Joe Williams
Shooter
- Jun 26, 2008
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Took my XD9sc to the range again today for another "get to know each other" session. On the menu was 100 rounds of 115 grain WWB ball ammo and 50 rounds of Independance 115 grain ball. My best friend came along, always fun for both of us.
Didn't feel like plain ole target shooting today. Decided it was time to get back to working on a series of different drills. Started off with the Indepencance, and 50 rounds of draw and double taps. Well, 40. Rick put 5 downrange, then put 5 into the head of my target.
Opened up the WWB. I'm not really a fan of this ammo. It's never very accurate for me, but it's accurate enough for what I was doing today. And it's a good brass generator
Spent the next 90 rounds (not the 100 on I wrote on the target, I forgot I let Rick put another 10 through my gun) engaged in various forms of practice. Carried my gun bag down range to simulate leaving a store with groceries. Draw and double tap. 10 yards, and 10 feet, 10 rounds at each. Ditched the bag, and closed the range to two feet. Draw and engage twice, 10 rounds each time. Here is where the injured man boob came into play. I drew, indexed just fine and dandy, and fired. About half way through my string, for some strange reason, instead of canting the gun I held it upright, and the slide hammered poor righty. OUCH!!! Much to my surprise, the gun didn't jam, just kept trucking along. Rick asked why I'd hesitated partway through, then laughed when he found out why I was rubbing my chest LOL. I didn't make that same mistake for the next string!! Started at 10 feet, drew and fired while backpedaling as fast as possible. I've always enjoyed this drill. You go from basically contact shooting, to point shooting, to aimed fire very quickly. Another 20 rounds down the tube. Back to 10 yards, 10 rounds each strong hand & weak hand, rapid fire, head shots. 10 more draw and double tap, and all my ammo was gone for the day 
That makes 300 rounds through my new gun. No malfunctions, though I certainly couldn't have complained if I'd had the one. My impressions from the first trip about my gun have been strengthened. It's a soft shooting, easy to hit with gun. After today, I can add fast shooting to that, also. It's just a very pleasant and easy to shoot gun. I couldn't be more pleased. As for my shooting, I'm rusty, and would have liked to see better, but I reckon I could at least give a bad guy a good scare
Rick was also favorably impressed the gun, though he thought it was snappier than I do. He particularly liked the sleeve on the back up mags that basically give you a full length grip with that magazine in.
Still doesn't change the fact that my ribs and booby hurt LOL.
Target 1: 50 rounds of Independance ammo:
Target 2: 100 rounds of WWB
Didn't feel like plain ole target shooting today. Decided it was time to get back to working on a series of different drills. Started off with the Indepencance, and 50 rounds of draw and double taps. Well, 40. Rick put 5 downrange, then put 5 into the head of my target.
Opened up the WWB. I'm not really a fan of this ammo. It's never very accurate for me, but it's accurate enough for what I was doing today. And it's a good brass generator
Spent the next 90 rounds (not the 100 on I wrote on the target, I forgot I let Rick put another 10 through my gun) engaged in various forms of practice. Carried my gun bag down range to simulate leaving a store with groceries. Draw and double tap. 10 yards, and 10 feet, 10 rounds at each. Ditched the bag, and closed the range to two feet. Draw and engage twice, 10 rounds each time. Here is where the injured man boob came into play. I drew, indexed just fine and dandy, and fired. About half way through my string, for some strange reason, instead of canting the gun I held it upright, and the slide hammered poor righty. OUCH!!! Much to my surprise, the gun didn't jam, just kept trucking along. Rick asked why I'd hesitated partway through, then laughed when he found out why I was rubbing my chest LOL. I didn't make that same mistake for the next string!! Started at 10 feet, drew and fired while backpedaling as fast as possible. I've always enjoyed this drill. You go from basically contact shooting, to point shooting, to aimed fire very quickly. Another 20 rounds down the tube. Back to 10 yards, 10 rounds each strong hand & weak hand, rapid fire, head shots. 10 more draw and double tap, and all my ammo was gone for the day That makes 300 rounds through my new gun. No malfunctions, though I certainly couldn't have complained if I'd had the one. My impressions from the first trip about my gun have been strengthened. It's a soft shooting, easy to hit with gun. After today, I can add fast shooting to that, also. It's just a very pleasant and easy to shoot gun. I couldn't be more pleased. As for my shooting, I'm rusty, and would have liked to see better, but I reckon I could at least give a bad guy a good scare
Rick was also favorably impressed the gun, though he thought it was snappier than I do. He particularly liked the sleeve on the back up mags that basically give you a full length grip with that magazine in.
Still doesn't change the fact that my ribs and booby hurt LOL.
Target 1: 50 rounds of Independance ammo:
Target 2: 100 rounds of WWB
I've had my eye on a XD40sc to play nice with my XDm 40 for a little while now, and your range day synopses have made me want one more. Also, where do you get your paladin targets?
