Sunday’s trip to the range went well for the most part. We had a couple of misfeeds with Damsel’s Warthog, but both happened when we used the ‘funky’ magazine – the one with the ‘pinkie extension.’ It’s not a stock Para magazine and the plastic cap on the bottom of the magazine does not fit very well. I think it’s time to get a stock Para Cap and re-spring that magazine. Damsel also was a bit critical of her grip when it had the stovepipe seen here. The other 98 rounds went through the Warthog without incident.
We also took my Glocks, the G26 9mm and the G30 .45 – 100 rounds went through each of those as well. I used the first silhouette target I put up at seven yards to do some “Mozambique” practice with the Glock 30 – two to the chest, one to the head, with the 10th round back to the chest. I did OK with that – the holes in the target are discernible in the accompanying image, but less than optimum – next time I will bring a sheet of yellow or green paper to put behind the target to improve visibility of the holes.
We also brought a couple of S&W guns with us – my 686 .357 revolver and my 908 9mm semi-automatic. We shot a little more than 50 rounds of .38 special through the revolver – since it’s a 7-round capacity cylinder, there is always a left-over round out of a box of 50 rounds.
The little ‘workhorse’ – the 908 9mm, saw about 50 rounds of ammo as well. The 908s are great little guns – they never complain as long as you replace the spring guide and recoil spring once in a while.
Finally, we took out the 12 and 20 gauge Remington 870s and shot up a couple more silhouette targets with 25 rounds of each gauge. I took some videos of Damsel shooting her 20 gauge and our 12 gauge, but I inadvertently had the little Canon A710 on a ‘color swap’ setting and the videos didn’t turn out well so they weren’t suitable to post.
The ammo report: last week I was unable to buy .45 reloads – this week they had them but no 9mm reloads. Fortunately, we had some on hand that we bought at a local sports emporium.
One thing that can be said about this session: Damn, it was a good time, satisfying and a lot of fun.