Long winter at the range

[GypsmJim]

Isn't that what we/you practice with a hand gun at the range for.

I DO practice at the range with my carry guns. But, they have neither white dots or red inserts.

 

[Arminius]

I DO practice at the range with my carry guns. But, they have neither white dots or red inserts.

Having the lenses in my eyes changed out for synthetic allowed me to shoot again 15 years ago.

 

[GypsmJim]

Wow. A little black paint to cover the white dots sure beats eye surgery......LOL.

 

[MountainPilot]

Just got my “Judge”
can’t wait to get off the road and go play in My backyard! Did I mention how I LOVE Tennessee living

 

[Arminius]

Just got my “Judge”
can’t wait to get off the road and go play in My backyard! Did I mention how I LOVE Tennessee living

I settled on an X5 pellet pistol for the backyard. It has adjustable elevation on the rear sight and is a serious copy of the Sig 226 (which also comes in .22.) It only shoots one pellet at a time and lacks comparable drama.

 

[Woody]

I been target practicing out my kitchen window lately. The squirrels chewed up some wiring on my truck, 500 buck repair. I shoot them during the day, every night something comes and takes the corpses away. My vision has gotten poor and I shake like a MFer, gave up on my pistol, started using my rifle.

 

[Arminius]

I grew up with a Colt Woodsman .22 but gave it up. Later, I thought I would get into guns as Susan is a long time NRA member. Favoring a cheap gun, I bought a Taurus TX-22 but Susan said it was not a real gun. I eventually got to two full size 9mm pistols to put us on the same footing on the range, ending that discussion.

Back to the TX-22, a competition upgrade includes

a long barrel and a big ejection port on the slide. I was curious about red dots so I bought a cheap one and screwed it directly to the barrel. It is end-of-the-range accurate and doesn't subject the optics to the crazy shock loads of a slide installation.

The Walther CCP also has a barrel fixed to the frame like a .22, substituting "soft coil" for the typical tilting barrel Remington action. I put a 9mm barrel on my .380 using a shop vice and simple jigs (and a hammer). Walther honors its lifetime guarantee but does not sell parts. They declined to send me a 9mm recoil spring as I had a registered .380. I just noticed that my extractor had flown away with 9mm rounds and a light .380 spring. This experiment is over and I replaced the .380 barrel. At least I learned a lot including striker operation. Let's just say I would never have another. My 9s have hammers as do all real guns.

Yes, the Walther is a filthy gun as combustion gases are routed to a mini shock absorbing barrel and then released inside the shell, also making it a hot pistol.

 

[OllieC]

Looks like there’s some 2-4-C in there? Highly recommended for better bolt action.

 

[Arminius]

I've been waiting for someone to comment about cleaning a polymer pistol with gasoline.

Least I don't use embalming fluid. How did you address the domestic zombie menace?

 

[Arminius]

Looks like there’s some 2-4-C in there? Highly recommended for better bolt action.

I did go to a synthetic gun oil out of an excess of caution. The yellow crust may be the residue in this hot gun. In the future, I will minimize oiling and uses a hollow needle type applicator say for the slide rails. Our favorite range's version of hospitality comes in an oil can.

 

[Arminius]

Maybe add a plywood sight ramp with orange paint?

Today, I was having excellent results with the TH-9 at Paine Field range and talked to the counter people. I said I was lining up the three dots and overlaying the center on the target, like Sig advises. They told me they train new shooters to work off the line established by the tops of the three posts and to balance the target in the center. That's really bad. That extra 16th" I took off the front post would have dropped the point of impact abysmally. They think the dots are just there for night shooting. Better read the operator's manual.

 

[GypsmJim]

Least I don't use embalming fluid. How did you address the domestic zombie menace?

I don't understand how zombies correlate to firearm cleaning.

 

[GypsmJim]

Today, I was having excellent results with the TH-9 at Paine Field range and talked to the counter people. I said I was lining up the three dots and overlaying the center on the target, like Sig advises. They told me they train new shooters to work off the line established by the tops of the three posts and to balance the target in the center. That's really bad. That extra 16th" I took off the front post would have dropped the point of impact abysmally. They think the dots are just there for night shooting. Better read the operator's manual.

Lining up the top of the post is how Bullseye shooters are taught (competitive shooting matches).

