Just shot a couple of hundred rounds with the new M&P9, with Apex trigger and Novak fiber optic front sight. The trigger weight is probably 5 lbs and pretty smooth.
For testing, I fired 50 rounds with my elbows resting on a pad on the bench. Ammo was handloads of Titegroup under 115 grain Berry bullets that have been accurate for me in the past. The result? At 7 yards, a glob of a group, about 4" wide and 6" from top to bottom, to the left a bit, and centered low.
I then went to my Mdl 60 3" with hand loaded 125 grain Rimrock RN lead bullets over 4.2 grains of Trail Boss - a mild load. Firing from a standing position at 7 yards, the result after firing 50 rounds, some SA and some DA, was a 3" hole in the very middle of the black part of the target.
So its either the M&P9, or its me... but in my hands, the Mdl 60 beat the M&P, at least tonight. Are there others who can shoot their revolver(s) better than their semi-autos? I just think that revolvers (in this case, a J frame with a 3" barrel) are inherently more accurate, and for me at least, easier to shoot well.
For testing, I fired 50 rounds with my elbows resting on a pad on the bench. Ammo was handloads of Titegroup under 115 grain Berry bullets that have been accurate for me in the past. The result? At 7 yards, a glob of a group, about 4" wide and 6" from top to bottom, to the left a bit, and centered low.
I then went to my Mdl 60 3" with hand loaded 125 grain Rimrock RN lead bullets over 4.2 grains of Trail Boss - a mild load. Firing from a standing position at 7 yards, the result after firing 50 rounds, some SA and some DA, was a 3" hole in the very middle of the black part of the target.
So its either the M&P9, or its me... but in my hands, the Mdl 60 beat the M&P, at least tonight. Are there others who can shoot their revolver(s) better than their semi-autos? I just think that revolvers (in this case, a J frame with a 3" barrel) are inherently more accurate, and for me at least, easier to shoot well.
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