Elderberry
04-28-2015, 07:58 PM
Finally got to the range today. Over the last few days I field stripped this thing several times and did all the recommended clean outs from the stickies. I also smoothed up some rough edges and corners. One area that concerned me was a very sharp edge on the slide that was scuffing up the barrel just as it started to come out of battery -- the top flat portion of the barrel right at the spot where it locks up to the slide as it enters battery. I could find no evidence of any chamfer on that area of the slide and you could really feel it dragging as you racked it so I put a little chamfer on it and polished up the witness marks it was leaving on the barrel -- seemed to make it feel much smoother. (I know -- shooting it would accomplish the same thing but I didn't have anything better to do.) I also probably cycled the action at least 400 times along with dry firing.
Anyway, I put 250 rounds of 115gr UMC through it today. First off, sub-compacts weren't meant for extended range time -- at least not with my ham hands which are much better suited for full size weapons. But it was fun anyway. Painful, but fun. I ended up with a blister on the inside of my trigger finger where it would rub on the inside of the trigger guard -- Glocks do that to me in the same area and the fix is the same -- polish the plastic smooth like a steel gun...
I shot this thing every way I could think of to make it fail. Right side up, upside down, ghetto blaster, strong hand, weak hand, limp wristed -- no mid-session clean up, no rest breaks no cool down period, no additional lube. 250 times I pulled that trigger and 250 times it went bang and prepared itself for the next shot. Totally flawless.....
Accuracy was what you would expect for a small pistol. I did notice one thing -- as nice as this trigger is, my groups were much tighter if I simply did a "point and shoot" and didn't try to micro-manage the aiming and trigger. For me, with these sights and trigger my groups were half as large if I simply shot it like a close quarters combat weapon -- which, oddly enough, is exactly what it is -- rather than trying to make a target gun out of it....
Overall I am quite pleased with it and I could certainly see an all metal higher end version in my future....
OH.... When I got home the mailman had delivered my Pearce grip extensions and my new Kahr 7 round magazine with pinky rest... Looks like I'll just have to go back to the range tomorrow..... :cool:
Anyway, I put 250 rounds of 115gr UMC through it today. First off, sub-compacts weren't meant for extended range time -- at least not with my ham hands which are much better suited for full size weapons. But it was fun anyway. Painful, but fun. I ended up with a blister on the inside of my trigger finger where it would rub on the inside of the trigger guard -- Glocks do that to me in the same area and the fix is the same -- polish the plastic smooth like a steel gun...
I shot this thing every way I could think of to make it fail. Right side up, upside down, ghetto blaster, strong hand, weak hand, limp wristed -- no mid-session clean up, no rest breaks no cool down period, no additional lube. 250 times I pulled that trigger and 250 times it went bang and prepared itself for the next shot. Totally flawless.....
Accuracy was what you would expect for a small pistol. I did notice one thing -- as nice as this trigger is, my groups were much tighter if I simply did a "point and shoot" and didn't try to micro-manage the aiming and trigger. For me, with these sights and trigger my groups were half as large if I simply shot it like a close quarters combat weapon -- which, oddly enough, is exactly what it is -- rather than trying to make a target gun out of it....
Overall I am quite pleased with it and I could certainly see an all metal higher end version in my future....
OH.... When I got home the mailman had delivered my Pearce grip extensions and my new Kahr 7 round magazine with pinky rest... Looks like I'll just have to go back to the range tomorrow..... :cool: