A couple of 380s side by side .
Posted: 30 Jul 2017 19:12
About a 1.5 years ago we bought Ms a Ruger LCP , it fit her hands and is plenty for household pests and unwanted visitors . But it just wasn't any fun to shoot as a result it doesn't get shot as much as it should to be proficient .
I went to the Cross roads of the West with no designs on anything as far as buying a gun goes . Just a set of target steel plates and maybe pad up some ammo that is lagging . But there was this table with a couple of PPKS , a Llama , and several more tables with assorted small frame pistols ........ Doomed . When did the issue gun of 007 get so pricey ?
I was good and walked away from the Llama , $325 . Magazines would probably be like hens teeth anyway .
Typically I shy away from poly anything , but the Glock 42 didn't feel bad in hand , infact it felt a lot like the PPKS I had on a loan several years ago .
I'd shot the LCP with Federal , Privi Partizan and Mag Tech in 75,90&95 gr FMJ and HP as well as my 358-85 RF NOE . It fed and ran fine with just a couple feed bugs and short strokes in the hand loads and I can live with that due to source , component age and mixed brass . The load may have been on the low side also . Pie plate is no trouble draw to Weaver stance and apply 2 doubles and a triple , 6+1 . Well aimed 4-5" is possible at 25yd but after 3-4 runs of even single mags and the fun is gone . It requires work to keep shooting .
The Glock is slightly larger than the LCP but keeps the 6+1 . The fuller and slightly longer grip makes shooting much more pleasant . We shot 85 rd 50 Win 95 gr FMJ RF and the last 35 cast loads on hand .
I shot some well aimed 25 yd shots , 4 groups of 6 in 4" clusters of 2 touching 2 touching and 2 that wandered off all alone . Stepping in closer to the 7yd line . Draw and fire 3 doubles into 4" and easy to repeat .
For fun I plinked off a few rounds at my buddies steel plate stand at 50 yd and the 8" plate was a challenge but easy enough once the range was found . He brought along a couple of the softball sized self healing reactive targets and we rolled them around for 4-5 mags worth making regular hits at 20-35 yd .
I went to the Cross roads of the West with no designs on anything as far as buying a gun goes . Just a set of target steel plates and maybe pad up some ammo that is lagging . But there was this table with a couple of PPKS , a Llama , and several more tables with assorted small frame pistols ........ Doomed . When did the issue gun of 007 get so pricey ?
I was good and walked away from the Llama , $325 . Magazines would probably be like hens teeth anyway .
Typically I shy away from poly anything , but the Glock 42 didn't feel bad in hand , infact it felt a lot like the PPKS I had on a loan several years ago .
I'd shot the LCP with Federal , Privi Partizan and Mag Tech in 75,90&95 gr FMJ and HP as well as my 358-85 RF NOE . It fed and ran fine with just a couple feed bugs and short strokes in the hand loads and I can live with that due to source , component age and mixed brass . The load may have been on the low side also . Pie plate is no trouble draw to Weaver stance and apply 2 doubles and a triple , 6+1 . Well aimed 4-5" is possible at 25yd but after 3-4 runs of even single mags and the fun is gone . It requires work to keep shooting .
The Glock is slightly larger than the LCP but keeps the 6+1 . The fuller and slightly longer grip makes shooting much more pleasant . We shot 85 rd 50 Win 95 gr FMJ RF and the last 35 cast loads on hand .
I shot some well aimed 25 yd shots , 4 groups of 6 in 4" clusters of 2 touching 2 touching and 2 that wandered off all alone . Stepping in closer to the 7yd line . Draw and fire 3 doubles into 4" and easy to repeat .
For fun I plinked off a few rounds at my buddies steel plate stand at 50 yd and the 8" plate was a challenge but easy enough once the range was found . He brought along a couple of the softball sized self healing reactive targets and we rolled them around for 4-5 mags worth making regular hits at 20-35 yd .