We are two weeks out from SHOT - I'm scrambling to get some content lined up for the rest of the month basically - the calendar looks like:
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Walther PDP Match Polymer 5"
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ACE VR Shooting simulator
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Garmin Xero C1 Pro (friggin great)
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Arma Zeka AZ-P1 Super Optics 2
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$300 carry gun vs $3000 carry gun (Taurus G3 vs Staccato C2 TB)
There's an NDA gun that Might throw my weeks leading up to this into a tail spin - the filming is pretty well done for all of the above but I suspect there will be one piece of hustled content to launch at SHOT.
So there's it happening - it was a good stage up until that point . You can actually see the issue starting as the gun hangs out of batter entering the position which forced me to rack a round out to get it back into battery - which I handled well. This sequence was paper, mini popper, mini popper activator, distant open target, bobber (didn't engage), partial (didn't engage) - so I ate 4 mikes and 2 procedurals right there. And it still was a 3.44 hit factor.
The good news so now the guns working I look forward to two days of mayhem!
Below - you can see a shock buff - it's a washer, basically that threads onto the guide rod. The theory of what a shock buff does is it alleviates some of the impact when the slide opens all the way - they're usually made out of Delrin or rubber or whatever but this one is aluminum and was supposed to be maintenance free. It kind of compresses the spring a bit more since you don't trim the spring so it makes lighter springs work more like a higher poundage ...
I got this pretty epic slow motion in the range of the Deagle going off. that gun is silly fun to shoot. The fireball is massive - I started to chrono the ammo I have for it - it's not as impressive as the fireball would suggest. It's about 1200 FPS with a 300 grain projectile. For comparison - the 6" 10mm with a 180 grain Blazer Brass was doing 180 grains at 1200 FPS.
The 10mm 1911 is pretty tame to shoot - not wildly different form a 45.
I was going to do a video on 10mm ammo and then shoot water jugs and slow motion of them popping - but then the sky opened up on me.
Just wanted to share this with you guys as an option you might not have heard of. Good quality, good execution, good designs. I don't have any sort of business relationship with them nor have interacted with them beyond giving them my credit card information. Pretty legit.
So the Venom is basically the same sight without the solar panel for about half the cost. So that's got my attention and where I'm going next.
If you're into it - it's on sale right now as part of their Black Friday door busters at Optics planet https://alnk.to/74xDu6U
- if you use code PBFD - it's like $154 which seems like stealing. If you're getting more than just the sight - my code HUMBF gets 14% off - so like an X300 Ultra is like $275
here's a video on the Defenser ST Enclosed
I got back from travel first bit of the week and took out the P211 - I took them to my indoor gun club bright and early this AM and only had enough time to to put about 150 or so rounds through the P211. Here's what I discovered about the gun so far.
The grip is really good. There is a texturized aluminum plate up under the safety that bites into your support hand at the turning moment. It's probably the best - in this area - of any 2011 grip I've tried that's not an MJD grip. Accuracy is very good - that picture is a group shot with some Sig Elite V Crown 124s (they sent them with the gun) - the fliers were me not having good aim. It's capable of all X ring.
The comp works very well. I really want to compare it to an XC. I shot Buffalo Creek 115s and the Sig 124 VCrowns in doubles - my group was smaller with the doubles on the Crowns than the 115 range loads. There was more hit in the hand but the gun feels more stable with spicier ammo - if you can hold on to it - which you can - because see above.
It does not fit 2011 ...
