shooter521
Certified Glock Nut
Hit the range today with fellow INGO'ers akaindy (Aaron) and GunInfected1 (Jason). Goal was to run pistol drills, and lots of 'em. Aaron and I needed to get tuned up before the Magpul Dynamics course next weekend, and Jason needed to continue to work on some basics, given that he is still fairly new to shooting. Secondary goals included putting some more rounds through my new Kahr P380 and breaking in my new AGP Saiga-12 mags, and Aaron wanted to try out the new M4 stock adapter he had made for his Benelli M3 and function test the registered SBR lower he recently completed.
We started out with the dreaded Dot Torture (http://pistol-training.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/dot-torture-target.pdf). This is an excellent course of fire for practicing the basics of sight alignment and trigger control. We ran through that a couple times, then introduced Jason to the 4-point draw and the concept of body indexing, breaking down the steps and working through the process dry before doing a few magazines' worth of draw and fire drills.
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We then rolled into Magpul Dynamics' "BSA" (Balance of Speed and Accuracy) pistol drill:
Target is an 8" circle (I believe Magpul uses a 10" circle, but 8" is what we had)
Start with the gun holstered, hands at centerline
3 yards
Draw and fire 2 rounds (2 sec)
Draw and fire 3 rounds (2 sec)
Draw and fire 4 rounds (2 sec)
Draw and fire 5 rounds (2 sec)
5 yards
Draw and fire 2 rounds (2 sec)
10 yards
Draw and fire 2 rounds (2 sec)
15 yards
Draw and fire 2 rounds (2 sec)
25 yards
Draw and fire 2 rounds (2 sec)
35 yards
Draw and fire 2 rounds, kneeling (4 sec)
50 yards
Draw and fire 1 round (4 sec)
(due to range constraints, we had to simulate this by shooting at a 4" circle at 25 yards)
We ran that twice, then broke out the Kahr P380 and did a little bit of long range shooting just for grins. To my surprise, we were able to hit steel Pepper Poppers at with some regularity at 35 yards, consistently at 25 yards, and 100% of the time at 15 yards. Very impressive for a pocket gun. The Kahr now has 435 rounds through it with zero malfunctions and no cleaning.
After retiring the mousegun, we brought out the cannons.
My new 8-round AGP magazines worked well; I only had one malfunction (a stovepipe that was quickly cleared) with one mag, in about 40 rounds. Ammo was Remington "Gun Club" #7-1/2 shot.
A testament to the Saiga's controllability - two hulls in the air and the bolt about to release a third, and the muzzle is absolutely flat. I love this friggin' gun!
Aaron rocked his Benelli M3, sporting an M4 stock adapter that he machined himself (because nobody makes jack **** for the M3's). He shot some of his granddad's old reloads, which were smokey and nasty but all went "bang". They didn't have enough "oomph" to cycle the action semi-automatically, so he was forced to operate the gun to pump mode. I caught a couple neat pics:
After our shotgun fun, we headed over to the rifle range for some carbine and pistol work. First, Aaron ran my 10.5" LMT upper on his registered lower:
Then Jason got busy with Aaron's 16" carbine:
While I shot some test footage with my new Hero Cam, both hat-mounted:
and on the gun:
We ended by doing some multiple-target walk-up drills from 25 yards to contact distance:
It was a productive and extremely enjoyable day at the range, spent with good friends. Looking forward to the next one!
We started out with the dreaded Dot Torture (http://pistol-training.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/dot-torture-target.pdf). This is an excellent course of fire for practicing the basics of sight alignment and trigger control. We ran through that a couple times, then introduced Jason to the 4-point draw and the concept of body indexing, breaking down the steps and working through the process dry before doing a few magazines' worth of draw and fire drills.
http://s72.photobucket.com/albums/i...5_16_10/?action=view¤t=jason_double.flvWe then rolled into Magpul Dynamics' "BSA" (Balance of Speed and Accuracy) pistol drill:
Target is an 8" circle (I believe Magpul uses a 10" circle, but 8" is what we had)
Start with the gun holstered, hands at centerline
3 yards
Draw and fire 2 rounds (2 sec)
Draw and fire 3 rounds (2 sec)
Draw and fire 4 rounds (2 sec)
Draw and fire 5 rounds (2 sec)
5 yards
Draw and fire 2 rounds (2 sec)
10 yards
Draw and fire 2 rounds (2 sec)
15 yards
Draw and fire 2 rounds (2 sec)
25 yards
Draw and fire 2 rounds (2 sec)
35 yards
Draw and fire 2 rounds, kneeling (4 sec)
50 yards
Draw and fire 1 round (4 sec)
(due to range constraints, we had to simulate this by shooting at a 4" circle at 25 yards)
We ran that twice, then broke out the Kahr P380 and did a little bit of long range shooting just for grins. To my surprise, we were able to hit steel Pepper Poppers at with some regularity at 35 yards, consistently at 25 yards, and 100% of the time at 15 yards. Very impressive for a pocket gun. The Kahr now has 435 rounds through it with zero malfunctions and no cleaning.
After retiring the mousegun, we brought out the cannons.
My new 8-round AGP magazines worked well; I only had one malfunction (a stovepipe that was quickly cleared) with one mag, in about 40 rounds. Ammo was Remington "Gun Club" #7-1/2 shot.
A testament to the Saiga's controllability - two hulls in the air and the bolt about to release a third, and the muzzle is absolutely flat. I love this friggin' gun!
Aaron rocked his Benelli M3, sporting an M4 stock adapter that he machined himself (because nobody makes jack **** for the M3's). He shot some of his granddad's old reloads, which were smokey and nasty but all went "bang". They didn't have enough "oomph" to cycle the action semi-automatically, so he was forced to operate the gun to pump mode. I caught a couple neat pics:
After our shotgun fun, we headed over to the rifle range for some carbine and pistol work. First, Aaron ran my 10.5" LMT upper on his registered lower:
Then Jason got busy with Aaron's 16" carbine:
While I shot some test footage with my new Hero Cam, both hat-mounted:
and on the gun:
We ended by doing some multiple-target walk-up drills from 25 yards to contact distance:
It was a productive and extremely enjoyable day at the range, spent with good friends. Looking forward to the next one!
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