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Offline Joe L

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P-10F for a bullseye match gun...YES
« on: March 10, 2019, 05:03:21 PM »
Finally got back to the range for some bullseye practice with my P-10F, still with the Springer dovetail mount that Earl Keese provided, still waiting on a OR plate from CZ Custom. 

It was cool, windy, and threatening rain in the desert today, so I only set up a camera with a long lens next to the shooter position aimed at the target (and cropped).  I won't show you the shotgun targets for the first 40 rounds as I re-learned the striker trigger and confronted my eyesight problems once again.  But, I settled down pretty quickly and then shot the next three targets...

https://youtu.be/xXpT9_gZqO8

This is the first practice session with the gun where I had any consistency and where I shot three consecutive 96 or better score targets.  This is 97B"E" results for me.  P-09 results when I was shooting it the best.  I knew from the 50 yard bench groups that the gun was fine mechanically.  What I wasn't sure of was whether or not I could actually learn to shoot a full sized striker fired gun well enough to be competitive in a bullseye match.  Today's practice session is a good indication that, yes, I can learn to shoot my P-10F at least as well as my previous cemterfire bullseye match guns (97B"E", P-09). 

This is fun.  This is not easy. 

Joe
CZ-75B 9mm and Kadet, 97B"E", two P-09's, P-07, P-10C, P-10F, P-10S, MTR

Offline armoredman

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Re: P-10F for a bullseye match gun...YES
« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2019, 06:38:43 PM »
Outstanding!  ;D 8)

Offline Earl Keese

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Re: P-10F for a bullseye match gun...YES
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2019, 07:13:31 PM »
Great news!

Offline Joe L

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Re: P-10F for a bullseye match gun...YES
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2019, 08:15:45 PM »
Today, the key to good results was going on auto pilot while shooting the pistol.  I wasn't thinking about prepping the trigger, how much pressure I could put on it, nothing about consciously regarding the trigger pull itself.  Today, the weather and new video gear were helpful distractions.  Shooting the Kadet first would have resulted in me thinking too much about the differences in the trigger pull of a hammer gun versus the striker gun, I think. 

I'm thinking the time spent shooting the pistol from a rest a few weeks ago has paid off, indirectly.  The P-10F (and P-10C) trigger is very, very good, for me, with just a little polishing, a 4 lb Glock spring, and the CGW striker.  It is good for me because it has a wall, I can put some pressure on it without it going off unexpectedly, and this helps me fix the tension in my shooting hand fingers while settling the sight.  Hard to explain. 

I've had to increase the trigger pull in nearly all of my bullseye pistol coinfigurations because I couldn't put any pressure on "light" trigger without it going off too early.  Over the last 6 years I've moved all of my triggers to the 3-4 lb pull range with a little creep.  Light and crisp doesn't work for me.  Heavy and long engagement with the sear or striker works for me.  In some ways, the striker fired guns suit me well, at least in the CZ P-10 configuration. 

Looking forward to mounting the sight a little lower with the OR plate so that the gun is closer to my milled slide P-10C configuration, which I really like. 

Hope to shoot the P-10F at 50 yards, standing, single hand later this week, if other commitments permit. 

Joe
CZ-75B 9mm and Kadet, 97B"E", two P-09's, P-07, P-10C, P-10F, P-10S, MTR