 80 rds of 124gr NATO through (center target, big hole). When I was done I came to the conclusion that the planet’s magnetic fields have some sort of weird distortion effect on shooters at the Fletcher Arms.

But seriously, a day at the range no matter the outcome, is a great way to spend an afternoon.

 

[Bassbob]

I decided to go to the range today. I have a DPP freshly mounted on my Prodigy that I wanted to zero and my Shadow Systems DR920 Elite just arrived back from the mothership with a host of upgrades and, of course, I’m completely smitten with my AP5 and am putting ammo through it like it’s going out of style. I drove around for what seemed like forever looking for a Fletcher Arms to no avail and settled for my local, Range USA. I asked them to give me @BassCliff’s favorite lane, and sure enough I got number 14. So I stuck up a target with a bunch of my favorite 4 inch splatterburst targets and got to work. Zeroed the DeltaPoint Pro on the Prodigy and put 50 rounds down range at 15yds (top two targets). The DR920 finally performed the way it should and put 50 through it at 15 yds (bottom two targets) and then took the target back to 25yds and put 80 rds of 124gr NATO through (center target, big hole). When I was done I came to the conclusion that the planet’s magnetic fields have some sort of weird distortion effect on shooters at the Fletcher Arms.

But seriously, a day at the range no matter the outcome, is a great way to spend an afternoon.

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Nice shootin' there buddy.

 

[BassCliff]

Hi!

I decided to go to the range today. I have a DPP freshly mounted on my Prodigy that I wanted to zero and my Shadow Systems DR920 Elite just arrived back from the mothership with a host of upgrades and, of course, I’m completely smitten with my AP5 and am putting ammo through it like it’s going out of style. I drove around for what seemed like forever looking for a Fletcher Arms to no avail and settled for my local, Range USA. I asked them to give me @BassCliff’s favorite lane, and sure enough I got number 14. So I stuck up a target with a bunch of my favorite 4 inch splatterburst targets and got to work. Zeroed the DeltaPoint Pro on the Prodigy and put 50 rounds down range at 15yds (top two targets). The DR920 finally performed the way it should and put 50 through it at 15 yds (bottom two targets) and then took the target back to 25yds and put 80 rds of 124gr NATO through (center target, big hole). When I was done I came to the conclusion that the planet’s magnetic fields have some sort of weird distortion effect on shooters at the Fletcher Arms.

But seriously, a day at the range no matter the outcome, is a great way to spend an afternoon.

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Nice! I'm glad your new and improved range toys are performing so well. Excellent!

Not to worry. One of these days I'll have gotten enough practice to make you proud. But you may have something there about the magnetic field interacting with the polar vortex along with tectonic plate movement along the space-time continuum.

Merry Christmas and many blessings to you and yours in the New Year.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

 

[SimonRL]

Hi!



Nice! I'm glad your new and improved range toys are performing so well. Excellent!

Not to worry. One of these days I'll have gotten enough practice to make you proud. But you may have something there about the magnetic field interacting with the polar vortex along with tectonic plate movement along the space-time continuum.

Merry Christmas and many blessings to you and yours in the New Year.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

Dude, I’m proud of your range rat status, like me, and your willingness to share your trips with us. I feel like I’ve been to the Fletcher Arms and look forward to showing up there in person with my partner-in-crime @KillerFord1977 some day.

Merry Christmas to you and your family.

Simon

 

[mikep]

Ho! Ho! Ho!

A couple days ago I thought I'd run over to the local range before the blizzard got here. I'm striving for consistency at 10 yards with all my pistols. Today I shot 50 round each from the Garrison .45, XD9, and P22. I got lane #8, my favorite!

Herter's is the Bass Pro/Cabela's house brand, relabeled WWB. The .45 was from LAX Ammunition new brass, not reman. The LAX Ammo is manufactured in-house and ships loose in a "free" ammo can. I put it in other boxes so I can keep track of how much I shoot.

That B-8 looks so lonely out there.

I started with the Garrison. This is how I started.

After I warmed up on a few targets, trying to pull up the low/left shots, I ended this box of ammo with a couple of mediocre targets.

Last ten shots on the reactive silhouette.

I kept shooting the reactive targets with my XD9, putting two magazines (20 rounds) on the first one.

Then I would either patch it or stick on a new center.

A fresh silhouette for the last magazine.

Then I patched up that target and tossed 50 rounds at it with my P22. It's fun to shoot this little rapid fire.

And that's all the fun there is until perhaps next week. I'll get down to my basement laser range and brush up on some fundamentals. That can't hurt.

Thanks for putting up with me. Have a Merry Christmas!


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

Haven’t heard from you in a while! Or maybe i just missed your posts.
Ya gotta love range day. I use LAX Freedom Munitions reman a lot. I’ve never had problem.
Have a merry Christmas.

 

[BassCliff]

Hi,

Dude, I’m proud of your range rat status, like me, and your willingness to share your trips with us. I feel like I’ve been to the Fletcher Arms and look forward to showing up there in person with my partner-in-crime @KillerFord1977 some day.

Merry Christmas to you and your family.

Simon

Cool! I've been promoted to Range Rat. Actually, I'd like to make it down to the DFW area to hang out with you guys. That is, as soon as it warms up down there.

Haven’t heard from you in a while! Or maybe i just missed your posts.
Ya gotta love range day. I use LAX Freedom Munitions reman a lot. I’ve never had problem.
Have a merry Christmas.

It's been a little more hit-n-miss here around the holidays. I'm still trying to train or practice live at least once a week. Repetition is key for me.

Before I left SoCal I visited the LAX Ammo store a couple of times during the pandemic lockdown. That store was amazing. I'd never seen so much ammo in one place. Merry Christmas to you and yours.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

 

[Recusant]

Great shooting guys.