Very Boring Video

I haven't been blogging or much of anything lately except trying to finish up so renovations on my house.

I thought I'd throw up a video of some practice sessions I do at the range. I use the time at the range to practice the basics and try to drill them into my head and muscle memory.

I was using my M&P9 and shooting from 15yds. The fastest I could shoot was about 0.5 - 1.0 sec splits since I was at a range with rules. Luckily, it wasn't too busy so I was "allowed" to shoot "that fast".

100 yard Milk Jugs Shots Using A M&P9

I, at a minimum, go to the range every week to do some pistol or rifle practice.

I mix it up as best I can and use drills that fit within the rules of the particular range.

I have two I can go to where I can cover a fare amount of training.

One of them I can practice rapid fire and drawing from a holster. With these two ingredients and a 25yard max range with targets on a gurney I can cover a lot of drills.

The other range is outside were I can practice with my rifle out to 100yards from various positions like prone, seated, standing, and variations of those positions.

They also have a 100 yard tin can range were I took my .22 Model 41 and my M&P 9mm pistols to practice.

I set up a bunch of 1 pint water bottles and a couple of milk jugs too.

I was able to easily knock off the the 1 pint bottles with my Model 41 and I was able to knock some holes into the milk jugs with my M&P from 100 yards too!

It was a little harder getting it right with the M&P but I hit the milk jugs eventually. I'll have to take may camera next time to see how far off I am to help correct my shots.

All in all, 100 yards shooting with a pistol using iron sights is quite challenging.

First time out with the Purple SunDevil

My wife's first time out with her SD15.

She had a lot of fun and is a natural marksman.

While we were at the range we ran into another friend who was shooting his Remington 7mm magnum bolt gun and she had a go at that too. She shot it just a hair short of a bullseye at 100 yrds. and the recoil didn't bother her much at all! Awesome!


She did an excellent job of learning how to handle her new firearm such as loading, unloading, keeping the finger off the trigger etc. She already has a couple of handgun courses under her belt so that helps for sure.

Sunday Range Day Report

Went to the Los Altos Rod and Gun Club Sunday morning for my "at least" once a week practice session.

This time I only used my handguns. The M&P,S&W952-1,Kimber HD ProCarryII and the S&W M41. I like to shoot a variety of handguns comparing the results and seeing the differences between them. I do that a lot plus I just like to shoot them. They all have there own particular feel and shooting characteristics that I enjoy.

I like to shoot the S&W M41 to warm up with, check for any bad habits (based on the hits) and practice new techniques or hone old techniques like follow through, trigger reset, front sight focusing etc.

I mainly practice with my defensive handgun. I do one handed drills, marksmanship drills and target analysis afterward from varying distances.


One thing I am noticing though is that other participants at the range don't adhere to safety rules very consciensciously. I guess there is a wide range of experience and knowledge when it comes to firearms ownership and safety.

When I bring a friend to the range to shoot for the first time I always stress safety and the five rules:

1) Always assume the gun is loaded.
2) Only put your finger on the trigger when you have your target in the sights.
3) Know your target and what is behind it.
4) Never point you gun at something you are not willing to destroy.
5) When transporting a gun know where your muzzle is pointing.

Then I go from there.

15 Yard Targets (952-1, MP9, Kimber Pro Carry HD II)

Went to the range today and brought an assortment of handguns. I wanted to try each one out side by side to see and feel the various differences.

I shot each one using the same 115 grain 9mm rounds at 15 yards free hand.



12 shots per target.

The first target is a result from the S&W 952-1 Performance Center. I really enjoy shooting this handgun and it is really easy to shoot. I modified it a little by putting a fiber optic front sight on it. This is the handgun I use at the local shooting league to compete with.





The following two targets are from my S&W M&P9. This is a plastic gun designed to compete with the Glocks. I use this gun for all my defensive handgun courses and IPSC matches. It has never let me down and runs perfectly with any type of ammo. The accuracy is not bad at all. I had to move the rear sight a tiny little bit to the right but, that was it. I still have the stock trigger which is fine for me.






The last two targets are from the Kimber Pro Carry HD II chambered in 9mm. I really enjoy shooting this gun. It's very accurate and doesn't muzzle flip very much at all. Part of that is because it has a bull barrel.






The Kimber was easiest to shoot well right out of box for me. The M&P took a little getting used to and is a little flippy, but only compared to the other two guns. The 952-1 is very accurate but you have to be very careful to get good shots because it's not a very forgiving gun.

All the targets turned out to be pretty equal. You just have to know the individual gun to get great results. The 952-1 I am a little more consistent with though then the Kimber then the M&P9.

100 Yards with Aimpoint

I was able to get to the range today and try out the AimPoint CompM4s at 100 yards.

The best I could do was 2MOA which is a 2 inch group of 5 rounds.

The minimum size of the dot is 2MOA so I'm looking at the target and trying to get the exact same spot with a two inch diameter dot covering the target.

Here are some photos of the results:







These targets were created by my Noveske VTAC.

50 yrd targest with AimPoint

Sighting in the AimPoint at 50yds. Here are some of the results. I'm pretty happy with this. I can get very consistent hits at 50yds with a 2MOA sized dot. At 50 yards that means the dot covers an area of 1 inch. The red dot on the target is just over 1 inch so I was able to put the AimPoint red dot inside the tartget. I was getting 2 MOA accuracy on a 5 shot group and 1 MOA accuracy on a 3 shot groups.



This target I almost got a 5 shot 1MOA. But I choked on the last shot because I was being watched! Oh, the pressure.


Here's another example.

My iron sight groups were about 4MOA . It's harder to get a consistent sight picture for me with the iron sights.

I was putting the rifle down and re-aquiring the sight picture with all the above shots and the rifle was sitting on some sand bags.


These targets were created by my Noveske VTAC.