Beautiful, calm, sunny day in the mountains, no one else around, so I decided to spend some time improving my bench shooting technique. I knew I needed some practice when I couldn't shoot anything better than 6" with my P-09 that I USED to be able to shoot 4" with!
So I set up the target stand at 100 yards, and guessed at the holdover, set an aim point and tried it. First targets were OK at 7", but something was wrong. Decided to adjust the wrist rest so that I could put my elbows on the table, and that did the trick. Here is the CZ-97B"E" video.
https://youtu.be/WvRO491Cw3sI tried the P-07 at 100 yards one more time, but with 147 gr JHP Atlanta Arms match ammo left over from my SIG X-5 days. There are no videos because I couldn't get 5 shots on camera. I won't be trying 147 in the 3.8" gun ever again. 12-16" groups. I shot 6" in the wind with the 115 ammo. Last was the Kadet. I didn't really try very hard after the excellent results with the 97. I just can't go to the range without taking 10-20 shots with the Kadet, no matter what else I'm up to. But no 4" groups with the Kadet today. Couldn't get my head in the game.
Group size with a red dot optic on a pistol is dependent on how well you can duplicate the sight picture for 5 shots in a row. That takes a lot of practice. I don't understand why, but I seem to shoot more consistently if I DON'T use a dust cover rest. I do better if I'm not fighting with a rest to get the sight picture I want. This really is a vision test as much as anything, once you have a good pistol and ammo combination. I'm ordering some more 115 JHP from Atlanta Arms today. No 147 for me, at least for the CZ's. Had to try it.
Joe
