Greetings from that other country where JMB felt at home

[svandamme]

Originally Posted by kramm

Welcome! Are there any other 1911 shooters at your gun club(range)? If there are what do they have?

Well, from what i hear a couple of the older guys have or have had a 1911 Colt.
But i don't often see em at the range shooting it..

Mostly .22 shooters at our range, for competition.
Walther ESP , Hammerlii X ESSE stuff.


There's also a 100 meter range, but those are mostly hunters that come to practice pre-hunting season.

Active Gun ownership is not as obvious in Belgium (though plenty of unregistered guns, some say 2 million guns vs 11 million Belgians).

So i had the choice, either i followed the .22 route, then upgrade eventually to a 9mm , and then a .45..

Or... I figured i might as well get the .45 and buy ammo and reloading equipment with the money i would have spent on the .22 and 9mm...

I feel more content making fewer bigger holes then lot's of tiny ones.
And it's quite fun showing up at the range, and see the heads pop up from the other lanes when the .45 starts making noise

Next on my list, maybe next year, would be a Springfield Armour M1a..
To reach out and touch.


It helps that i live on a small hill, one of the few hills where the Britts managed to keep control during WW1..Maybe i should try digging, i might find some Brittish officer 1911 in .445 webbley in my backgarden

[Sheepdog]

Congratulations on your new purchase and welcome.

[Riverpigusmc]

Originally Posted by svandamme

Thanks guys,

Went back to the range,
I want to go frequent these early days, so i can get used to the .45, recoil, weight, handling ..

Nevermind them .22's , they aren't mine... Because most folks shoot .22, i can re-use their target cards from the bin instead of stickering the holes i shoot, i simply take another card..

This was 2 x 5 shots at 10 meter , 2 hands



I typically shot groups like this at 25 meters with the .22 club beater, one handed, but like i said, i'm still busy on getting used to it.. I'm not even trying to hard to be really accurate..

The gun itself is shooting very low, when i got it, dead center aim was almost off the target card. clicked it up , but it's still not quite there.
I read this might because the Fiocchi ammo is slightly hot, and hot loads shoot low , not sure if that makes sense?

Generally with someone not used to larger calibre pistols, shooting low can be "recoil anticipation"..pushing forward with the pistol when the trigger is squeezed. My advice is to practice dry firing at a target at home, and watch what your sights are doing when the trigger breaks..it can be enlightening. Sometimes putting something such as a coin on top of the slide can help during dry fire drills, if the slide is flat enough. Good luck, and welcome

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[svandamme]

Originally Posted by Riverpigusmc

Generally with someone not used to larger calibre pistols, shooting low can be "recoil anticipation"..pushing forward with the pistol when the trigger is squeezed. My advice is to practice dry firing at a target at home, and watch what your sights are doing when the trigger breaks..it can be enlightening. Sometimes putting something such as a coin on top of the slide can help during dry fire drills, if the slide is flat enough. Good luck, and welcome

Been doing just that, every evening
No movement, but then again, one would not expect recoil during a dry fire so it changes things in that end.

Anyway, i think i'll get used to it real soon, i'll make sure to get plenty of practice now so the routine set's in.

[svandamme]

Originally Posted by Riverpigusmc

Generally with someone not used to larger calibre pistols, shooting low can be "recoil anticipation"..pushing forward with the pistol when the trigger is squeezed. My advice is to practice dry firing at a target at home, and watch what your sights are doing when the trigger breaks..it can be enlightening. Sometimes putting something such as a coin on top of the slide can help during dry fire drills, if the slide is flat enough. Good luck, and welcome

Back from the range, 50 rounds.
Oddly enough now i was anticipating the recoil .. If i tried to aim slowly, i'de flinch on the trigger. bad. with flyers going real low, and pulling the trigger but feeling the hesitation and aborting
I think i'm jinxed now


But not to worry, decided to just forget the slow aim and start popping off intuitively... from low position, raise up 2 handed, and pop one off right away.

And low and behold, I was putting some really tight groups in at 10 meter. 9's and 10's. several groups with one hole in another...


note to self, hold blackberry still when taking a pic.

[Riverpigusmc]

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