Greetings all,
I purchased my new "Precious" prior to the last election, and finally got her out to the range on Friday. I didn't have alot of time to devote, but I did learn that I DO need some more serious range time. Up until now, I have been a confirmed/rabid COLT 1911 shooter. I have a steel Govt. and a bitone CCO. I shoot both very well, in fact, the CCO is blindingly accurate. So, needless to say... I was a tad disappointed with my outing.
I was shooting at both police silouette and 25' rapid fire circular targets. With my Colts, I can consistently put all my rounds into the 10 ring every time, and even the head portion if I feel like doing a Mogadishu (sp?) drill. With my XD45 tactical (bitone with thumb safety), I was all over the place! I could only put about 25% or less into the 10 ring.
I figure it was due to not being "broken in" yet, and not 100% used to the slightly fatter grip. There was no pattern to my spread, so it didn't appear to be a flinching or trigger finger placement issue. I am looking forward to more and extended range time to diagnose and correct my issues.
In the meantime, since my camera is on the fritz, can someone (i.e. LutheranPriest or Verk or others) post up pics of their same models? I do plan on eventually adding a Wolff 20# spring on the advice of LP to see if that will help some.
Thanks, Mongo
I purchased my new "Precious" prior to the last election, and finally got her out to the range on Friday. I didn't have alot of time to devote, but I did learn that I DO need some more serious range time. Up until now, I have been a confirmed/rabid COLT 1911 shooter. I have a steel Govt. and a bitone CCO. I shoot both very well, in fact, the CCO is blindingly accurate. So, needless to say... I was a tad disappointed with my outing.
I was shooting at both police silouette and 25' rapid fire circular targets. With my Colts, I can consistently put all my rounds into the 10 ring every time, and even the head portion if I feel like doing a Mogadishu (sp?) drill. With my XD45 tactical (bitone with thumb safety), I was all over the place! I could only put about 25% or less into the 10 ring.
In the meantime, since my camera is on the fritz, can someone (i.e. LutheranPriest or Verk or others) post up pics of their same models? I do plan on eventually adding a Wolff 20# spring on the advice of LP to see if that will help some.
Thanks, Mongo