Been to the range about once a week for the last two months, about 1.5-2 hrs at a time,
Last week took the brother and my new AR and put 100+ rounds of 5.56 down range, 100 rounds through my XD .45, and 50 rounds through my Ruger Lcp. He did great it was his first time ever shooting as he is now 13. Want him to learn firearm safety and take out any mystery from guns, as my father did with me from a much younger age, kids are a lot different now then even when I was younger. I figured it would need to be me as his father passed away a couple years ago.
Today I took my GF with me to the range, she has shot before as her dad was a Marine sniper, and a Washington DC police officer. Yet she hasn't shot a gun in many years. She did excellent with the AR15, she shot about 4 rounds out of the 45, 2 flyers on the edge of the white, and 2 in the 7 ring upper left, before she decided she was uncomfortable shooting the 45 and decided to give it a go the next time.
I managed to put about 180 rounds through my AR yet at 25 yards (longest at shooters choice) my front sight post would be equal to the neck/shoulders of a sillouhete target I am hitting center mass, if I am center mass I am hitting 7-9 inches low, I haven't had a chance to shoot at 100 yards to see if its dead on at that distance. Any opinions?
Shot around 120 rounds out of my XD .45, and man I've come a long way with pistol shooting, I really feel like I have finally got it down, all my shots are going exactly where I want them at slow fire and within 1.5 inches at faster fire. A few months ago I would have never even tried a headshot at 25 yards, today I set my target at 25 yards set my sights a little higher than I would at 7-10 yards controlled my breathing and managed to pull off a nearly perfect shot, 1 inch right of dead center on the head of a silhouette.
Worked on some 7-15 yard, double taps then one to the head, no issues. Shot around 100 rounds when my slide locked backed after the last round, dropped the mag, reloaded put the mag back in and went to release the slide when I noticed I had a stove pipe. The shell Casing was straight between the barrel and slide, a quick rack of the slide took care of the problem and shot another 2 mags full with no issues. This is the first time out of nearly 1000 rounds I have had a single issue whatsoever.
After spending a fortune on ammo recently, and putting in around 2 hours a week at the range, I'm starting to feel a lot better about my quality of shooting.
Hopefully I'll be heading back to the range in the next week or so.
Figured I would just try to keep a running thread on my progress.
Last week took the brother and my new AR and put 100+ rounds of 5.56 down range, 100 rounds through my XD .45, and 50 rounds through my Ruger Lcp. He did great it was his first time ever shooting as he is now 13. Want him to learn firearm safety and take out any mystery from guns, as my father did with me from a much younger age, kids are a lot different now then even when I was younger. I figured it would need to be me as his father passed away a couple years ago.
Today I took my GF with me to the range, she has shot before as her dad was a Marine sniper, and a Washington DC police officer. Yet she hasn't shot a gun in many years. She did excellent with the AR15, she shot about 4 rounds out of the 45, 2 flyers on the edge of the white, and 2 in the 7 ring upper left, before she decided she was uncomfortable shooting the 45 and decided to give it a go the next time.
I managed to put about 180 rounds through my AR yet at 25 yards (longest at shooters choice) my front sight post would be equal to the neck/shoulders of a sillouhete target I am hitting center mass, if I am center mass I am hitting 7-9 inches low, I haven't had a chance to shoot at 100 yards to see if its dead on at that distance. Any opinions?
Shot around 120 rounds out of my XD .45, and man I've come a long way with pistol shooting, I really feel like I have finally got it down, all my shots are going exactly where I want them at slow fire and within 1.5 inches at faster fire. A few months ago I would have never even tried a headshot at 25 yards, today I set my target at 25 yards set my sights a little higher than I would at 7-10 yards controlled my breathing and managed to pull off a nearly perfect shot, 1 inch right of dead center on the head of a silhouette.
Worked on some 7-15 yard, double taps then one to the head, no issues. Shot around 100 rounds when my slide locked backed after the last round, dropped the mag, reloaded put the mag back in and went to release the slide when I noticed I had a stove pipe. The shell Casing was straight between the barrel and slide, a quick rack of the slide took care of the problem and shot another 2 mags full with no issues. This is the first time out of nearly 1000 rounds I have had a single issue whatsoever.
After spending a fortune on ammo recently, and putting in around 2 hours a week at the range, I'm starting to feel a lot better about my quality of shooting.
Hopefully I'll be heading back to the range in the next week or so.
Figured I would just try to keep a running thread on my progress.
A well regulated Militia,
being necessary to the security of a free State,
the right of the people to keep and bear Arms,
shall not be infringed.
being necessary to the security of a free State,
the right of the people to keep and bear Arms,
shall not be infringed.