KBCraig
NES Member
Finally took my GSG-1911 (full size 1911 in .22LR) to the range today for break in. What a grin-producing gun that is! I have two magazines, but I can tell I need a couple more, and some range monkeys to keep them loaded for me. I could shoot that thing all day!
I was just shooting for fun and break-in, not accuracy, but at 10 yards I got groups of 10 ranging from 1.5" to fist sized. I shot Remington bulk ammo, Mini-Mags, Velocitor, Winchester standard velocity, Green Tag, Eley, and Remington subsonic. Everything shot consistently a bit to the right, so I do need to drift the rear sight a bit, but I'll save that for another day.
The only failures were when I was shooting the low velocity stuff, and let my thumb drag the slide so that it couldn't cycle properly. With high- and hyper-velocity ammo, normal thumb drag didn't cause any problems. Nothing failed to feed or fire. I mixed ammo brands and types in the same magazines, and it all worked perfectly.
I rolled a couple of tennis balls out to about 5 yards and had fun bouncing them around. When they got to 25 yards I could still hit them, but at 30 yards I couldn't even scare them.
I also took a brand-new Taurus 738 .380 out for break-in, and put 50 rounds of WWB flat-nose FMJ through it. Accuracy? Feh. With those microscopic bumps called "sights", who can tell? And who cares? It's a bad breath distance gun, point-and-shoot at 3 yards or less. At 10 yards, rapid fire, I easily kept all shots in the vital zone.
The trigger is surprisingly light. Except for the long take-up, it's excellent. Let-off is crisp, with no hitches or bumps.
It's snappy, as you'd expect for such a light gun. After another 50 rounds of FMJ, I'll try some defensive ammo.
I had two failures, in the first three magazines. Each time, the slide locked back without feeding the last round. After that, no problems. I'll shrug that off as a break-in and proper lubrication issue unless it happens again.
Two different guns, two different purposes, both fun to shoot.
But I really can't wait to spend more time playing with that GSG!
I was just shooting for fun and break-in, not accuracy, but at 10 yards I got groups of 10 ranging from 1.5" to fist sized. I shot Remington bulk ammo, Mini-Mags, Velocitor, Winchester standard velocity, Green Tag, Eley, and Remington subsonic. Everything shot consistently a bit to the right, so I do need to drift the rear sight a bit, but I'll save that for another day.
The only failures were when I was shooting the low velocity stuff, and let my thumb drag the slide so that it couldn't cycle properly. With high- and hyper-velocity ammo, normal thumb drag didn't cause any problems. Nothing failed to feed or fire. I mixed ammo brands and types in the same magazines, and it all worked perfectly.
I rolled a couple of tennis balls out to about 5 yards and had fun bouncing them around. When they got to 25 yards I could still hit them, but at 30 yards I couldn't even scare them.
I also took a brand-new Taurus 738 .380 out for break-in, and put 50 rounds of WWB flat-nose FMJ through it. Accuracy? Feh. With those microscopic bumps called "sights", who can tell? And who cares? It's a bad breath distance gun, point-and-shoot at 3 yards or less. At 10 yards, rapid fire, I easily kept all shots in the vital zone.
The trigger is surprisingly light. Except for the long take-up, it's excellent. Let-off is crisp, with no hitches or bumps.
It's snappy, as you'd expect for such a light gun. After another 50 rounds of FMJ, I'll try some defensive ammo.
I had two failures, in the first three magazines. Each time, the slide locked back without feeding the last round. After that, no problems. I'll shrug that off as a break-in and proper lubrication issue unless it happens again.
Two different guns, two different purposes, both fun to shoot.
But I really can't wait to spend more time playing with that GSG!
