1000 6.8 SPC rounds in less than one month

Yeah, I couldn't help myself. I loaded up 100 more last night and lit them off after work. My main goal was to keep them on paper. So now this upper is at 1005 rounds. Since October 2nd. Not my highest round count in one month. The highest 6.8 SPC round count, though. The video explains the target. 50 yards.

Quick range test update

I fired my customary 10 rounds through the Palmetto State Armory 6.8 SPCII upper. It is now good to go against any zombies I might see.........






Yeah, I didn't buy that either. I shot around 150-160 rounds through it over the course of 2 hours.

This target is at 50 yards. All shots from a rest. With a red-dot. (More on that later) The center was 15 rounds fired rapidly (have video!) of 100 grain Speer hollow point reloads.  Bottom right and top right are 4 shot groups of Hornaday 120 grain SST factory loads. Top left is Silver State Armory 115 grain OTM. Bottom left is some .223 reloads used to sight in the other red dot (even more on that later)

The PSA was that accurate with the Magpul buis and front post too.......

More of the Speer 100 grain reloads.

Weak ammo

Shot a few through the M&P 9 yesterday. From the Winchester white box 115 grain crap sold at Wallyworld. The gun locked back maybe two times on empty mags. The empties barely fell out of the gun, most landed at my feet. Dropped in some Ranger ammo, worked perfectly. Even the brass itself looked like ass, head stamps were terrible. Might save the rest of the box for failure drills- load a couple in the bottom of each mag, then good stuff on top. Good practice and a reason to not marry yourself to using the slide lock on reloads.

I forgot how much fun .357 Sig is to shoot. Now, that stuff always flew and cycled like it should.

Oh, I forgot to thank Ace for letting me keep his .40 brass. I'll have to make him some reloads some day, as I still have his tumbler......

Video from range trip (HD!)

Painted thing works alright.
Added: They videos are being edited to be shorter and less talky. Gives me a chance to play with the youtube editor stuff.

Added: Whoops, forgot to take down the safety flag. Ace and I had the range to ourselves, so we were checking targets after each string. Bad shooter. I was worried people would come up while we were down range, not that this backstop is very far away.

Range trip

Went shooting with Ace. I should never hand him my guns. He makes them look like bullseye pistols.

 Not sure what he is pointing out here, think it was a g27 group. The top right left was his group with my M&P 357. Full house carry load. Even his LCP group was tight. For an LCP. Or he is pointing out one of his groups with the AR. He did shoot it semi rested once. He's a better rifleman than me, too.

Shot about 170 through the fugly painted gun. Not all in a row, but all mags shot fairly quickly- over 15 minutes or less. No paint burned off. Got the barrel up to 300 degrees. Non-contact thermometer. The MOE handguard was around 140, that may been from the sun. 100 Fiocchi. Shot great. Buy more will I. Also ran some reloads, and new S&B that the 11.5 doesn't like and won't lock back on. The gun ran perfect on some Tula 55 grain I had laying around. Go figure.




We shot both targets, anyway, I did, with the AR. Sometimes back and forth. And sometimes, I'll admit, just shot the gun in the general direction of the targets to get the job done.

Here's me blathering:

Quickie range trip

Shot by me and another shooter at the range. 75 grain Hornady Steel Match. Like the Magpul K Grip. Felt weird asking them to hold the camera, so I watched one of the guys there with me shoot it, too.

I had to remind his grandson to put his ears on once.... The remark was made after I shot the first mag: wow, that is loud WITH hearing protection on...

Oh, target was at 25 yards, offhand, unsupported. On the large aperture.

That was fun

Went to the range, ran a brick (okay, 450 or so) of Rem Golden Bullets through my CMMG 22lr kit in the Armalite 16". If you would believe, 0 misfires and only 1 misfeed the entire batch. I'll attach pictures sometime; I had way too much fun to worry about pics. Those damn things jam up my 10/22, Smith 22A, and any other gun they are exposed to. Go figure.

Okay, maybe I am taking it too easy.

These are pictures of past and recent range outings. The upper pic is at 15 yards and farther. With a striker fired M&P, in 9mm and 40 S&W. Neither have the moronic 12 lb NY trigger. No, I wasn't being shot at at either time. The lower is from my last range trip.

I've thought about the NYC shooting a little more. The dipshit with the .45 was closer than the steel, about at the range I shot the silhouette. And he moved about as much as the silhouette did by watching the video. The high shots on that target are the result of me moving my point of aim up- a 6'5" shooter aiming down causes ricochets off the ground when aiming down to center of mass, so I aimed between the 7 and 8 for 1/2 the shots. My guess in 151 rounds fired at the green target, and 250+ at the steel that trip. With all my poor shooting skills, the silhouette sure looks shot to hell in all the right places. The one miss would have been through the heart or lungs had I been aiming center of mass. Some of the video I posted shows the speed I was shooting, too. Mag dump speed. (with a poorly executed New York Reload included) After a (pistol) layoff of 2 months. (Gawd I love not having people whine because I'm shooting too fast- needed skill, folks)

So, I, as an average CCW holder, could or could not do better than the average NYPD? I don't shoot in matches, and have in the past year fired around 2500 pistol rounds, give or take. Well, maybe I'm not exactly the average CCW holder. I know I'm on the low end for (half ass, on my part) gun bloggers.

Watched the video of the suicide by cop in NYC

My personal opinion on it. Video on CBS here. Grabbed it and screen shot it.

I think most of the blowback online is due to the breathless reporting of "Mass Shooting at Empire State Building" when the actual story is ex-employee shoots boss, then draws on police. The actual shooting takes only a few seconds, from draw to gunman down.

 Here the suspect is starting to draw, with the police behind him.

 Here it looks like his gun is in hand.

 NYPD is moving to cover and shooting.

 Second officer moves away from first.

 Gunman starting to fall.

 Almost down.

And down.

You can see from the bus moving, this did not take very long- 8 seconds at most from the suspect turning to his fall to the ground. Yes, the police fired at a suspect, with a gun, in a crowd of people. It doesn't seem that the police randomly fired into the crowd. (UK Guardian headline) Yes, they did have people behind them get hit. They shot on a crowded street in one of the largest cities in the world. Unfortunately, the police are unable to choose the time and place of the shooting- they have to react, as anyone does, to the situation at hand.

Target pics

Pics from the videos posted below.

I like the way this mosin groups.

The 9mm was NATO and +P Ranger T 124 grain. The 40 was Ranger 180 HP subsonic. Tula "hunting" 148 grain was run in the '43 m91/30.

Shooting like crap- now in HD

Well, some of them, anyway.

Took the 1943 out, had the range to myself, so I whipped out the camera and tripod. The new Mosin has a bayonet allergy, so it was sight adjustment time. Initial shots:

Watch more dirt fly, after adjusting the sights. All shots aimed at the bottom of the target.

Now for the comedy part of our routine:

Wow, I am rusty as hell with a pistol. Glock or M&P, no difference. I flat suck .7 or 10 yards. Yes I hear the zings- they are from the bullets impacting the ground at 80 yards or the side of the berm. I've watched other shooters do it before. But I do adjust my POA for later shots. As seen below.

Remember, I'm 40 lbs lighter than only 6 months ago. Yes, my fly is up.

And my own commentary: