P-10S at 100 yards Tuesday, finally a good result, 3 min video

[Joe L]

I struggled with the P-10S two weeks ago at 200 yards in the mountains of New Mexico and put it up after 20 rounds.  I think it was just a mental block, easily solved by switching over to the P-10F at the time.  So I vowed to return to the local range this week and shoot the P-10S until I got a good result.  Tuesday was the first "Remedial P-10S Training" session. 

I shot 20 rounds with my P-07 iron sight EDC pistol first, at 25 yards with good results, then put it up and moved to the 100 yard lane.  Next was 20 rounds on
Target 1 to check the 100 yard zero and evaluate the gusty wind effect.  So I had 40 rounds in before starting on Target 2 in the video below. 

https://youtu.be/cCwNtamjXEc

All still a little left and a few shots outside the cluster, which I attribute to some eye fatigue setting in and me just getting a little sloppy, but, overall, a good result with the subcompact.  Eye exam scheduled for early September.

Gun and ammo are good.  Shooter needs work. 

Joe L

[Joe L]

I added a little voice over narration to the video above. 

https://youtu.be/gH_njzold1o

I don't know if this is helpful or not.  Main take away--eyesight and steadiness are everything when shooting with a red dot at 100 yards.

Joe L

[Joe L]

Well, I've gotten some interesting shooting technique comments posted directly on the YouTube comments section, not from anyone here.  Both are good suggestions but I thought I would explain here why I can't adopt them.

"Your left hand grip is too weak"
"Don't cross your thumbs"

My left hand was severely injured years ago (non shooting related and non direct military) and I have little surface feeling and am missing a few nerves and muscles.  I do the best that I can.  I can't fold my thumb "correctly" forward and my strength is definitely low.  I can and have shot left handed but I am just a wee bit handicapped compared to any typical run and gunner. 

At 100 and 200 yards from a wrist rest, eyesight is a bigger factor than grip, and, with my single hand standing bullseye background I know exactly how much strength is needed to grip the gun to get an accurate shot.  These guys probably meant well, but these are my excuses and I need to rely on my excuses sometimes!  Weak and improper grip will never be on my excuse list for a poor result shooting long distances at a slow fire pace.

Rant off.  Don't put me on a timer.  Been there, done that.

Joe L