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So I took the .22 to the range today. Overall, it was a successful outing. I went through one entire box, so I have about 315 rounds through it.
This gun is REAL easy to shoot. I mean, you hardly have any recoil at all, which is both good and bad. It's great when you're new to all this and perfecting your skills, like I am.
I focused primarily on placing the rounds accurately, and that's actually tougher to do than I had though (because of the fps of these .22 rounds). From 10 to 15 feet I can place them pretty good (after adjusting the sight a couple times), but past 15 feet my accuracy gets a little shakey. I've read that the rounds themselves can cause this. These were Federal Target Ammo rounds. I'll try the Federal Champions that I ordered through Cabelas when they arrive next week and note any differences.
The gun is pretty reliable, although I did have 5 or 6 failure to feeds out of the 315 that I shot. Again, this could be due to the ammo. It wasn't a huge deal, though - just re-rack the slide and keep shooting. The gun quickly corrects itself if you have a failure anywhere. The magazines are simple to load, too, due to the loading assist mechanism in these magazines. I've also read that using the assist could account for failures as well due to inconsistent seating of the round within the magazine, so I might try a few magazine loads without using the assist to see.
It's fun to shoot, but I can definitely see first hand that .22s are not the best self defense weapon or round. I'd have to accurately place 4 or 5 rounds into a guy that could probably be taken care of with 1, maybe 2, of a 45 round. But that's fine for now, I'm in no real hurry to upgrade at this point.
The thing that I need to work on is placement beyond 15 feet. Closer than 15 feet I can hit a target the size of a dime. I've read that when you do need to use your weapon in a self defense situation, it's typically between 3 and 7 yards - or 9 and 21 feet. So I have about half of that range nailed down.
I'm looking forward to trying a couple boxes of CCIs to see if those shoot straighter or fail less.
All in all, very nice gun, and super, super easy to use.
This gun is REAL easy to shoot. I mean, you hardly have any recoil at all, which is both good and bad. It's great when you're new to all this and perfecting your skills, like I am.
I focused primarily on placing the rounds accurately, and that's actually tougher to do than I had though (because of the fps of these .22 rounds). From 10 to 15 feet I can place them pretty good (after adjusting the sight a couple times), but past 15 feet my accuracy gets a little shakey. I've read that the rounds themselves can cause this. These were Federal Target Ammo rounds. I'll try the Federal Champions that I ordered through Cabelas when they arrive next week and note any differences.
The gun is pretty reliable, although I did have 5 or 6 failure to feeds out of the 315 that I shot. Again, this could be due to the ammo. It wasn't a huge deal, though - just re-rack the slide and keep shooting. The gun quickly corrects itself if you have a failure anywhere. The magazines are simple to load, too, due to the loading assist mechanism in these magazines. I've also read that using the assist could account for failures as well due to inconsistent seating of the round within the magazine, so I might try a few magazine loads without using the assist to see.
It's fun to shoot, but I can definitely see first hand that .22s are not the best self defense weapon or round. I'd have to accurately place 4 or 5 rounds into a guy that could probably be taken care of with 1, maybe 2, of a 45 round. But that's fine for now, I'm in no real hurry to upgrade at this point.
The thing that I need to work on is placement beyond 15 feet. Closer than 15 feet I can hit a target the size of a dime. I've read that when you do need to use your weapon in a self defense situation, it's typically between 3 and 7 yards - or 9 and 21 feet. So I have about half of that range nailed down.
I'm looking forward to trying a couple boxes of CCIs to see if those shoot straighter or fail less.All in all, very nice gun, and super, super easy to use.
