NE Firearm BS

Ran my Ruger SR 22 at an indoor 50’ pistol range. Fun little gun, but definitely not a target pistol, at least not in my hands.

 

.45 ACP outdoor range session. First the S&W Shield.
Then, laid down a mag with the full-sized M&P, onto the same target.

Finally, rang some steel. (It’s a little tricky operating a phone camera with one hand and a .45 ACP subcompact pistol with the other hand.)

 

I'm still running all irons. I've embraced the blurr.

 

Me too, irons only. Although, I do have some pistols with fiber optic sights.

I’m seeing more and more red-dot-sights at the range.

I now hear folks referring to fiber optic sights as being iron sights. I guess compared to a red-dot they are.

 

Mixed bag for me.
My 365xl and the g43x both have holosuns.
My new P229 Legion is still irons.
Absolutely nothing wrong with irons. Especially Sig...
But, after trying the red dot... Especially for a EDC, won't go back.

 

I understand the appeal of the red dot. I may get there yet.

 

Red dots ftw, although over a longer distance I am much better with irons with a pistol.

 

In a defensive situation, close range shooting would likely not involve sights at all. Point and shoot.

Some folks train in that paradigm. I don’t, but maybe I should.

 

In the end, training is key.
No matter which doctrine one follows, if it cannot be implemented effectively under extreme stress, it is useless at best, and dangerous at worse.
Regardless, getting on target, as quickly as possible, will help.
But, I agree.
It is also not really practical to train for every eventuality.

 

Agreed.

 

This is the full-sized .45 I shot today. Very nice pistol. Good shooter.
I also like the fact that is the same round capacity for everyone. Ten round mags for all. Not 17 for some locations and 10 for us. It really doesn’t matter, but I do like the fact that we can have it here, in its original configuration.

 

Don't have a .45.
I debate on it, but. When/if I do, it'll likely be a 1911.
As it is, the 1911 I'm after right now, is a Sig Nightmare in .357sig.
Did snag the wife a FPC the other day. She's been after something lighter, and not bolt action for "plinking". Lightest PCC I can get my hands on.

 

Just picked up a G41 that I haven't had time to shoot yet, but I have a kimber 1911 stainless that's a blast to plink with from time to time. The issue with owning too many caliber rifles is well.. too many calibers to buy and organize/store.

 

I've never found anything that felt better in my hand than an M1911A1. I picked this one up several years ago (have an all original 1944 Remington Rand too) - a 1944 RR frame with a Korean War vintage Colt replacement slide. Pretty much what I carried in the first few years of my Army career before we switched to the (crappy) Beretta M9s. This was the first 7 rounds I fired out of it. I shoot a pistol left handed - I pushed one round.

 

I highly recommend against it. One of my first ever pistols was a Sig 1911 in 45. It was a beautiful gun. I absolutely loved shooting it.....and I absolutely HATED cleaning it. It is by far one of the most time consuming firearms to fully clean in existence. It got so bad that I always made excuses not to shoot it and it literally became a museum piece. I ended up getting rid of it because of it.

Then I moved to a Beretta 92FS 9mm. One of the best well oiled machine guns I have ever owned. Easy to clean, accurate as hell, and never malfunctioned. Only problem was that is was quite large and heavy for everyday carry. Then I moved to the S&W M&P 2.0 9mm. Never looked back.
Currently in my arsenal:
●S&W M&P 2.0 9mm
●S&W Shield .45 (everyday carry)
●Ruger SR 22
●Remington 870 12 gauge with Bullpup Unlimited conversion kit
●Ruger 10/22 with High Tower Armory 90/22 conversion kit
●Tavor X95
●Henry AR-7 Survival Rifle
● Ruger PC Carbine Chassis Model
● Troy Carbine AR15 lower, Palmetto Armory upper with a stainless barrel matched with a Nikon P223 scope
● SIG Sauer Sig Cross in 6.5
● Winchester 1895 Gov't in 30-06.

 

FACTS

 

@crashngiggles I hear ya on the 1911 maintenance. Doesn't bother me.
Agreed on the Beretta 92 series. Pistol I was most familiar with until I became a civilian.

But, been on a slow hunt for a .45 or 10mm. Prefer 10mm. Passed up a 1911 in 10mm recently... was gonna go sneak up and see if it's still there... but, I have a tax bill to pay next week. So.. no spending at the moment.

 

Lots of different things I’d like the have or try but instead concentrate on certain common calibers. When possible also common mags like having a pistol / pcc combo both using Glock mags

 

Very true with this statement. This is why the basic calibers that I have is .22, 9mm, .45, .223/5.56mm which are the most common. I just got the Sig Cross so I am new to 6.5 creedmoor and if I wanted to go common, I would have gone .308 but I really wanted the 6.5.....it has advantages (less recoil) and disadvantages (less mushrooming upon impact) compared to the .308 but I am still happy with my purchase. Then both fit into the same 7.62 mag and roughly have the same velocity.