Range Trip - Shooting The Rust Off

Went to the range today with Tosh. It had been quite awhile since I got some shooting time in.

Did a little bit of everything today.

First, shotgun.  

I shot the Tavor TS-12  and ran it through its paces.  Birdshot, buckshot, and slugs all functioned through it flawlessly. Nothing like pumping out 16 rounds of shot as fast as you can pull the trigger and rotate the next tube into firing position. Much fun was had.

I patterned some 9-pellet 00 Buck Federal Flite Control I bought at Lucky Gunner with very good results at 10 and 25 yards. The buckshot was a nice tight group at both distances, staying in the chest of the USPSA target. Quite spiffy, that Flite Control.

I also shot some Federal Truball slugs and again they hit their mark most impressively.  The first one, shot at a steel reduced size USPA target Tosh had setup, knocked the heavy steel target right off the post at 25 yards, even with the retaining clip being in place.  Slugs tend to have a lot of kinetic energy and all of it got transferred to the target there.

I also got to shoot Tosh's Mossberg 590, which was very nice indeed and a joy to shoot, and he got to shoot the Tavor.  Much shotgun fun had by all.

Next was rifle.  I had my SBR'd AR-15 300 Blackout along.  With the AAC 7.62 SDN suppressor and shooting subsonic ammunition, it was pretty much hearing-safe shooting and the loudest sound was the bullet hitting steel 25 yards away. Much fun, and very civilized in terms of noise level.

Next we did some handgun.

I brought the Israeli marked FN Hi-Power to the range and as expected it ran flawlessly. Shooting an all-steel pistol in 9mm after shooting polymer pistols really makes you realize how much a steel pistol sucks up recoil, as in it didn't feel like there was recoil by comparison. Plates fell with aplomb to the pistol and it functioned 100%. Tosh liked it as well. The Hi-Power feels great in the hand, points onto the targets very naturally, and the single-action trigger is rather nice.

It was good to get some iron sight practice in after regularly using red dots.  Fundamentals are the same, but it does feel different, but the time with the dot seems to have made even my iron sight acquisition and accuracy better, whioch is interesting.

Next I got out my Sig P365 and at 7 yards we ran single shot drills form concealment and then bill drills on an A-Zone target, and then shifted to single shot from concealment at 25 yards.

In short I sucked.  7 Yard singles were around 2.0 - 1.7  seconds, and Bill Drills were in the 3.4+ second range.  Single shot at 25 yards were 2.0+.  

Pretty ugly, and certainly shows what happens when you don't practice and haven't shot recently.  Pistol shooting is a perishable skill.

I could of course make an excuse that I'm using a rather small pistol to do the drills, but since I often carry it, I ought to work to be good with it.  I will do the drill with the larger handguns as well as I should get better with them, too.

So, lots more handgun practice is needed, and I expect to get to the range more regularly, especially now that winter has left the building.

A darn nice morning at the range.  Then home to give them all a nice thorough cleaning.