well went to the range last night

[Mike1959]

Well i went to the range last night, wife was taking a new shooters class and thought, you know i have a brand new pistol never been shot. So broke out the Ruger P95 and a box of FMJ and off we went. Firsat time i have shot a pistol in probably 15 years so wasnt expecting much but wanted to see how gun performed. Here you guys, all feedback is welcomed.



7 Yards rapid fire, scores out 249 out of 250. also didnt have allen wrench so couldnt adjust sights.

Mike

[jack404]

Cool !

Dunno how you score there but i see 3 outside the 9 a couple liners too

dunno how you score them there ..

just ribbin ya

[Mike1959]

Jack, the target gave 5 for everything except 7s or out of center mass. I definately see room for improvement, and once i get sights adjusted and a little practice under my belt i hope to see better groupings.

[jack404]

what range ( distance) ??

[Mike1959]

I was shooting at 7 yards, 2 mags of 15 rapid, the 2 mags of 10 rapid.

[Mike1959]

this is the scoring criteria that was on the target so thats what i used.

[todd51]

Hey, first time out with a new pistol, I think those are excellent results from you and the pistol, thanks for sharing.

[Mike1959]

thanks Todd, i hope to do better with a little work,

[BETH]

hey you hit the target that's all that matters

[Rugermanws]

I think you killed him.... You have something against green people?

[permafrost]

Originally Posted by Rugermanws

I think you killed him.... You have something against green people?

Probably something non-PC here, just can't figure it out yet. I'll dwell on it tonite. By God, I'll find it though and turn him in to the PC police!

[Mike1959]

Originally Posted by Rugermanws

I think you killed him.... You have something against green people?

well my choices were green, orange or zombie so since all the conservationists say go green. and being ecologically repsonsible i went green lol. since it was my first time back after i 15 yr layoff i wasnt ready for zombies

[carver]

Good shooting! Get those sights adjusted, and you're in business! All the targets used to be black, and white, I wonder why that changed???

[Mike1959]

Thanks Carver,

it has been too many years, when adjusting combat style sights on a Ruger p95 what increment of movement would you suggest? Rear sight has allen set screw for windage but no incremental guage that i can see.

thanks

[armoredman]

Same scoring system we used in the Dept. Good shooting. Get used to closer range before moving it back out, and have fun!

[Mike1959]

thanks armoredman,

what ranges do you recommend? i was at 7 yards standing 2 hand grip

thanks

[Rugermanws]

No nothing like that, I shoot at Blue targets....

[armoredman]

3 yards one handed both strong and weak, 7 yards two hand, and a few weak hand, 15 yards two hand and 25 yards two hand slow fire...but work your way out.

[Mike1959]

Originally Posted by armoredman

3 yards one handed both strong and weak, 7 yards two hand, and a few weak hand, 15 yards two hand and 25 yards two hand slow fire...but work your way out.

how many rounds each position? what would total course be worth pointwise? what would be considered passing? thanks.

[armoredman]

Hmm, total rouns was originall 56, including 6 practice rounds, scoring area was the 8 ring of a B-27, and passing was 210, total possible was 250. 240 to 249 was Expert, 250 was Distinguished Expert. I don't have the course of fire handy right here, but it's the old AZ POST standard, 6 rounds at 25 two hand, 6 or 12 at 15, and the bulk was between 3 and 7. The off hand stuff was all at 3 yards, and the mag change drills, (tactical and stress), were both at 7. Been a while.

[mogunner]

The more I shoot my P95 the more I like it. Mine has eaten everything I've throw in it, wasn't a great fan of the steel cased Tulammo, I may try that again later after I have more rounds through it, just seemed underpowered to me, had a couple of delayed chamberings, like the slide hadn't cycled all the way to the rear. Went back to the PMC and Blazer brass ammo and no more problems. Once you get the hang of the trigger, it's accurate as anything I've ever shot in all my years.

[Mike1959]

Mogunner, this is the second P95 i have owned. never had a bit of trouble from the first one, sure hope this one follows same path.

[mogunner]

I picked mine up, new, after shooting a friends that had been through the wringer from all appearance, looked like "truck toolbox" gun when he picked it up on some sort of deal, he's always coming up with pistols that look like they were drug down 10 miles of bad road for next to nothing, but he was happy to pull it out and we spent an afternoon shooting all sorts of ammo through it at different distances and I was much more accurate with it than my SW40VE, and I ain't bad with that. Then my carpal tunnel started acting up and the DAO was just a no-go, even the P95 long trigger on DA I can deal with, especially to get to the nice SA trigger pull. I've heard some describe the P95 trigger pull as "mushy", I think they must be talking about that initial DA pull as neither mine or my friends has anything close.

[Mike1959]

well for me the single action pull is great after the initial take up, breaks nice and clean. DA is a lil bit creepy but still managable for a combat styled pistol. i will keep this 95 even if i come across something better.

thanks for comments mogunner