Meh… I sucked…

I finally got off my ass and got to the range this morning, figuring it would be so nice folks would be out and about, but NOooo…

40 minute wait, and they were cutting you at an hour due to the waiting lines.

How bad was it???  At 30 feet it was NOT good!

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I was all over the @$#% place… Sigh… Center was the G-17, mid was the Kahr P-9 and that was the one with all the flyers…

Top was the .45 Commander.  Problem with the Kahr was the smaller grip and getting too much finger on the trigger, plus the longer takeup than the G-17. Once I ‘thought through’ that, I pulled them back in the center.  The .45 was lousy because by then I had a guy shooting an AK in the next stall… Extended stupidity,  I brought .22 ammo, but forgot to bring a .22!!! I either need a keeper or to quit trying to rush out the door at 0 dark 30.

Going to try to go back tomorrow and work a little more.

On the brighter side, I got to coon finger a couple of three really NICE .45s yesterday.  It’s a new company called Schroeder Bauman out of Fort Wayne, Indiana.  They are building custom .45s in three sizes although only two show up on their website, which is HERE.

Here is what they call the Defender- Full size 1911.

SB Defender

Yes, these are off the website, I didn’t have a camera handy.  The finger grips on the front strap are an option, and you’re looking at around a $2200 gun.  Fit and finish was outstanding, and they make all these in house.  On their site you can flip through the custom page and get a better idea of what they can do.

This one is called the Patriot- It’s a Commander size 1911.

SB Commander

Fit and finish was outstanding on all the guns. Trigger pull was right at 4 lbs and consistent across all three guns.  No creep, glass break, and a short reset.  He said they can set the trigger at 4 lbs and up, but not lower.

The third (no pics, sorry) was a prototype of they Officer size, and trust me, an 18 lbs spring in a tight fitting slide frame fit is WORK! I volunteered to T&E them for the company, or any ONE of them, but no joy… sigh…  Hell, I even told them I’d break into my ammo stash to do it!  Grumble, ‘some‘ people have NO sense of humor…

As a number of people say, shoot often, dry fire MORE often and keep the trigger skills up. I didn’t and haven’t and you can see how badly I did… I guess I’m a ‘good’ bad example, if that makes sense.

Comments

Meh… I sucked… — 14 Comments

  1. Are you sure that you didn’t have at that target with a shotgun? ;^) (j/k)

  2. Sheee-it, them groups are positively GREAT, compared to the everyday ones I see at the range I work at. The average pistol shooter is capable of keeping most of his rounds on a 3 ft square backer at 20 feet. As long as he or she is not trying to rapid fire.

  3. Darn!!! You’ll just HAVE to go back and work on your skills some more!!!

    🙂 Not bad groups, certainly enough to give a person a pretty good “tap” on the shoulder that they should reconsider attacking you.

    Agreed on dry fire – it ain’t glitzy, but it’s effective!

  4. Isn’t it depressing how fast skills degrade. Ask me how I know….

  5. “I either need a keeper or to quit trying to rush out the door at 0 dark 30.”

    hehehehehehe

    At least you got some range time!

  6. Roger- Those should be three inch groups or better… sigh…

    WSF- True, but not up to what I consider my ‘standard’…

    Bill- Good point!

    Rick/Skip- I’m there with ya…

    Julie- Well, there IS that… 😀

  7. What is “coon finger”?
    Sounds like something Paula Dean might be accused of saying.

    That Kahr 9 is a long pull each shot. No rapid fire for you!

  8. 1. Double the group to account for real defensive use stress, and it’s still an effective group.

    2. Ed Bonderenka — “Coon fingering” refers to the behavior of a racoon that looks like nervous, compulsive touching. Like a gunny faced with a new gun. No racial element, anymore than the word “niggardly”.