My old P-09 at 200 yards in New Mexico

[Joe L]

Finally made it back to the mountains of New Mexico to shoot at 200 yards.  This went well.  Here is a rough cut of the video. 

https://youtu.be/g5SxtniWmLg

Joe L

[jwc007]

Good Shooting!   

[Whereisit]

I always enjoy your videos. Good shooting!

[Joe L]

I always enjoy your videos. Good shooting!

Thanks.  I went back to the range this morning to see if I could improve anything but the wind was too tough for me to make good wind calls at 200 yards.  I videoed the fiasco but, if I publish it, it will along the lines of "How to overcompensate for wind at a hilly range at 200 yards with a 9mm pistol".

Joe L

[M1A4ME]

Yes, one of my "must reads" here are your videos.

This morning I showed it to my wife while I watched it and said, "And his videos are why I bought my P09 9MM."  It's still the best shooting center fire semi auto pistol I've ever shot.

[Joe L]

M1A4ME--I'm glad you all enjoyed the rough cut video.  I didn't realize how fortunate I was on Sunday until I watched the footage from Monday's range visit.  Now that was tough.  Full value wind at the shooting bench but velocity dropped at 100 yards to next to nothing at the target.  So I overcompensated, holding too far in to the wind and grouping too many shots on the right side or off the target sheet.  I actually missed the 24"x 30" lead catcher a few time.  I usually get all the shots on the paper, but not on Monday. 

Now that I'm home and rested up from a tough 9-1/2 hour drive in 20-40 mph dust storms on Tuesday, I'll go see what I can do for a video.  I'll just swallow my pride and see if anything helpful or demonstrative can be gleaned from the session video. 

The problem I have after shooting my original P-09 (or my 97BE) is that I dread going back to the striker trigger guns.  Even with a little surface corrosion on the barrel bore of the P-09 due to me putting it up dirty too often years ago, it is extremely repeatable, factory barrel and all.  I can't explain it.  I just like shooting it because I know exactly what to expect from it, and the "muscle memory" from my early bullseye match shooting career with that gun comes back in 20 rounds.

Joe L

[M1A4ME]

Joe, we all know some guns just do a better job than others.  The fit/feel in our hand, the accuracy, the reliability, the way we feel when we carry/shoot them (or even clean/lube them if you're like me.

You have a bond to those accurate hammer fired guns.  I've moved from hammer fired (P07/P09/P01, etc) to striker fired (M&P 5" .40 and Shield Plus 9MM).  Not because they are more accurate or reliable but they do feel good in my hands and parts are so easy to find/buy/install.  The Shield Plus is a great shooting little pistol.  For a good while I kept carrying my P07 when I was by myself and I'd carry the Shield Plus when I was with my wife.  Only because her Equalizer uses the same mags as the Shield Plus.  If my wife was still carrying her CZ75 Compact I'd be carrying my P01.

I know I'd enjoy trying some of the things you do but I probably never will.  I do get a kick out of reading about it when you post about a range trip.

[Joe L]

Made it out to the 100 yard range here locally in Central Texas and I shot the P-09 again, straight from the range bag, no zero change, no barrel cleaning.  Another 60 rounds today, for a total of 180 combined for two range trips in Ruidoso plus today's here.  I shot  the first 10 rounds as sighters and saw that the group was a little too far to the left to leave it alone, so I went two clicks right for the next 50 rounds.  This worked great, although everything grouped about 1/2 a click low, but I decided not to change it, since I was getting a lot of 10 ring hits anyway, and fiddling with the sight yields "unpredictable results" at times.  It was a good day at 100 yards.  With 56 of 60 shots on the repair center including the 10 sighters, 45 of 60 in the black, 18 of 60 in the 10 ring or 30%.  I can't recall ever having that high of a percentage of 10 ring hits at 100 yards! 

I'll post a video of the last 20 shots on the second target later tonight.  I think I shot one sub 6" group and one sub 4" group before my eyes gave out.  It was another good day with my original P-09. 

I really should clean it.  But it might ruin it, LOL.

Joe L

[M1A4ME]

That old P09 is talking to you, Joe.  Listen to it.  "Joe, come back.  You know you want to.  We can do great things together, Joe."

Hard to walk away from something that performs so well.