Post by TMan on Jun 11, 2005 19:51:41 GMT -5
My brother and nephew were here from upstate NY this week. They are deer-hunter, rifle people. My nephew was a competition air-gun shooter in college, but they hadn't shot handguns.
My nephew wanted to shoot a .357 Magnum, so we took the Taurus 608 in .357 Mag; Colt 1911 Trophy Cup 1911 in .45 ACP, H&K P7 PSP in 9mm, and the Bond Arms Cowboy Defender in .410 (8 shot size). They shot them in that order.
I was surprised how good they shot with the .357 Mag Taurus. Lots of bullseye, but like me, they didn't do that well shooting in double-action mode. (Must be a thing in the gene pool).
Then they shot the Colt ( I would have taken the Sig P220 Sport or the Wilson CQB, but there is that safe thing.) I was amazed at how poorly they shot. They were all over the place. The Colt may have a little more felt recoil than the ported .357 Mag, but I was using Winchester WB for the .45 vs. S&B on the .357, so I really doubt it was recoil.
I told them not to worry because they would do better with the P7 because it is very accurate with the internal design of it. My brother really like the feel of the P7, but he didn't shoot any better with it than he did with the Colt, nor did my nephew.
We then switched to the Bond Arms .410. It was good I didn't have a case of ammo or we would still be there. They were grinning from ear-to-ear. Pellets were bouncing of the target/walls/supports and coming back at us, but not with enough velocity to hurt.
So, they had a good time, but left me pondering: why didn't they do as well with the semi-automatics than they did with the revolver. Couldn't be noise factor. Not much difference in sight radius. My brother regularly shoots a .30-06 so it can't be recoil bothering them. With their experience it can't be sight alignment. I'm wondering if it could just be that they were more nervous shooting a semi-automatic.
Anyone have a similar experience or thoughts?
My nephew wanted to shoot a .357 Magnum, so we took the Taurus 608 in .357 Mag; Colt 1911 Trophy Cup 1911 in .45 ACP, H&K P7 PSP in 9mm, and the Bond Arms Cowboy Defender in .410 (8 shot size). They shot them in that order.
I was surprised how good they shot with the .357 Mag Taurus. Lots of bullseye, but like me, they didn't do that well shooting in double-action mode. (Must be a thing in the gene pool).
Then they shot the Colt ( I would have taken the Sig P220 Sport or the Wilson CQB, but there is that safe thing.) I was amazed at how poorly they shot. They were all over the place. The Colt may have a little more felt recoil than the ported .357 Mag, but I was using Winchester WB for the .45 vs. S&B on the .357, so I really doubt it was recoil.
I told them not to worry because they would do better with the P7 because it is very accurate with the internal design of it. My brother really like the feel of the P7, but he didn't shoot any better with it than he did with the Colt, nor did my nephew.
We then switched to the Bond Arms .410. It was good I didn't have a case of ammo or we would still be there. They were grinning from ear-to-ear. Pellets were bouncing of the target/walls/supports and coming back at us, but not with enough velocity to hurt.
So, they had a good time, but left me pondering: why didn't they do as well with the semi-automatics than they did with the revolver. Couldn't be noise factor. Not much difference in sight radius. My brother regularly shoots a .30-06 so it can't be recoil bothering them. With their experience it can't be sight alignment. I'm wondering if it could just be that they were more nervous shooting a semi-automatic.
Anyone have a similar experience or thoughts?
