Fun at the Range

Sunday was range day. I loaded up the petromuncher with three pistols, more than enough ammo and a variety of targets (including my first attempt at one of Mr. Completely's e-postal matches).

The range was packed which was surprising. Saturday afternoon, overcast and cool? It's deer and waterfowl season! In any case, I found a bench at the 10 yard pistol range and got ready to set up. Pistols uncased, ammo at the ready and magazines loaded. As the line was still hot, I had only a used target to practice on until the range was cleared. I whiled away shooting at the numbers on well used targets. At lease I could see where I was shooting.

Range is cleared and I have my first targets up. Here are some of the results:

First up is the Browning Buckmark .22. Here are the first 20 shots:

Not bad but it could be a LOT better. Over the course of the day it didn't get any better with that pistol. The sights are slightly off in elevation. It was eventually put away in frustration.

Next was the S&W 617 .22. Here's the first group, shot single action:

Now I'll take that any day. The 617 is a ten shot revolver and there are ten shots on that target. Over the course of the day I became even more comfortable with this gun. The trigger in single action has zero creep and it breaks wonderfully. It is still relatively new and the double action trigger is a bit stiff. A couple thousand rounds should solve that problem.

Here's the 617 in double action:

Not too bad given the stiff double action trigger.

Now on to larger things. the HK USP Compact .40 S&W.

Here's the first 12 shot magazine of the day:

Acceptable. The next magazine is just as good:

And finally, three magazines at the central target:

I'll take that kind of shooting all day.

Overall I fired about 170 rounds of .40 S&W and 300 rounds of .22lr. And Ill consider that a fine day at the range.