It's been far too long since I went to the range and after all the arbitration craziness I needed to get some range time in.
Today the weather was clear and cold and it was a good day to head to the range.
I first fired 50 rounds of Federal FMJ through the P30SK.
Even after sitting in its box for months, and with a noticeably dirty and cruddy feed ramp, it functioned perfectly.
I was not shooting nearly as well as I have in the past and that first box showed I needed to practice more.
Next was three boxes of Winchester 9MM Nato FMJ. Certainly they felt like they had a bit more oomph than the Federal FMJ, but no issues shooting them.
Once I was through the first box of the Winchester, my accuracy was starting to come back, speed still slower than before though.
Then for a change of pace was an older box of Federal Hydrashocks I had been meaning to shoot up, again, every round fed without an issue.
250 rounds fired in one go without a hitch. Many steel plates were downed, and many holes punched in paper, with better groups as time went on.
That's 1,350 rounds through the P30sk with only a single failure due to a defective cartridge.
Always good to use up stale ammo.
ReplyDeleteB: That particular box of Federal Hydrashock is older than my kids. Still worked fine though, but I'm moving all my carry firearms to more updated ammo.
ReplyDeleteI use my"old" ammo for practice, too.
ReplyDeleteI'm not too concerned about it going 'stale', but bullet technology has improved since I bought some of it, so may as well use it up and replace it with modern.