I made it to the range today! The afternoon was sunny and seemed like it was in the high 30s. My fingers were stiff on the cold pistol, but the lighting was beautiful and the wind was light. This was the first time I’ve shot at the Saginaw Field & Stream club. It has an excellent 50 yard pistol range.
I had a small mixture of .22 ammo, which I shot in this order: 50 rounds of Remington Target (standard velocity lead), 5 rounds of Federal Lightning (high-velocity jacketed hollow-point), and the remaining 35 rounds were Remington Thunderbolt (high-velocity jacketed).
Thoughts on the ammo
This was the first time I’ve shot Remington Target rounds, and, frankly, they were great. They felt very consistent and they functioned reliably in my old Ruger Mk II.
The Federal ammo was cheap stuff, and, oh man, was it bad. Of the 5 rounds, 3 stovepiped. And, they felt very inconsistent. The Remington Thunderbolts are also cheap stuff, but they were consistent and functioned fine.
I ran through a practice 900 match (conventional bullseye pistol).
So, here’s how I shot.
| Slow Fire | National Match Course | Timed Fire | Rapid Fire | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF1 | SF2 | SF | TF | RF | TF1 | TF2 | RF1 | RF2 | |
| 88-2X | 88-1X | 81-0X | 93-2X | 97-3X | 94-3X | 93-3X | 97-1X | 91-1X | 822-15X |
That adds up to 822-15X (out of 900 possible). Average score of 91.3.
Really, I had no right to shoot that well, since I haven’t practiced at all for over a year. So, this is a good benchmark to start the season with.
I hope to get out to the range every week, starting in mid-April, and I would like to compete in at least a couple matches by the end of the outdoor season.