Coypu Hunter 486 Posted September 19, 2014 Report Share Posted September 19, 2014 ...but some of you might be interested! Said goodbye to my Browning Pro9 today. A bit of a wrench, since it was my first ever 9mm semi-automatic pistol. Couldn't get on with the polymer frame though, which generated so much muzzle flip it was more like a backwards somersault! The trigger was pretty long too... So I swapped it for a Browning Hi Power, plus five mags, a spare barrel and an original British Army issue holster for it. The steel frame has more weight, and it even had a halfway decent trigger. After removing the magazine disconnect safety mechanism, it now has an excellent trigger. Off to the range tomorrow! Quote Link to post
Bigad 136 Posted September 19, 2014 Report Share Posted September 19, 2014 Nice bit of kit there bud that will stop intruders that's for sure 1 Quote Link to post
Coypu Hunter 486 Posted September 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2014 Nice bit of kit there bud that will stop intruders that's for sure Cheers! If I manage to hit a barn door at the range tomorrow, I'll post me target card for you... Quote Link to post
Terryorr 27 Posted September 19, 2014 Report Share Posted September 19, 2014 Your target card gonna be some size mate if its the size of a barn door 1 Quote Link to post
Coypu Hunter 486 Posted September 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 I'll shrink the pic before I post it... The targets are 55 cm (22") square, so I'm in with a chance. Mind you, the central black circle is only 8" in diameter, and I'll be shooting at 25 metres freestanding... Quote Link to post
Terryorr 27 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 Good luck mate Quote Link to post
Coypu Hunter 486 Posted September 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 (edited) And the results are in... Red dots: 50X Winchester SuperX subsonics .22LR through my Walther P22 (looks like this): White dots: 24X .38 Special handloads, 2.2 grains of Vectan BA10 powder behind a 148-grain LRN bullet, through my Smith & Wesson Model 19 .357 Magnum, which looks like this: And finally the black dots are 25X Winchester White Box 125-grain FMJ rounds through the Hi Power. The rear sight was way over to the right, which is where I started off shooting: I drifted it (a bit too far) to the left, then back towards the centre. Getting there, but I'm not convinced it's cock on yet. The little cross at the top of the target isn't my best group of the day: it's where you have to aim with the feeble Winchester rounds I'm using! I like the trigger now it's been fettled -- and about a pound of grease and crap flushed out of the gun's internals -- so hopefully results will improve. All shots at 25 metres, freestanding. The central black circle on the target is 8" across. Edited September 20, 2014 by Coypu Hunter Quote Link to post
ratbuster 807 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 Freestanding from 25 meters, not bad at all: .22 LR and home loaded .38 prove to be a bit more accurate. Got to learn the tricks of that High Power Coypu hunter and it will be just as accurate as the .38. 1 Quote Link to post
Coypu Hunter 486 Posted September 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 Yep, though getting the rear sight adjusted correctly would help! It's a dovetailed drift sight, so you have to tap it to left or right to adjust the windage -- and a millimetre at this end makes a huge difference at that end. I'll get there eventually! Quote Link to post
ratbuster 807 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 I know, had one while serving in the Dutch Army. Can be a real pain to get it properly adjusted , but once fix it's a hell of a pistol 1 Quote Link to post
celticrusader 78 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 Got to admit I loved the browning when I used it in the army, 2 mags in the size of a hand at 25m's....all of the boys grouping was larger than mine an Evan the Lt said " good shooting !" Ha ha...would love the chance for pistol shooting again Relish it coypu you lucky git.lol 1 Quote Link to post
Coypu Hunter 486 Posted September 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 Got to admit I loved the browning when I used it in the army, 2 mags in the size of a hand at 25m's....all of the boys grouping was larger than mine an Evan the Lt said " good shooting !" Ha ha...would love the chance for pistol shooting again Relish it coypu you lucky git.lol Just move to France, mate! Quote Link to post
dtw 42 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 Last used a browning high power pistol during army days, late seventies/eighties. 3 Quote Link to post
celticrusader 78 Posted September 21, 2014 Report Share Posted September 21, 2014 Because its full of French coypu ha ha no joking asside mate sadly its not an option lol, I have thought about moving to somewhere I would be able to do and enjoy the hobbies that I desire so much, is this one of the reasons you've decided to do that? 1 Quote Link to post
Coypu Hunter 486 Posted September 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2014 No mate, though I know people who moved here partly to escape the handgun ban in the UK. One guy I know lives in Normandy, has an arsenal that includes everything up to an AK47, seriously! If you're an established sporting shooter with no criminal record, and have the dosh, you can get pretty much anything you want. I moved for work, originally to Holland, then worked in Geneva (but lived just over the border in France). Moved to Brittany when the last job went tîts up, went freelance, and bought a house on a hectare of land so we could grow our own food to supplement the freelance income, which can be very up and down. Got my first air rifle for putting down chickens, since I didn't fancy doing it the way my neighbours do -- hang the chook up by its legs, slit its throat, and wait for it to die! Then got a .22 for shooting the coypus that will undermine the banks of our lake if we let 'em... then a shotgun for shooting the coypus I trap... then joined a pistol club... then bought my own handguns... then got into reloading... then was completely hooked! 2 Quote Link to post
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