Peter M. Eick
Member
My Baer PII is approaching 9000 rounds fired and I have not shot it in now 2 years so I figured today was a good day to shoot it a bit.
All targets are 15 yrds, 50 shots, offhand.
This load was pretty good but I noted I was stringing across the target. I could feel I was pulling the shots up and down at a diagonal.
I got the healing problem under control but I found that I was scattering after the mag changes. I needed to work on a consistent grip after a mag change.
This target the paper ripped so it seems like I chewed up more than I did. I am still having a bit of mag change scatter but it is coming together.
Finally I was starting to get tired. Several of the fliers are called. I blew the high shot, left low and hard right. I knew it when I pulled the trigger.
So, I put 800 rounds down 2 45's today at the range and I learned 2 things for sure. First off I need to work on my upper body strength. I was pretty worn out after that and 2 I need to focus on my grip of the gun. Too variable all in all.
As to the Baer, it sucked up all of the loads. No errors or problems. Shot well and was very reliable. A few more range sessions like this and I will get the gun up to 10,000 rounds which is my goal for this year. It is sure a fun 1911 to shoot and I really enjoy it because it was my first 1911 I bought and I still enjoy shooting it.
The other learning is I need to shoot autooaders more. My skills with the autoloaders are way down when compared to say 5 years ago. I think I spent too much time trying to master the revolver lately! Back to Auto's for a while!
All targets are 15 yrds, 50 shots, offhand.
This load was pretty good but I noted I was stringing across the target. I could feel I was pulling the shots up and down at a diagonal.
I got the healing problem under control but I found that I was scattering after the mag changes. I needed to work on a consistent grip after a mag change.
This target the paper ripped so it seems like I chewed up more than I did. I am still having a bit of mag change scatter but it is coming together.
Finally I was starting to get tired. Several of the fliers are called. I blew the high shot, left low and hard right. I knew it when I pulled the trigger.
So, I put 800 rounds down 2 45's today at the range and I learned 2 things for sure. First off I need to work on my upper body strength. I was pretty worn out after that and 2 I need to focus on my grip of the gun. Too variable all in all.
As to the Baer, it sucked up all of the loads. No errors or problems. Shot well and was very reliable. A few more range sessions like this and I will get the gun up to 10,000 rounds which is my goal for this year. It is sure a fun 1911 to shoot and I really enjoy it because it was my first 1911 I bought and I still enjoy shooting it.
The other learning is I need to shoot autooaders more. My skills with the autoloaders are way down when compared to say 5 years ago. I think I spent too much time trying to master the revolver lately! Back to Auto's for a while!