M&P's at the range

[Rick_A]

The wife took her new guns to the range. She hasn't fired anything in about a years time and she's getting a bit recoil sensitive.

We started with the 22 Compact.

She thought it was shooting low initially.


It looked okay to me.


The kid tried it out, but the trigger was a bit tough for him and his hold wasn't secure enough to avoid frequent user induced stovepipes. He was definitely bummed by it, but he's used to heavy guns with 2-3lb trigger pulls.

Then the Shield nine.

I thought she did pretty well there and I didn't mind it, either.


It fired a little high for me.


The wife's shooting was at 5yds and mine at 7.

I like the guns, but my own personal guns of the same type are a bit fancier. Her 22 makes a great trainer and mine's just a good cheater (compensated, match triggered Ruger 22/45). My Springfield RO Compact 1911 is my preference in a 9mm, but the Shield effectively does the same job for half the price.

They're not a bad pair.
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[jimmib]

I am not a 10 ring guy so looks like you had a good time to me...no sense in having pistols if you don't enjoy shooting them

[Johnmuratore]

I think you all did fine.

[Saudade]

You would have definitely ruined that coyote's day whether he had 4 legs or 2!!

[Htown]

Looks fine to me. Keep up the practice

[Rick_A]

On another thread someone suggested using larger targets. I think the wife was discouraged for not having many in the black, but that's a bit unreasonable to expect when the target is only 2" across.

[MSG Glenn]

My criteria for shooting SD guns is "would the shots have incapacitated the attacker?"

I'd give a good resounding "yes''.

[Rick_A]

Agreed. "Minute of face" at close range is generally my criteria for fast shooting.