My evening at the range: 2 different handguns, 2 different brands of ammo, 43 of 50 rounds resulting in variations on misfeed, stovepipe, etc. ...
The bright side: I have now had a lot of practice at what to do in those situations ...
The down side: cut the evening short cause its not as much fun when you have to deal with that after every gorram shot ...
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My evening at the range
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GeekGrl
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My evening at the range
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What type of pistol were you shooting? Some semi-autos are super sensitive to "limp-wristing". Make sure you're "breaking" at your elbows. =]
Check out Todd Jarrett and his "kung fu grip". It helped me get better with my 1911.
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echoing what red said, stove pipe malfunctions due to an inrigid wrist are very common for persons of diminutive build. i'd like to hear more details, also..
i really like revolvers for most people, so much simpler in every sense. never jam, brass is was easier to police up (evidence?). plus, if you need more than 6 rounds, you've put yourself into a really bad situation.
i really like revolvers for most people, so much simpler in every sense. never jam, brass is was easier to police up (evidence?). plus, if you need more than 6 rounds, you've put yourself into a really bad situation.
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I love wheel guns but a lot of new shooters don't do well with the double action trigger. I can't shoot as well with a revo as I could my 1911. The reliability, ammo flexibility and simplicity outweigh the double action trigger in my opinion.xaos wrote: i really like revolvers for most people, so much simpler in every sense. never jam, brass is was easier to police up (evidence?). plus, if you need more than 6 rounds, you've put yourself into a really bad situation.
Plus, Taurus makes a 7 shot .357 snubbie, it's my carry gun:
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red wrote:What type of pistol were you shooting? Some semi-autos are super sensitive to "limp-wristing". Make sure you're "breaking" at your elbows. =]
The handgun in question (a Sig P226 .22) is one I've used numerous times and never had those problems with (previously it happened about once in 100 rounds). It is, however, a rental and we reckoned it was probably more an issue of the weapon hadn't been cleaned in a while aggravated by lower quality ammo. When we switched to the couple rounds of better ammo we had, it did slightly better (as in I got two rounds off before it misfed, etc.)xaos wrote:echoing what red said, stove pipe malfunctions due to an inrigid wrist are very common for persons of diminutive build. i'd like to hear more details, also..
Appreciate the suggestions, though! We did consider the grip as part of the issue, but the mate I was with was watching for that and didn't think it was the problem. We'll see how it goes next time ...
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