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- Oct 3, 2012
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I spent the day with my favorite caliber, God's caliber, the .45 ACP. Indoor range, 15 yards, 112 rounds fired in 30 minutes. Roughly 50%/50% P220 and P245.
24 to the body, 24 to the head. The first magazine to the body was spread a bit vertically, but I got it dialed in pretty quickly.
Next up, same with the P245. POA for the body was the top of the orange box. I got a little wild with the 3rd magazine to the head. The indoor range was pretty hot and sweat was stinging my eyes and I decided "Training opportunity!" and just went with it instead of stopping and clearing my eyes.
The shot down in the arm was from the guy on the lane next to me. He was shooting some sort of .38 at a target at roughly 3 yards and, well, here's his target roughly 2 boxes into it:
End of the session. One magazine into each target, so 8 rounds on the top from the P220 and 6 on the bottom from the P245. The P245 is a 6 o'clock hold and I did not adjust POA, so it was a bit high. The P220 has the Trijicon HD sights and I covered the black dot with the very top of the sight blade, not the orange dot. The 5th shot was a called flier and is the one that's low and right. The first shot was the one that's a bit high and right. The rest were in the dot.
The ammo fired today was mixed brass .45, Winchester LPP, Berry's Bullets 230 gr plated. The body shaped targets were over 4.7gr of Winchester Super Target. The bull's eye targets were over 4.5gr of CFE. I used WST until the ammo panic made it unavailable, but the CFE has turned out to be an excellent powder for .45 ACP.
I've gotten used to the rougher texture of the VZ grips on my P226 and now the P220 feels slick, especially once I started to get sweaty hands. I'll have to remedy that soon. The P220 remains my favorite magazine fed pistol.
Thanks to Indy Trading Post for the range time.
24 to the body, 24 to the head. The first magazine to the body was spread a bit vertically, but I got it dialed in pretty quickly.
Next up, same with the P245. POA for the body was the top of the orange box. I got a little wild with the 3rd magazine to the head. The indoor range was pretty hot and sweat was stinging my eyes and I decided "Training opportunity!" and just went with it instead of stopping and clearing my eyes.
The shot down in the arm was from the guy on the lane next to me. He was shooting some sort of .38 at a target at roughly 3 yards and, well, here's his target roughly 2 boxes into it:
End of the session. One magazine into each target, so 8 rounds on the top from the P220 and 6 on the bottom from the P245. The P245 is a 6 o'clock hold and I did not adjust POA, so it was a bit high. The P220 has the Trijicon HD sights and I covered the black dot with the very top of the sight blade, not the orange dot. The 5th shot was a called flier and is the one that's low and right. The first shot was the one that's a bit high and right. The rest were in the dot.
The ammo fired today was mixed brass .45, Winchester LPP, Berry's Bullets 230 gr plated. The body shaped targets were over 4.7gr of Winchester Super Target. The bull's eye targets were over 4.5gr of CFE. I used WST until the ammo panic made it unavailable, but the CFE has turned out to be an excellent powder for .45 ACP.
I've gotten used to the rougher texture of the VZ grips on my P226 and now the P220 feels slick, especially once I started to get sweaty hands. I'll have to remedy that soon. The P220 remains my favorite magazine fed pistol.
Thanks to Indy Trading Post for the range time.
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