OK, this has been on the wish list for a very long time. Recently things came together and I was finally able to check that particular box. (I had been saving my lunch money up for a SIG P239 SAS Gen 2. Oh well. Maybe next year.) First, the obligatory pictures:
It was purchased as "New, unfired" from GunEnvy in Columbus, OH. I couldn't be more pleased with the transaction. As for the range report, there were no surprises. I fired 150 rounds as follows:
50 – Federal 115-gr FMJ "W-M Special"
50 – Winchester Ranger 147-gr truncated FMJ RA9147FMJ
50 – Dave's handloads (Dave is a friend that throws me a box now and then in return for all the brass I save for him. These particular loads, for those interested: 115-gr FMJ over 4.4 gr Hogdon Titegroup; High 1142, Low 1128, Avg 1135, SD 5.09, extreme spread 13.74; I forget what he was running when he chrony'd these loads, but IIRC it was a G19.)
There were absolutely no issues with function; throws brass high right about four o'clock 4-5 feet out. Muzzle flip is maybe 3-4 degrees and slightly left. The Federal 115s were a bit snappy, the Ranger 147s had more of a "push" but felt more manageable; naturally, Dave's handloads were pretty pleasant to shoot. My overall performance with this can only be said to be "minute of bad guy." It didn't turn me into Jerry Miculek or anything, but I'm certainly no worse with it than I am with anything else. I won't embarrass myself with pictures of targets. Overall I'd say it's a keeper. Of course, if I can teach Mrs. MK86FCC to rack the slide using the "push method" I'm pretty sure I'll have lost it, but that's OK. (The daughter hasn't seen it yet, either. And I think I might be better off keeping it that way.
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I'll probably look to putting night sights on it at some point. Right now I'm leaning toward TruGlo TFOs, but we'll see. And I'll probably contact S&W to get one more "pinky extension" magazine base plate. One drawback - holsters. Because of its profile, there aren't a lot out there to choose from. I have an Old Faithful kit on order, but I'd really like to have an OWB for it as well. I may - may - shoot the OFCC F'n'G at TDI this April 1st with it.
Edit to add:
As I look at the pictures again, it occurs to me it would be sort of cool if they made mag base plates that matched the grip's color.
Yet another ETA:
Forgot to mention, firing included modified-Weaver, strong hand only, and weak hand only. Curiously – or maybe not, I dunno – one hand shooting produced better results than two hand. I must ponder this some.
It was purchased as "New, unfired" from GunEnvy in Columbus, OH. I couldn't be more pleased with the transaction. As for the range report, there were no surprises. I fired 150 rounds as follows:
50 – Federal 115-gr FMJ "W-M Special"
50 – Winchester Ranger 147-gr truncated FMJ RA9147FMJ
50 – Dave's handloads (Dave is a friend that throws me a box now and then in return for all the brass I save for him. These particular loads, for those interested: 115-gr FMJ over 4.4 gr Hogdon Titegroup; High 1142, Low 1128, Avg 1135, SD 5.09, extreme spread 13.74; I forget what he was running when he chrony'd these loads, but IIRC it was a G19.)
There were absolutely no issues with function; throws brass high right about four o'clock 4-5 feet out. Muzzle flip is maybe 3-4 degrees and slightly left. The Federal 115s were a bit snappy, the Ranger 147s had more of a "push" but felt more manageable; naturally, Dave's handloads were pretty pleasant to shoot. My overall performance with this can only be said to be "minute of bad guy." It didn't turn me into Jerry Miculek or anything, but I'm certainly no worse with it than I am with anything else. I won't embarrass myself with pictures of targets. Overall I'd say it's a keeper. Of course, if I can teach Mrs. MK86FCC to rack the slide using the "push method" I'm pretty sure I'll have lost it, but that's OK. (The daughter hasn't seen it yet, either. And I think I might be better off keeping it that way.
) I'll probably look to putting night sights on it at some point. Right now I'm leaning toward TruGlo TFOs, but we'll see. And I'll probably contact S&W to get one more "pinky extension" magazine base plate. One drawback - holsters. Because of its profile, there aren't a lot out there to choose from. I have an Old Faithful kit on order, but I'd really like to have an OWB for it as well. I may - may - shoot the OFCC F'n'G at TDI this April 1st with it.
Edit to add:
As I look at the pictures again, it occurs to me it would be sort of cool if they made mag base plates that matched the grip's color.
Yet another ETA:
Forgot to mention, firing included modified-Weaver, strong hand only, and weak hand only. Curiously – or maybe not, I dunno – one hand shooting produced better results than two hand. I must ponder this some.
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