Week 168: Favorite Weapons

[BN]

K-Frames are awesome. I'll probably try this with some when I get time.

So I drug out some K-Frames.

S&W 4" Model 10: 8.17, 11.05, 9.74, 12.55
S&W 3" Model 10: 11.74
S&W 2" Model 64: 12.96
S&W 4" Model 15: 8.53, 9.47
HiPower: 9.37
G4 G-17: 9.41, 9.99
CZ75 DA/SA: 7.20, 8.62
G3 G-19: 11.89, 9.47, 8.02, 7.51

These are totals for each run.

Things I noticed: Again sights are very important. Part of the time today I was shooting from in the sun, but as the shadows lengthened, I was shooting from the shade. Makes a large difference.

Also, ergonomics and the way the gun cycles make a difference. My hands fit Glocks. The HiPower and the CZ both feel foreign in my hands. They cycle completely different from the Glocks. I have to be much more aware while shooting them.

I had all hits on target except for a few head shots where a combination of hard to see sights and going too fast caused misses.

After all this I have decided that "my" favorite weapon is some sort of Glock. I can do decent work with some others if needed.

[BN]

I thought I would update this a little and break down String 1 and String 2.

String 1. With anything that was a more or less a service type pistol, raw times were from 2.5 to 3 seconds. Often points down would be zero unless I had a head miss and added 2.5 seconds. All pistols were pretty even at this distance. Clear winners were the pistols I am most familiar with.

String 2. Raw times here were mostly between 4 and 5 seconds. The main difference between the pistols were the sights and how well I could see them. All pistols were capable of shooting down zero slow fire. Points down were all operator error.

The novelty pistols were fun to shoot and see just how bad they were. Even at that, they would be better than a sharp stick.

[JAD]

IPSC target
H&K P30 v1 9x19: 2.44-0, 3.65-2, 8.09
Wilson CQB-C .45: 2.69-0.5, 3.42-2, 8.61

All misses were low, mostly at 25. The trigger control issues with the rusty HK were not surprising, but uncharacteristic for the CQB; shooting the P30 first might have jacked with me.

[Mickey]

Well this one gave me a few surprises
Target used IDPA paper.

Sig P229 DA/SA 4.60 8.86 Total 13.46
Sig P229 DA/SA 4.07 8.61 Total 12.68
M&P Shield 9mm 4.03 9.93 Total 13.96
M&P Shield 9mm 3.19 9.50 Total 12.69
Glock 19 3.71 10.44 Total 14.15
Glock 34 3.68 8.93 Total 12.69
P2000 LEM .40. 7.72 16.5 Total 24.22

Things I noticed first thing I noticed was that I didn't read the drill very well because these were all body shots.
I will try to make it out this weekend and do this drill right.
The most surprising thing for me doing this drill was how well I did with the shield I ran it just as well as my Glock 34 on this drill.
I'm sure if a reload or a draw was incorporated into this drill things would shake out different. Also I was surprised by the P229 DA/SA .40, I ran this slightly faster than the other pistols despite me using Federal 180gr factory loads for the 40 and a softer (130PF) reload for the 9mm's.
I obviously couldn't shoot the LEM for anything today.

[Range1]

Target: USPSA Mtric
Gun: Glock 26 Gen3 with G19 Magazine, from concealment using Safariland ALS holster
Score (time plus penalties) for String 1: 4.44
Score (time plus penalties) for String 2: 6.29
Total score (String 1 + String 2): 10.73

Gun: M&PShield 9mm with thumb safety, from concealment using IWB CompTac holster
Score string 1: 9.58 (somehow missed both head shots pushed way low, body shots were all alphas)
Score string 2: 6.99
Total score: 16.57

Still want to do this with a couple other pistols I have. No real surprise time, the weapon type I have shot most was by far the best. Still don't know what happened with the Shield and the head shots. Did not feel myself shove that bad.


Anything you noticed

[Mickey]

Went out and tried this one again today.

Target usedUSPSA Metric
Gun used-Beretta M-9
Score for String 1-5.25
Score for String 2-8.09
Total score-13.34


Gun used-Glock 34
Score for String 1-2.80
Score for String 2-9.61
Total score-12.41


Gun used Sig P229 .40
Score for String 1-4.52
Score for String 2-5.92
Total score-10.94


Gun usedM&P shield 9mm
Score for String 1-4.91
Score for String 2-7.55
Total score-12.46
Anything you noticed- I still outshot my Glock 34 with the Sig P229 .40. I am kind of shocked by that. I still shoot the shield at a surprising level for me, yes it squirms a little during recoil and the slow fire groups aren't the best but I can run it pretty good at speed.

[Luke]

You need to get ahold of a 229 in 9mm and give it a go! And a 19!

[Mickey]

I would but I've already spent too much money chasing the unicorn gun. I'm going to stick to Glock for this year and revisit this again next year. If I still shoot the Sig better, I will make the switch or go to a real Gamerfag gun like the Shadow 2