After two shots at 25 yards to make sure the sight was centered from the factory, I changed the target and moved my old Bull-X target stand to the 100 yard berm.
I was using a Merit Optical Device, which is like a little peep sight that attaches to your shooting glasses with a suction cup, to shoot this three shot group from my bench rest:
I am not that good, ever, with these kind of sights. When I looked through the spotting scope and saw it, I quit while I was ahead, and went and pulled the target for posterity! I used the rest of the box to wear out a 12" diamond-shaped steel plate offhand at 100 yards. I can see why Tuco and others like these babies for offhand shooting.
I haven't heard many good things about the post-64 model 94's, although I have shot many pre-64's growing up and was never that impressed in my callow youth, because I wanted power and a scope. This one was slick, especially for a new gun, without being sloppy. I still haven't decided yet on whether to put a tang or receiver sight on it. Gonna think on it. Here's a slightly better picture of the gun:
One of the problems with being old enough to have acquired too many guns (but not old enough to be retired and have lots of time) is that none of them get enough range time. I took this Colt New Frontier .22 with me also today, just about as much fun as you can have after your joints start to ache:
And lastly, I also took this new to me Sig-Sauer P6 (P225 here) 9mm, a German police trade in. I've heard varying things about the wear on various lots of these guns that have been imported; the recent batch of around 40,000 seems pretty good. A local dealer has them for $299.00 with box, test target, and a spare magazine. They also have a manual, if you can read German! This one has the slightest bit of wear on the outside, looked like new on the inside, and handled solids and hollowpoints with aplomb. Very nice gun:
There you have it, a day at the range. May all of you have good luck this weekend.
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