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Had a half-day today so got to shoot 3 new-to-me guns after work. I brought my first (owned) Glock, a Gen 3 G19, the gorgeous 6" Official Police I got from Jeff Olson, and my $100 Beretta 16 gauge single with some cartridge adapters. Pistol-caliber to 16 GA adapters aren't easy to come by, so I made these by cementing 20 GA Shooter's Box rifled pistol inserts into Little Skeeters 16 to 20 sleeves.
First up was the Beretta with a .38/.357 adapter. I fired 3x5-shot groups with 158gr SWC Specials and another 3 with 125gr JHPs. These were the best I could manage at 20 YD, even making sure the adapter was indexed identically for each shot-
A bit disappointing, for sure. These adapters are rifled, though the lands and grooves are cut rather rough and very shallow. Didn't see any actual keyholing, though some of the holes may have exibited a degree of yawing. Count this one a loss.
Next up was the 9mm adapter with 115gr ball-
Best of 2x10 shot groups, if you can believe it. Definitely a keyhole there too- also a loss. I'd have to conclude these adapters are useless beyond point-blank emergency need.
I finished off the shotgun with some Aguila #1 buckshot-
Nice tight two-shot pattern from the full-choked 16, I think. Recoil in this relatively light gun was stout, but not uncomfortable. I'll put this one in the win column.
Then my buddy handed me an old Stevens 311 12GA double-barrel he wanted to sell me. I fired two shots, liked the gun, but......the action locked up solid afterwards. I'll let him try to diagnose that one before I revisit that idea, lol. Call that a loss.
Next, I put 50 rounds through the Glock in 2-shot rapid aquisition drills-
Man, always that one flyer! Overall though, well, it's a Glock. Zero problems, and soooooo easy to put rounds on target quickly. Definitely a win.
I finished off the box of .38s with my beautiful new (1962) Colt-
The Flyer strikes again, argh!
The service stocks look great, but make DA grouping challenging to be sure- still pretty happy with this gun. I'm calling this one a win too.
Well, win some lose some, but the worst day shooting is better than the best day working!
First up was the Beretta with a .38/.357 adapter. I fired 3x5-shot groups with 158gr SWC Specials and another 3 with 125gr JHPs. These were the best I could manage at 20 YD, even making sure the adapter was indexed identically for each shot-
A bit disappointing, for sure. These adapters are rifled, though the lands and grooves are cut rather rough and very shallow. Didn't see any actual keyholing, though some of the holes may have exibited a degree of yawing. Count this one a loss.
Next up was the 9mm adapter with 115gr ball-
Best of 2x10 shot groups, if you can believe it. Definitely a keyhole there too- also a loss. I'd have to conclude these adapters are useless beyond point-blank emergency need.
I finished off the shotgun with some Aguila #1 buckshot-
Nice tight two-shot pattern from the full-choked 16, I think. Recoil in this relatively light gun was stout, but not uncomfortable. I'll put this one in the win column.
Then my buddy handed me an old Stevens 311 12GA double-barrel he wanted to sell me. I fired two shots, liked the gun, but......the action locked up solid afterwards. I'll let him try to diagnose that one before I revisit that idea, lol. Call that a loss.
Next, I put 50 rounds through the Glock in 2-shot rapid aquisition drills-
Man, always that one flyer! Overall though, well, it's a Glock. Zero problems, and soooooo easy to put rounds on target quickly. Definitely a win.
I finished off the box of .38s with my beautiful new (1962) Colt-
The Flyer strikes again, argh!
The service stocks look great, but make DA grouping challenging to be sure- still pretty happy with this gun. I'm calling this one a win too.
Well, win some lose some, but the worst day shooting is better than the best day working!
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