Range Report C&S Carry Commander


I’m in wuv…. 馃檪


Went to NRA yesterday and shot my new Bill Laughridge (Cylinder & Slide) Carry Commander-

Specs:


路 C&S Officers Model Frame
路 C&S Forged Commander Slide
路 Bar-Sto Semi Drop-In Barrel
路 Deburr & Polish all internals
路 Round Bottom of Mainspring Housing and Frame
路 Throat Barrel and Frame for Reliable Feeding
路 Cut Lubrication/Debris Grooves in Frame and Slide Rails
路 Cut Lubrication /Debris Grooves Inside of Slide in Front of Slide Locking Lugs
路 Cut Lubrication/Debris Groove in Barrel Bushing
路 Round all External Corner & Edges
路 Radius Extractor and Set Tension
路 Lower Ejection Port & Cut Bullet Nose Relief on Front of Ejection Port
路 Shorten Slide Stop Shaft on RH Side & Counter Sink Frame Hole
路 Bevel Mag Well for Speed Loading
路 Machine Stipple Mainspring Housing & Front Strap
路 Re-crown Barrel 11 degrees
路 Serrate Back of Slide & Rear Sight 50 LPI
路 Trigger Job 3 lbs
路 Silver Solder Grip Screws & Plunger Tube on Frame
路 Hand Lapped Slide to Frame Fit
路 Checker Sides of Novak Low Mount Rear Sight
路 C&S Stainless Tactical Ambi Thumb safety
路 S&A Beavertail High Grip Safety w/Palm Swell
路 C&S Medium Aluminum Solid Smooth Face Trigger w/overtravel stop
路 Novak Low Mount Carry Rear Sight & C&S Dovetail Front Sight
路 C&S Extended Ejector
路 Thin Green Micarta Grips
路 Officer Model Smooth Mainspring Housing
路 Wolff Recoil Spring 20lbs
路 C&S Tact II Trigger pull set 5 piece
路 C&S Extractor Series 70
路 C&S TM Hammer Strut
路 C&S Hex Head Grip Screws (set of 4)
路 C&S Checkered Slide Stop
路 Commander Recoil Spring Plug
路 Commander Recoil Spring Guide
路 Tritium Insert Front Sight
路 Cerami-Cote Matte OD Green Frame
路 Cerami-Cote Matte Armor Black Slide


Put 100 rounds down range to get the feel of the pistol, then tried some ‘serious’ shooting (above). I was pulling all the double taps low (note three in the neck and the two bottom nine and one eight ring), but I couldn’t be happier! This pistol is MUCH more accurate than I am…

Of course, as soon as I started feeling good about MY shooting, I glance over a couple of lanes, there is a Dad with two daughters (9 and 11) and an AR-15 on the bench. Target comes back from 50 yards, all 9/10 ring, I compliment the Dad, he chuckles and says, “Oh that wasn’t me, that was the 9 year old; she out shoots me all the time!”

So I wander back over to my lane, only to watch the guy on the other side of me start shooting the 1 inch Shoot n’ See DOTS at 10 yards! sigh…

Humility restored, I packed up and exited with what was left of my tatters of dignity…

Still in all, I feel MUCH better 馃檪 Got rid of some frustrations, got to shoot a very nice pistol and vindicated the choice I made to purchase it!

Comments

Range Report C&S Carry Commander — 13 Comments

  1. The paper dude looks significantly dead to me, no matter what “number” you got him in. 馃槈

    Congratulations on finding one you really like though and on burning off some frustrations.

  2. Thanks Snigs! I caught some flak for getting this particular pistol, but I just liked the way it felt. Shooting it proved I was right…

  3. Wyatt- I just get more practice than you do 馃檪
    RT- Too true! Most women are smoother than men when shooting.

  4. Just ordered a Sig Mosquito .22 cal to start teaching my four little girls how to shoot. They might not learn to even hit the target, but will at least know which end the lead comes out, and a girl with a gun will probably scare the s**t out of any would-be perp!

  5. I really like the look of the gun. Grip looks like it would be a bit too big for my hand though. Sure would like to give it a tryout! Just out of curiousity, how much does it weigh?

  6. Ev- Yep! Girl with gun= Oh s**t on the part of the perp! 馃檪
    FF- it’s a standard Colt Commander grip, it is single stack, so it ‘might’ work. I didn’t weigh it, but it’s heavy as it is all steel
    KVegas- Thanks 馃檪

  7. I don’t own a gun, but I believe that to keep and bear arms is the right of every American !