range report 2/2

Well I got out to shoot last night. Did some warm up with the izzy
and then went into the official targets. I changed my routine a
little bit and shot all the slow-fire targets first, still alternating
every two targets between the 22 and the 45. I feel like alternating
between guns more frequently helps me establish the mental routine I
need to prepare for the differences between the two grips, the two
triggers, even the two dots.

Anyway, it was a good session. Warm-up I noticed that the izzy was
shooting a little bit left, so I adjusted the zero 5-clicks right and
that seemed to bring things back. I did notice at the end of the
session that the scope mount was a little loose on the izzy, so I'll
need to take it down again and try using some red locktite this time
instead of the blue guntite stuff I've been using. Note to self: do
not use too much locktite; it will migrate down the scope mount holes
and end up on the bolt!

I didn't quite shoot as well with the 45 as I did in my last session.
I kept the Herrett grips on it because I didn't have time to change
them as I was in a rush to get out the door. Still thinking I want to
get some Horton anatomical grips for the Les Baer, if only to try them
and for the 'cool' factor. I LOVE how the izzy looks now that it has
those Horton grips on it. I did shoot better at rapid fire with the
45 than last session, although my slow-fire was down with a few misses
early. I even managed to get my highest rapid fire target yet with
the .45, an 89-2x. I actually had more X's with the 45 than with the
22, although that kind of makes sense given the 45 is cutting twice as
big of hole in the target.

Anyway, I found the grip technique that seems to be working for me
with the 45 in rapid fire. Its called 'SQUEEZE THE CRAP OUT OF THE
GUN'. Now I know, usually you should tighten your grip as much as
possible until you start to see shakes and then relax a bit from
there. But I am finding that when I squeeze the crap out of the grip,
I am getting better rapid-fire results. My average was up 3 points
from the last session. I am having a lot easier time recovering from
the recoil after doing the drills on Tuesday, I just have to remember
that during the recoil cycle, I need to reset and pre-tension the
trigger before the gun has come back on target.

I shot pretty good with the izzy. Actually I should say really good;
I got my second-highest match score yet. But what's kind of
interesting to me is that I'm not shooting very many X's. I'm not
clustering my shots in any one particular location, so I believe I'm
shooting my area of wobble, I just find it interesting that I'm not
nailing the X more often.

Just about finished off the box of SK Pistol Match. Not going to use
it going forward. I thought the SK Pistol Match might be a little bit
better than Wolf MT, even though they are both made by SK, the Pistol
Match ammo was supposed to be a little higher quality I thought. In
any case, I opened one box and found that a bullet had come loose from
the brass! There was powder stuck in the lube on a bunch of the
rounds. I've never experienced this so far in my shooting; finding a
loose bullet in the box. The SK was also giving me alibi's; the
rounds were tending to hang up on the upper lip of the chamber. I
also had two light-strikes. Anyway, I will be switching back to Wolf
MT and maybe Eley Sport. Eley Sport didn't seem to have quite the
same reliability in feeding that Wolf MT has had for me, but I bet if
I lube the mags it will be ok.

.22 Slow Fire Progress


.22 Rapid Fire Progress


.45 Slow Fire Progress


.45 Rapid Fire Progress