BassCliff
Professional
Well, hey gang!
Greetings from the Wild Wild Upper Midwest, where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average. It's been a rare, three-range-days-in-a-row kind of week for me. Mrs. BassCliff is coming back from her Mom's tomorrow so that will put a screeching halt to all the fun I've been having. After going to the veterinarian's office to pick up some medication, giving it to my Wonder Pooch, getting in a quick half-workout, and meeting a friend for lunch, I finally made it out to the newer facility with my dirty 1911s for more practice. I tossed downrange another 100 rounds of .45 and 100 rounds of 9mm from my favorite lane, #2.
I'm sure you're familiar with Gary and Ron by now. As grippy as the grips are on the Garrison, I think I'll try the stock grips just to be sure I need the grippy grips for this sidearm. The stock grips on the Ronin seem to be quite adequate, although I might put some grip tape on the front strap.
Again I was using LAX Ammunition's .45ACP 230 grain and Blazer Brass 9mm 124 grain. I had no malfunctions at all today from either unit.
I brought a few different targets today and used 10-shot strings for the most part. Most were at distances of 10 yards but I sent a few targets out to 15 yards. I began the session with Gary .45 on the B-8 targets. The first one came back like this.
OK, that's not as low/left as I started yesterday. I should shoot this gun more often. The more I shoot it, the better I like it. Here's target #2.
Now that's a pretty good target, for me, with this pistol. Just one bad flyer low/left. I'm glad I edited the yellow dot into the B-8 centers. It seems to help these old eyes. Here's target #3.
Oh! Dangerously close to getting them all in the black. Half are in the 10 ring. It's like I know what to do, I know how to do it right, I know when I do it right, but my consistency sucks.
Here's target #4.
Again, a little above average for me. That very high shot happened when I was riding the reset too closely and it got away from me unexpectedly, before I let the sights settle. I'll have to watch that. With the last 10 rounds in this box, here's target #5.
The hit in the 8 ring I can pass off as "combat accuracy" but the 7 ring hits are disappointing. Let's try to have fewer of those. Now we'll move on to the Ronin 9mm, same target, same distance. Here's target #1.
OK, not horrible. Again, that high shot in the 8 ring happened when I was riding the reset and didn't let my sights settle. You'd think I would've learned my lesson. Here's Ron's target #2.
That's a pretty tight group with a flyer off by itself in the 9 ring. It seems I was very consistent with my hold on this target. I changed my hold for the next target hoping to move that group more toward center. Let's see how I did with target #3.
Well, I guess the group is more centered but it really spread out. Maybe I'm trying too hard and need to breathe better. I tend to hold my breath when I'm concentrating. So, let's take a breath before the shot, let it halfway out, pull the trigger, then continue breathing. Here's target #4.
OK, not too bad of a group, still just a little high gain. The next time I take this pistol out I think I'll shoot closer, 5 or 7 yards, just to make sure the rear sight is adjusted properly. Nah, it's not the sights, it's the shooter! Now I'm going to practice a little at 15 yards.
The Ronin target #5 came back from 15 yards like this.
Hmm, again with the high and a little left. I think it just the hold in my sight picture. I'll try to stick to a hard 6 o'clock hold.
I've got a few more pictures to post up in the next reply. Stay tuned.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
Greetings from the Wild Wild Upper Midwest, where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average. It's been a rare, three-range-days-in-a-row kind of week for me. Mrs. BassCliff is coming back from her Mom's tomorrow so that will put a screeching halt to all the fun I've been having. After going to the veterinarian's office to pick up some medication, giving it to my Wonder Pooch, getting in a quick half-workout, and meeting a friend for lunch, I finally made it out to the newer facility with my dirty 1911s for more practice. I tossed downrange another 100 rounds of .45 and 100 rounds of 9mm from my favorite lane, #2.
I'm sure you're familiar with Gary and Ron by now. As grippy as the grips are on the Garrison, I think I'll try the stock grips just to be sure I need the grippy grips for this sidearm. The stock grips on the Ronin seem to be quite adequate, although I might put some grip tape on the front strap.
Again I was using LAX Ammunition's .45ACP 230 grain and Blazer Brass 9mm 124 grain. I had no malfunctions at all today from either unit.
I brought a few different targets today and used 10-shot strings for the most part. Most were at distances of 10 yards but I sent a few targets out to 15 yards. I began the session with Gary .45 on the B-8 targets. The first one came back like this.
OK, that's not as low/left as I started yesterday. I should shoot this gun more often. The more I shoot it, the better I like it. Here's target #2.
Now that's a pretty good target, for me, with this pistol. Just one bad flyer low/left. I'm glad I edited the yellow dot into the B-8 centers. It seems to help these old eyes. Here's target #3.
Oh! Dangerously close to getting them all in the black. Half are in the 10 ring. It's like I know what to do, I know how to do it right, I know when I do it right, but my consistency sucks.
Here's target #4.
Again, a little above average for me. That very high shot happened when I was riding the reset too closely and it got away from me unexpectedly, before I let the sights settle. I'll have to watch that. With the last 10 rounds in this box, here's target #5.
The hit in the 8 ring I can pass off as "combat accuracy" but the 7 ring hits are disappointing. Let's try to have fewer of those. Now we'll move on to the Ronin 9mm, same target, same distance. Here's target #1.
OK, not horrible. Again, that high shot in the 8 ring happened when I was riding the reset and didn't let my sights settle. You'd think I would've learned my lesson. Here's Ron's target #2.
That's a pretty tight group with a flyer off by itself in the 9 ring. It seems I was very consistent with my hold on this target. I changed my hold for the next target hoping to move that group more toward center. Let's see how I did with target #3.
Well, I guess the group is more centered but it really spread out. Maybe I'm trying too hard and need to breathe better. I tend to hold my breath when I'm concentrating. So, let's take a breath before the shot, let it halfway out, pull the trigger, then continue breathing. Here's target #4.
OK, not too bad of a group, still just a little high gain. The next time I take this pistol out I think I'll shoot closer, 5 or 7 yards, just to make sure the rear sight is adjusted properly. Nah, it's not the sights, it's the shooter!
Now I'm going to practice a little at 15 yards.
The Ronin target #5 came back from 15 yards like this.
Hmm, again with the high and a little left. I think it just the hold in my sight picture. I'll try to stick to a hard 6 o'clock hold.
I've got a few more pictures to post up in the next reply. Stay tuned.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
