March-May 2020 Your defense carry handgun 10 shot challenge

Class 2
G22.3/.40/9 conversion barrel
94-4X

Class 2
Shield 9mm
90

Class 2
Glock 19.3 + LW barrel
96-3X

Class 2
FN High Power
95-1X
Barely made the time limit as I had an FTE, ejected one of the live rounds, and had to reload the mag.

Class 2
P225
92-1X
Need to get better sights on this one. It has old factory night sights and hits very low for me.

Class 2
P230
80
Surprised how high this printed at 15 since it shot well and to center/POA at 10. But we only get one try for this challenge.

Class 2
LCP gen 1 (very abbreviated sights plus it prints low)
75-1X

RodII
Class 2
86-1X
Sig P230
105 gr. Gallant TFP, WW small pistol primers, 2.4 grs. Bullseye

After posting this I noticed I had used the wrong target, but I had bought a 100 pack of these and they are what I had. My score would have been better with the correct target




My score could have been a little better if I had blacked out the stainless steel sights. The sun was shining bright and the sights where hard to see after a few shots, maybe I could have avoided a couple of the 7's.

Class 1
99 5x's
Model 60 .38 Special 155gr SWC over 4.7 Universal

Nice!

I have my own range, plenty of guns, and plenty of ammo. I figured that I should be contributing to this thread.

That being said, there sure is a lack of revolvers so far. I think I'll help fix that.

The J-frame

luzyfuerza
Class 1
96-4X
S&W 442
.38 special, 3.4 grain International Clays, 158 gr LSWC

The K-frame

luzyfuerza
Class 2
94-1X
S&W 64, 4" barrel
.38 special, 3.4 grain International Clays, 158 gr LSWC

The L-frame

luzyfuerza
Class 2
91-2X
S&W 686, 4" barrel
357 magnum, 6.5 grain Bullseye, 125 grain FMJFP

The N-frame

luzyfuerza
Class 2
97-3X
S&W 28, 4" barrel
357 magnum, 6.5 grain Bullseye, 125 grain FMJFP



Autoloaders come next week! Maybe some more revolvers, too.

The gun was hitting slightly to the left. So I was able to adjust and do better at 15 yds.

GarrettJ
Class 1: 98-3X
Class 2: 99-4X
Class 3: 95-3X
HK P9S
Speer Lawman 147 gr. JFP

Again, shot at 10 yards, then adjusted POA for a better showing at 15 yds. This one kind of falls apart at 25, though.



GarrettJ
Class 1: 95
Class 2: 99-2X
Class 3: 79
Beretta 81BB
.32 ACP - 71 gr. Berry’s, 3.2 gr. AA#5

After shooting the Beretta 81, I only had enough ammo left for one class with the Tomcat. And that’s probably ok, seeing how I did at 10 yards.

I had only brought one mag, and it only holds 7+1. So I fired the first 8, then popped the barrel up to single-load one, fired, and single-loaded again. I still managed to finish in 49.9 seconds.



GarrettJ
Class 1: 85
Beretta 3032 Tomcat
.32 ACP, 71 gr. Berry’s, 3.2 gr. AA#5

GarrettJ said:

Class 2: 99-2X

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Dang!

GarrettJ said:

The gun was hitting slightly to the left. So I was able to adjust and do better at 15 yds.
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GarrettJ
Class 1: 98-3X
Class 2: 99-4X
Class 3: 95-3X
HK P9S
Speer Lawman 147 gr. JFP

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you SURE you didn't use 150% scale when you printed those targets out?

dang nice shooting, and a sexycool gun.

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you SURE you didn't use 150% scale when you printed those targets out?

dang nice shooting, and a sexycool gun.

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Hey, I never thought of that. Hmmm...
Just kidding.

And thanks. It's an interesting gun. The recoil impluse is a little different than on your typical Browning-type handgun. I had bought it several years back and had the barrel threaded for a suppressor host. Since it's got a fixed barrel, it doesn't care how heavy of a can you hang on the end of it.

Wow, this is some tough competition. I'll have 2 entries in each class before Monday and it looks like I had better bring my A game...

Here are my entries: 2 for each class.

Class 1; Score: 96 4x

I'll take it. Not a winning score but good enough for me. Don't shoot a lot of paper so this was a cool experience

Class 2; Score: 90 3x; Glock 23


Class 3; Score: 75 1x; 82 1x if you count that hole off the paper but in the 7 ring. Didn't though because there's another on the bottom right; Glock 23


Class 1; Score: 83 3x; Smith and Wesson 638, shooting 38 Special +p reloads DA


Class 2; Score: 87 2x; S&W 638 DA
Buckled down and focused a bit more with this one


Class 3; Score: 50 1x; S&W 638 DA 38+p
Nothing impressive but I'll get em on the next go-round


Thanks @lionking for another great competition!

Last week was decent with temperatures in the 60s. Just had to get out between rain showers. His week is clear and sunny, but the warm went away. It snowed just enough to stick to the grass yesterday, and it topped out at 34°F this afternoon.

But it was sunny. So that was ok.

I was shooting target loads in the little J-frame. Some people claim standard pressure wadcutters make a pretty good defensive load. That’s not what I carry in the gun, but I find wadcutters shoot well in almost any revolver. Plus they make nice round holes that are easy to score. They just don’t always load very quickly, even with a speed loader so you have to watch the time. They just don’t like to fall in the chambers like RN ammo does. My slowest was at 25 yards, just a hair over 50 seconds.


GarrettJ
S&W 737
Class 1: 95-3X
Class 2: 94-3X
Class 3: 89
.38 Special
Speer HBWC, 3.2 gr. Win 231

And then I brought out the Model 92s. A Taurus, and a couple Berettas.

The Taurus was my first (and last?) panic buy, just after the ‘94 assault weapon ban was passed. Nobody knew what was going to happen, so they were all out buying “hi cap” anything. Because “it might be our last chance to own one of these”.

A few years later the guns were just as available. It wasn’t until 6 or 7 years in that the magazines for some guns finally started getting expensive. But the guns cost the same or a little less.

The Taurus shot ok today, but not as well as I would have liked.


GarrettJ
Class 1: 98-2X
Class 2: 95-3X
Class 3: 79
9mm
Win 124 gr. NATO

Beretta 92FS
Class 1: 100-6X
Class 2: 97-5X
Class 3: 91-1X
9mm
Win 124 gr. NATO