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!
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.
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.
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.
