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Old 04-22-2007 | 11:09 AM
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Default RE: picked up a S&W SW9VE today

Took it out to the range yesterday and it lived up to my expectations. Obviously I won't be sniping with this thing but with the exception of a few straysI was having no trouble at all hitting one of those 3" Shoot-N-C circle stick on targets from 5 yards with fairly rapid shooting then was still pleased once I started shooting one of those steel spinners with a 6" circle at 15 yards. I was still shooting that same ol' cheap ammo the guy gave me, though. I did pick up a 100 round box of Winchester at Walmart last night to try out and once I decide on the ammo I want to carry in it I'll run a box (or maybe more) of it through there and get a real test.

It's not anywhere close to the accuracy of my Buckmark 22 (with which I can hit the 4" steel spinner every single shot at 20 yds) but I didn't expect it to be. It's a close range defense pistol, not a target/hunting rig.

I do wonder if I was flinching some, though. My strays were typically high and right, the same type of grouping I get when I start flinching with my rifle. I suppose it is quite likely as that's the first time I'd ever shot a centerfire pistol more than 2 or 3 times and was actually trying to hit something.
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