SimpleGreen
Well-Known Member
And I have sure noticed that lately. And I'm going to admit it! At least with a handgun. Or, at least with a semi automatic.
The time before last when I went to the range my best friend had a G17. I had a 5" M&P9. I was grouping lousy and shooting low, low left, left. My friend was chewing the center out. He jokingly made a remark about my M&P being an awful gun. So, I offered to swap. Off he goes again, chewing the center out...but with my 5" M&P. And I keep up the same trend. I went to the range some time later after I switched to a 4.25" M&P9. I shot it along side my EMP 9MM that I no longer have. Same habits with both guns. The EMP less pronounced, probably due to is SAO trigger pull.
Yesterday we went to Precision. The place was jam packed. Only lane open was the steel plates. I was with another friend who just bought a G34. He hasn't shot a handgun in probably two years, when we sold his G19 when he was laid off. After about 100 rounds through it he was running up to an 80% hit rate I'd say. At one time he managed to knock down all 5 plates with I think 6 or 7 shots.
Pulled out the trusty M&P9 4.25". I used a whole mag trying to get a plate. Once I did get two plates in 17 shots. I switched with my friends G34. About the same results. He, on the other hand, was doing fairly well. About the same as he did with his G34 on his first mag. I resorted to watching him do his thing (he was doing fairly well) as I wasn't too amused at being stared at through the glass while shooting a magazine in a manner that would make Michael J Fox shake his head. The guy from the next lane over who was impatiently waiting to shoot the steel, wasn't doing much good either, aside from making sure I knew I was shooting low. Not that I could tell myself.
Adding insult to injury, I saved the targets from when my ex girlfriend and I went to the range last year. She out shot me with all 4 handguns I owned at the time, including a 1911. Not by a lot, but by enough.
Anywho, it was disappointing. Frustrating. Being inside an indoor shooting range wasn't helping I don't think. I consistently shoot better outside. I think I don't like being watched by a bunch of mall ninjas, being crowded in a room, and I was developing a headache and my throat was starting to burn lightly from the smoke in the air. My next goal is definitely some class time, both for my pistol and rifle. I passed the CHP course just fine but Sunday I felt like I'd be better off throwing the loaded gun at a perp
The time before last when I went to the range my best friend had a G17. I had a 5" M&P9. I was grouping lousy and shooting low, low left, left. My friend was chewing the center out. He jokingly made a remark about my M&P being an awful gun. So, I offered to swap. Off he goes again, chewing the center out...but with my 5" M&P. And I keep up the same trend. I went to the range some time later after I switched to a 4.25" M&P9. I shot it along side my EMP 9MM that I no longer have. Same habits with both guns. The EMP less pronounced, probably due to is SAO trigger pull.
Yesterday we went to Precision. The place was jam packed. Only lane open was the steel plates. I was with another friend who just bought a G34. He hasn't shot a handgun in probably two years, when we sold his G19 when he was laid off. After about 100 rounds through it he was running up to an 80% hit rate I'd say. At one time he managed to knock down all 5 plates with I think 6 or 7 shots.
Pulled out the trusty M&P9 4.25". I used a whole mag trying to get a plate. Once I did get two plates in 17 shots. I switched with my friends G34. About the same results. He, on the other hand, was doing fairly well. About the same as he did with his G34 on his first mag. I resorted to watching him do his thing (he was doing fairly well) as I wasn't too amused at being stared at through the glass while shooting a magazine in a manner that would make Michael J Fox shake his head. The guy from the next lane over who was impatiently waiting to shoot the steel, wasn't doing much good either, aside from making sure I knew I was shooting low. Not that I could tell myself.
Adding insult to injury, I saved the targets from when my ex girlfriend and I went to the range last year. She out shot me with all 4 handguns I owned at the time, including a 1911. Not by a lot, but by enough.
Anywho, it was disappointing. Frustrating. Being inside an indoor shooting range wasn't helping I don't think. I consistently shoot better outside. I think I don't like being watched by a bunch of mall ninjas, being crowded in a room, and I was developing a headache and my throat was starting to burn lightly from the smoke in the air. My next goal is definitely some class time, both for my pistol and rifle. I passed the CHP course just fine but Sunday I felt like I'd be better off throwing the loaded gun at a perp
