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So...I got my pistols last week, and everyone kept asking me to post my range results. I finally got the the range today.
I was at Targetmaster in Delaware County PA. Very very nice range...and they'll let you do holster work, after you clear it with the range officer. Ammo isn't too bad, and you can rent different pistols and rifles, including some full auto stuff
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Anyway, I took my USPc in .40 and my Ruger 22/45 Mrk. III. My buddy, who's not sure what he wants to purchase yet rented an XD 40 Subcompact (he thinks he wants a glock 27...) and then a S&W 1911 .45
I also had my NS put on my USPc. So while I was waiting for that to happen, I was breaking in the Ruger. I put about 50 rounds through it before the USP showed up from the armorer I was having minor issues with the magazines feeding reliably into the Ruger, the round was getting caught between the bolt and the bottom of the ramp into the chamber. Not sure what's causing it, but I think it might have been a magazine problem. I'm going to work my way through it tomorrow.
The 22/45 is a single action semi automatic. I got mine with the 5.5" stainless bull barrel. The pistols is not quite a tack driver, but it is definately much much more accurate then I'll ever be. Shooting it was such a pleasure. Groups tended towards 3 to 4" freehand at 10 or 15 yrds. That's me, it's definately not the gun.
After my friend got done putting 100 rounds through the XD, he put about 100 through the 22. He loved it so much he's decided he's buying one whenever he buys his full size too. That's a pretty good endorsement huh?
I purchased two boxes of Remington ball ammo for the USP. Put all 100 rounds downrange with no failures of any kind. The USP is not as accurate as the Ruger, but I would expect that. The barrel is just over half the length of the Rugers, and it's built to be a service pistol, and not a target pistol.
Despite that, the groups were decent, and very repeatable, however I think my sites aren't lined up quite right, so I'm going to spend some time this week at the local range working to get them set up correctly. (IE, shooting from rest and stuff...)
I'm very pleased with both, and wish that I could CCW legally. As it is, I'm planning on ordering a Fobus Holster later this week, along with a mag carrier for around the house.
--Jim
I was at Targetmaster in Delaware County PA. Very very nice range...and they'll let you do holster work, after you clear it with the range officer. Ammo isn't too bad, and you can rent different pistols and rifles, including some full auto stuff
. Anyway, I took my USPc in .40 and my Ruger 22/45 Mrk. III. My buddy, who's not sure what he wants to purchase yet rented an XD 40 Subcompact (he thinks he wants a glock 27...) and then a S&W 1911 .45
I also had my NS put on my USPc. So while I was waiting for that to happen, I was breaking in the Ruger. I put about 50 rounds through it before the USP showed up from the armorer
I was having minor issues with the magazines feeding reliably into the Ruger, the round was getting caught between the bolt and the bottom of the ramp into the chamber. Not sure what's causing it, but I think it might have been a magazine problem. I'm going to work my way through it tomorrow.The 22/45 is a single action semi automatic. I got mine with the 5.5" stainless bull barrel. The pistols is not quite a tack driver, but it is definately much much more accurate then I'll ever be. Shooting it was such a pleasure. Groups tended towards 3 to 4" freehand at 10 or 15 yrds. That's me, it's definately not the gun.
After my friend got done putting 100 rounds through the XD, he put about 100 through the 22. He loved it so much he's decided he's buying one whenever he buys his full size too. That's a pretty good endorsement huh?
I purchased two boxes of Remington ball ammo for the USP. Put all 100 rounds downrange with no failures of any kind. The USP is not as accurate as the Ruger, but I would expect that. The barrel is just over half the length of the Rugers, and it's built to be a service pistol, and not a target pistol.
Despite that, the groups were decent, and very repeatable, however I think my sites aren't lined up quite right, so I'm going to spend some time this week at the local range working to get them set up correctly. (IE, shooting from rest and stuff...)
I'm very pleased with both, and wish that I could CCW legally. As it is, I'm planning on ordering a Fobus Holster later this week, along with a mag carrier for around the house.
--Jim
