BassCliff
Professional
My dear friends and neighbors,
It was a pleasant day here near Lake Michigan, where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average. Almost all the snow has melted from the last storm. The sun is out and springtime is trying to peak around the corner.
I traveled to the newer Fletcher Arms range because I had time and so I could be a bit more precise with my ten yard measurement on my favorite lane, #7.
Just hang your target and punch in your distance. The older facility has lines painted on the walls. There it's hard to tell if you're at thirty feet, twenty eight feet, or thirty five feet.
Besides my two larger pistols I thought I'd have some fun with the cowboy .22. I brought a range pack (200) of WWB and shot it all. The .45 got Norma today.
It seems this small silhouette at ten yards looks like a full size silhouette at 30 yards. I shot the reactive targets all day, no B8 targets today.
I put a few magazines on center mass and then one mag for head shots. I'm a bit all over the place during my warm up.
This was the first of many FTEs with the WWB. I had eleven malfunctions with the WWB today out of 200 rounds.
OK, new target and a few mags through it. When I do everything right, it works.
Let's patch up this target with an 8" reactive bullseye circle and try some more.
Well, wouldn't you know it? More FTEs. Sometimes I would get three in one magazine, but I had no duds today.
My FTEs were not confined to a single magazine. I was using five and this was happening to at least four of them. I number them so I can keep track.
I put three magazines on this target, hence the three fingers. I'm starting to get a bigger ragged hole near the center.
I filled up all the mags for this session, no 10 shot strings today. I was shooting a variety of slow fire, double-taps, and 4 to 5 shots of rapid fire. I trying to practice away my flinch. OK, let's re-use this target one more time.
After two magazines (notice two fingers) it came back looking like this.
I guess I got about half of the hits near the bullseye. That box of WWB is empty. Yay! Let's move on to the Heritage Rough Rider .22 cowboy gun. I'll try to put six hits on the 3" bulls on top. Please ignore the patches from when I tried head shots with my XD9.
When I can get the sights lined up I do OK with this little revolver. I see one flyer away from the circles. Drat. The sights are all black and when you're trying to hit a black target it can be challenging for these old eyes. So I'll stick on a slightly bigger 4" bullseye and give it another try.
I meant to paint a white dot on the front sight. I forgot. Maybe next time. Let's move on to the Garrison. I put up a fresh target and it came back looking like this after forty rounds.
Then I tried ten rounds on the head shot. I'm too embarrassed to show you the results of that. So we'll just pack it up and go home now.
It seems the more relaxed I am, the more accurate I am. When I really try to concentrate on EVERYTHING, it falls apart. That's OK. It means I get to practice some more. I like practicing. Thanks for putting up with me.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
It was a pleasant day here near Lake Michigan, where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average. Almost all the snow has melted from the last storm. The sun is out and springtime is trying to peak around the corner.
I traveled to the newer Fletcher Arms range because I had time and so I could be a bit more precise with my ten yard measurement on my favorite lane, #7.
Just hang your target and punch in your distance. The older facility has lines painted on the walls. There it's hard to tell if you're at thirty feet, twenty eight feet, or thirty five feet.
Besides my two larger pistols I thought I'd have some fun with the cowboy .22. I brought a range pack (200) of WWB and shot it all. The .45 got Norma today.
It seems this small silhouette at ten yards looks like a full size silhouette at 30 yards. I shot the reactive targets all day, no B8 targets today.
I put a few magazines on center mass and then one mag for head shots. I'm a bit all over the place during my warm up.
This was the first of many FTEs with the WWB. I had eleven malfunctions with the WWB today out of 200 rounds.
OK, new target and a few mags through it. When I do everything right, it works.
Let's patch up this target with an 8" reactive bullseye circle and try some more.
Well, wouldn't you know it? More FTEs. Sometimes I would get three in one magazine, but I had no duds today.
My FTEs were not confined to a single magazine. I was using five and this was happening to at least four of them. I number them so I can keep track.
I put three magazines on this target, hence the three fingers. I'm starting to get a bigger ragged hole near the center.
I filled up all the mags for this session, no 10 shot strings today. I was shooting a variety of slow fire, double-taps, and 4 to 5 shots of rapid fire. I trying to practice away my flinch. OK, let's re-use this target one more time.
After two magazines (notice two fingers) it came back looking like this.
I guess I got about half of the hits near the bullseye. That box of WWB is empty. Yay! Let's move on to the Heritage Rough Rider .22 cowboy gun. I'll try to put six hits on the 3" bulls on top. Please ignore the patches from when I tried head shots with my XD9.
When I can get the sights lined up I do OK with this little revolver. I see one flyer away from the circles. Drat. The sights are all black and when you're trying to hit a black target it can be challenging for these old eyes. So I'll stick on a slightly bigger 4" bullseye and give it another try.
I meant to paint a white dot on the front sight. I forgot. Maybe next time. Let's move on to the Garrison. I put up a fresh target and it came back looking like this after forty rounds.
Then I tried ten rounds on the head shot. I'm too embarrassed to show you the results of that. So we'll just pack it up and go home now.
It seems the more relaxed I am, the more accurate I am. When I really try to concentrate on EVERYTHING, it falls apart. That's OK. It means I get to practice some more. I like practicing.
Thanks for putting up with me. Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
