Got a chance to head out to the range the other day at work.
I went through a few cylinders full of 246g Winchester cowboy loads I had laying around the house for a few years to get a feel for the gun and see how bad the recoil was. These are some nice shooting, fairly mild loads and I really believe they'd get the job done if I had to use them in a pinch for self defense.
I also brought along a handful of some Speer Gold Dots (200g) as they would most likely be my carry load. They also shot accurate from self defense positions and didn't recoil much worse than the cowboy loads, although you could tell there was an extra bit of "oomph" to them.
All of my shooting was from the 10 yard line. Here's a pic of 15 rounds with about 12 of them being the Cowboy loads and the few Gold Dots. These were fired double action taking my time.
I've ordered some cheap .44 spc ammo for another little X-mas gift, so I'll be able to really see what this gun is capable of after then. I do think this will be a "carry a lot- shoot very little" type of gun.
I have to qualify with my duty gun on the 11th of this month and will have to qualify with this one also if I want to tote it off-duty. 25 round course should be a piece of cake. If no problems arise, I'll have a pretty good feel for it and enough confidence in it to see if it'll replace my K frame .38 CCW.
EW
I went through a few cylinders full of 246g Winchester cowboy loads I had laying around the house for a few years to get a feel for the gun and see how bad the recoil was. These are some nice shooting, fairly mild loads and I really believe they'd get the job done if I had to use them in a pinch for self defense.
I also brought along a handful of some Speer Gold Dots (200g) as they would most likely be my carry load. They also shot accurate from self defense positions and didn't recoil much worse than the cowboy loads, although you could tell there was an extra bit of "oomph" to them.
All of my shooting was from the 10 yard line. Here's a pic of 15 rounds with about 12 of them being the Cowboy loads and the few Gold Dots. These were fired double action taking my time.
I've ordered some cheap .44 spc ammo for another little X-mas gift, so I'll be able to really see what this gun is capable of after then. I do think this will be a "carry a lot- shoot very little" type of gun.
I have to qualify with my duty gun on the 11th of this month and will have to qualify with this one also if I want to tote it off-duty. 25 round course should be a piece of cake. If no problems arise, I'll have a pretty good feel for it and enough confidence in it to see if it'll replace my K frame .38 CCW.
EW
