range report 8/5/11

range report 7/31/11

Got out on Sunday for some shooting. Shot SK ammo with the izzy. Actually had three instances of doubling. After each I cleaned the chamber face with a dental pick. I guess the gun was just dirty or perhaps SK ammo is a little more sensitive. Anyway, those 3 doubling incidents threw off some of my targets. Going through the basics: Stance - I've got this one down, I feel pretty comfortable with my stance. Breathing - Another one that I pretty much have down. I am taking a big inhale on raising the pistol and then slowly exhaling during my shots. In slow-fire I am trying to only take 2-3 shots at a time so I don't run out of breath. I have been shooting the slow-fire relatively quickly, not resetting the gun after each shot. Grip - Feels pretty good, occasionally I will get it a little off and the gun will twist slightly in my hand, but otherwise the gun feels good. I ordered some grips from Dick Horton that are going to be custom made to fit my hand, so that will be really exciting to get those on the izzy. Sights - I've been doing better letting the dot find the center of the bull and it doesn't feel so 'heavy' where I was having a hard time getting the dot onto the center. I am trying not to be entirely reactionary to the dot moving into the center, but more reactionary in terms of starting the press while the dot is in the black. Trigger - This is the hard one for me. My first shot tends to be a jerk of the trigger even though I don't intend that. Its almost like the first shot feels heavier on the trigger than the subsequent shots. I know that's not true, but I think part of it is that I follow-through on the trigger and then let it out only enough to feel it reset before the next shot. I need to work a lot more on my first-shot trigger control.

range report - 7/28/11

Had a pretty good outing yesterday, two matches above 800 which was nice, that is kind of my goal right now, a consistent set of matches above 800. Still need to improve my slow-fire scores, finding that to be a challenge. The izzy doubled on me once during my warm-up. It still put those two shots really close together, but obviously don't want it doubling. I took a dental pick and cleaned the chamber face good and the problem didn't reoccur during the session. I did have two jams during slow-fire, one where the round fed high and one where it fed low, both times failing to seat into the chamber and let the slide close. Other than that, no other problems in about 400 rounds of Wolf MT. The Les Baer broke a screw on the optic mount during my last range session, so I'm waiting on some replacement screws before I resume shooting the gun.

range report 7/24/11

Had some problems with the .45 today. The next found would fail to feed several times, and at one point the slide stop fell out of the gun. Weird. I lubed the rails of the slide but that didn't entirely cure the problem. Then a screw fell out of the scope mount and threw off my zero, so I didn't end up getting any .45 practice in while I struggled to figure out the problem. The .45 has been a real love/hate relationship. Anyway, shot pretty well with the Izzy including my FIRST cleaned target.

range report 7/23/11

range report 7/14-15

range report 7/10/2011

Had my first incident with the izzy doubling on me once. Kind of strange, guess I need to clean the chamber face. The cyclic rate was REALLY fast, I almost didn't notice it double. Seemed like the shot still was on target too.