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Old September 12, 2007, 07:43 PM   #1
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Wow, my best night ever!

So for some reason tonight was my best pistol night EVER! I was shooting terrific groups and then I managed to do THIS!




Seriously, I didn't think you COULD get a .40 S&W to do this at 50 ft! (or at least I was pretty sure that -I- couldn't get one to do it!)

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Old September 12, 2007, 07:54 PM   #2
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I agree that is very good, were they hand loads?
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Old September 12, 2007, 08:50 PM   #3
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Winchester white box from wally world.
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Old September 12, 2007, 10:53 PM   #4
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Spectre, I've found that most of my guns will out-shoot me. They'll shoot more accurately than allowed by my shooting ability.

Nice having a gun that'll do that, huh?!? And to think that you didn't have to spend thousands for it......

I don't think that the caliber has much to do with it, either. A .40 will shoot like a .45 or a 9, depending on how well you do your part.

Looks like you're doing your part. Congrats!
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Old September 12, 2007, 11:16 PM   #5
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That's a heck of a good group, fershur...
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Old September 12, 2007, 11:25 PM   #6
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Wow, thats awsome , I wish I could do that, and with the white box no less, nice
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Old September 12, 2007, 11:34 PM   #7
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Great shots!! Very impressive! Better than me and I thought I did good! lol

Mine was with the white box of .40 winchesters from good ol' wallyworld!

only mine was set at 20yrds (60ft) with an XD

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Old September 12, 2007, 11:43 PM   #8
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Nice groups

That was some nice shootin Tex!

I have done things like that from time to time. Everything just clicks and I am convinced that I have finally mastered shooting only to get some wild ones in my next grouping.

I guess professionals practice enough that they are constantly in that "zone".
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Old September 13, 2007, 12:03 AM   #9
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That is indeed impressive. Every now and then I'll have a good target going, then I get a flyer. It's never the guns fault. I know it's off the moment the gun goes off, and it's always my fault. In golf, they refer to a bad putt like that has having the "yips" and invariably blame the putter and go out and buy a new one. Replacing putters is much cheaper than replacing nice firearms.
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Old September 13, 2007, 12:31 AM   #10
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Man you must've been in the ZONE. Sometimes I can put 2 or three shots on top of each other but after a few I start over thinking it and messing up.
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Old September 14, 2007, 09:13 AM   #11
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One day I went to the range, hung a target at 50', and loaded up. The very first shot was the most perfect bullseye imaginable (used a shoot&see). I brought the target back in, looked at my buddy next to me and told him I was leaving. When he asked why I showed him the target and told him I was going to tell my wife; "I decided to only shoot one bullet today, and here it is".
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Old September 14, 2007, 09:56 AM   #12
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Tanzer,
My wife did the same thing on a recent trip. One shot POW and she looks at me and says "okay, I'm done"

MyXD40,
Damn, there's absolutely nothing wrong with your shootin!
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Old September 14, 2007, 10:41 AM   #13
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It's a CZ 75, doesn't suprise me!

You ever get out of the DC area yet?
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Old September 14, 2007, 11:51 AM   #14
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Yup, down in Staunton.
I guess we still need to get together up at that campground sometime
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Old September 14, 2007, 12:30 PM   #15
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Dang, I'm thinking more and more often that I need a CZ.

Not that I would be likely to get THAT group at 50 feet even with the best of all CZ's.
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Old September 14, 2007, 01:45 PM   #16
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Just after I bought a CZ 75B, I thought I shot it pretty well. Then my buddy, a military armorer who shot a lot, proceeded to put 10 shots into a large, single hole. Yup, the gun had much more capability than I do.

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