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Well unfortunately, everywhere around here only had Speer Gold Dot 200gr ammo so it cost me about 40 bucks to shoot 40 rounds (eek!) but it was worth it to finally get to shoot my XD for the first time.
A little background, I haven't shot a pistol in about 3 years and I have never previously shot a .45 so today was sure an experience.
My first mag of ammo (9 rounds) was at 15 yards and I was all over the target, in fact, I completely missed the target twice.
So, I set out a new target at 7 yards and had about 1 inch to 1.5 inch groups shooting a little low of the bullseye (I'm not confident that my sights are in fact set for a 6 o'clock shooting position), but at least my groups were tight so I was very happy with the overall set.
My third set was 14 shots. Each shot was well within an inch of each other (most were around half an inch to a quarter of an inch apart). I was still shooting low but that's ok, i'm sure it's mostly my shooting and lack of experience.
The 200gr ammo was pretty snappy, especially considering i'm a small guy (5'4", 110lbs) but I expected that since everyone on this forum seems to recommend 130gr ammo. I am going to find some cheaper ammo and put about 100 more rounds through the pistol as soon as I can. Yeah, the .45 GAP ammo is expensive as hell but I wouldn't trade this gun for the world. I'm completely sold on the XD!
I also was able to shoot my friend's .357 magnum and his .38 special. I didn't shoot nearly as well with them as I did the XD but they were neat guns. Mike loved the XD and I think he's going to pick one up as soon as he can afford it.
Cheers!
A little background, I haven't shot a pistol in about 3 years and I have never previously shot a .45 so today was sure an experience.
My first mag of ammo (9 rounds) was at 15 yards and I was all over the target, in fact, I completely missed the target twice.
So, I set out a new target at 7 yards and had about 1 inch to 1.5 inch groups shooting a little low of the bullseye (I'm not confident that my sights are in fact set for a 6 o'clock shooting position), but at least my groups were tight so I was very happy with the overall set.
My third set was 14 shots. Each shot was well within an inch of each other (most were around half an inch to a quarter of an inch apart). I was still shooting low but that's ok, i'm sure it's mostly my shooting and lack of experience.
The 200gr ammo was pretty snappy, especially considering i'm a small guy (5'4", 110lbs) but I expected that since everyone on this forum seems to recommend 130gr ammo. I am going to find some cheaper ammo and put about 100 more rounds through the pistol as soon as I can. Yeah, the .45 GAP ammo is expensive as hell but I wouldn't trade this gun for the world. I'm completely sold on the XD!
I also was able to shoot my friend's .357 magnum and his .38 special. I didn't shoot nearly as well with them as I did the XD but they were neat guns. Mike loved the XD and I think he's going to pick one up as soon as he can afford it.
Cheers!