Guns with white dots are intended for combat, not a scored target shooting match.

Chopping off the top of the front blade will RAISE the point of impact.

 

[blaster]

Today, I was having excellent results with the TH-9 at Paine Field range and talked to the counter people. I said I was lining up the three dots and overlaying the center on the target, like Sig advises. They told me they train new shooters to work off the line established by the tops of the three posts and to balance the target in the center. That's really bad. That extra 16th" I took off the front post would have dropped the point of impact abysmally. They think the dots are just there for night shooting. Better read the operator's manual.

@Arminius perhaps you should work on your limp wristed grip. Rifle or pistol the way you hold your grip has everything to do with your accuracy.

 

[Arminius]

I don't understand how zombies correlate to firearm cleaning.

Your parents had a hitch on their hearse so I assume they were morticians who kept bodies on ice around the house. I would have worried about reanimation. Embalming fluid is formaldehyde, an excellent solvent and cleaning agent. Or maybe it was just an Animal House rig. I would definitely go for the .45.

 

[Arminius]

Pistols generally don't have adjustable elevation. I bought the Walther because it came with 3 front sights. I installed the shortest to raise the impact point. Any confusion above was grammatical. The posts are not sights but are there to support the sighted in white dots. I learned many years ago to balance the target on the front sight, the "six o'clock hold." Glock introduced the dots and the "Combat" sight picture superimposing the sight directly over the target. Maybe the army uses it in combat, maybe not. For us it is just a description of the sight picture. It looks to me as if the special forces use red dots because they can't be expected to learn to aim iron sights in their short tours. I would not rely on anything that was battery operated myself. Stupid ray guns!

 

[KrazyKarl]

I feel sorry for anyone existing on west coast as far as firearms go.
We here in Indiana can carry & shoot just about anything we care to use.
We have constitutional carry, I had my lifetime CCL long before that law came about. I'm a rifle person myself because I can hit a barn from the inside with a pistol.
I like shooting military surplus rifles & my favorite is the Mosin Nagant 91/30 PU sniper rifle.
I have been spending most of my spare time this winter at our club range shooting every rifle I own. It almost boating season here the weather is getting warmer.

 

[OllieC]

Least I don't use embalming fluid. How did you address the domestic zombie menace?

Rule#1 - During a zombie apocalypse, no place is safe, only safer.

 

[GypsmJim]

I feel sorry for anyone existing on west coast as far as firearms go.
We here in Indiana can carry & shoot just about anything we care to use.
We have constitutional carry, I had my lifetime CCL long before that law came about. I'm a rifle person myself because I can hit a barn from the inside with a pistol.
I like shooting military surplus rifles & my favorite is the Mosin Nagant 91/30 PU sniper rifle.
I have been spending most of my spare time this winter at our club range shooting every rifle I own. It almost boating season here the weather is getting warmer.

A M-N is also one of my favorites. But you can't beat an O3A3 or a 1917 or a Garand.

I live in NY. Lots of bad press here. Nevertheless I can shoot any kind of rifle or pistol anywhere any time with no issues (except a machine gun of course).

With the availability of an indoor range, 24/7 and only $40 a year I shoot every single week.

 

[Arminius]

Help! I cleaned Susan's P320XComp Macro but it randomly failed to feed and I am to blame. It is unfair. Beyond the barrel, oiling the slide rails and meticulous carbon removal, I brushed the carbon off the tops of the followers on her four 17 rd mags pretty much for looks. At the range she is having jams caused by rounds not rising in the mags. They could be a bit nose down. She just bought another 1000 rds of 147 grain under the belief it will be easier on her hands and blames me. I'll give her a box of my 115 but all was well before I cleaned her gun. At least she made a good dinner. If it will cycle 115s, I'll open and clean the mags laying a thin trail of silicone brake grease down the interior of the mags where the bullet noses come to rest. Wish we still had exposed, self-lubricating lead.

I gave her my Sig 2022 to shoot with 6 full mags but she gave it back claiming the handle was dirty. I'd kinda like to work her into a full size duty pistol but she has a carry permit she never uses. So much of this gun culture is in the head. I informally poll the shooters at the Gun Club and they generally assert self defense. Good way to get killed and they all have insurance anyway.