Anyone here into firearms?

urdeliveryguy

Went to a gun show. Somehow only manage to walk out with the full sized M&p9 I had my eyes on for the last few months.



Pic of my LCR .38 with my shield.

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Rusty

Does your 9mm Shield bulge the caes? My wife's does to the point that I can't reload them.

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Pushing_Tin

I don't have an AR, just a couple of semi-auto pistols and a shot gun for home defense. I love going to the range though, I try and go at least once a month when I can find ammo.

ZKindaGuy

For that very reason I purchased a couple of Dillon Blue Press reloaders (XL-650 and Super-1050) so I can make my own .223 and 45 ACP ammo. I can make 2 to 3 times the number of rounds doing the reloading than if I were to pay over the counter for the same amount of ammo. My reloads are extremely precise, consistent and accurate, much better than over-the-counter store-bought ammo.

rufio11

I just bought my first gun this year, a Springfield xd 40, and I love it. I'm what you would call a natural shooter

Pushing_Tin

I have two S&W M&Ps a full size 9 and a compact for concealed carry.

tvfreakazoid

Sweet. I'm looking into getting a xd 45 in the near future. But I want the xd M version. But i hear it's not approved for cali unfortunately. How do you like it so far?

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racerxj17

its all about the glock! i have 4 glocks......a S&W .38, 870 shotty, 22 long rifle, and a 30-06. still working on the collection

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grahfz

I _LOVE_ my XD45. 13+1 fo-fi acp.
Actually went down and applied for my concealed this morning.

Sparhax

I have a 1911 and I love it. The bullets are expensive and hard to find (and a bit over kill) but I like the way it feels in my hand (that's what she said). I thought shooting would be easy, just point and shoot kind of thing but my first time i barely hit the target paper! Everyone should learn how to shoot.

ZKindaGuy

I use a Kimber Team Match II .45 ACP which is the model used by the U.S.A. Shooting Rapid Fire Pistol Team. Expensive ($1370) but extremely accurate.

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Crash

My results from the shooting range with the AR-15. 50 yards with a standard 3-peg sight. No scopes or anything. (And I have bad vision! LOL)

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MightyBobo

Egads man - something tells me smooth trigger pull and breathing may be an issue for you lol. Eyesight probably doesn't help either...

I think my grouping looked like that when I was shooting 100+ yards, and I dont really have much depth perception since I'm left-eye dominant and I shoot righty. Gotta close that damn eye /sigh.

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Crash

I was holding my breath. I have VERY poor eye sight though. I don't wear glasses or anything, so seeing the target at 50yrds was a slight issue. But I don't shoot all that often. Again, I don't own a gun. But considering this was my first time shooting this gun and I was using that stupid "W" style iron sight, I think I did rather well.

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ZKindaGuy

At least you were hitting the target. But as was previously said you may be having one or more problems such as breathing, inconsistent trigger pull, bad stance, recoil reaction or anticipation.

You really do however want to work on at first at least grouping the shots somewhere on the target and then you want to to eventually move that group to either the center of the target OR placing the group at will to one area on the target...it doesn't necessarily have to be the center as long as you are choosing the single area to place the group at.

One thing I would do to get yourself grouping is to begin by sighting the rifle with the target placed at 25 feet. Work on a proper and consistent stance, trigger pull and breathing. As you start to develop target groupings then begin moving the target out from you using 25 foot incremenets and adjust the rifle sights to compensate accordingly. Keep developing the groups. If you start to scatter then stay at that target distance until you figure out what it is you are doing wrong. As you progress just keep moving the target out at 25 foot increments until you reach the final desired distince you wish to have the rifle sighted for.

Another thing you can do to improve the grouping is to progressively reduce the size of your grouping POINT down until you are just shooting a at a single 1/2" size diameter DOT you place or mark somewhere onto a target. However, I would not do this particular exercise until you are making at least a 2" to 2.5" grouping going somewhere on the entire target while doing the 25 foot progressive incemented thing I previously described above.

These are exercises I use to improve both my rifle and handgun accurancy that I learned when I was shooting nationals in bow & arrow.