Saturday, Saturday Night's All Right

Managed to sneak out of Casa del G. last night to get to the range for some much-needed recoil therapy. Needed to get some trigger time on the J-frame, as it had been a while since I'd run some lead through it, and I wanted to sight in the red dot sight on the 422. As expected, the range was empty (my gun club consists mainly of hunters who have little interest in pistol shooting. Their loss, my gain), although someone had thoughtfully left every single light and fan on. Grrrr.

But it was a good night shooting...

I need to practice more with the snubbie; while all shots were COM I wasn't consistently putting them where I wanted them to go. This is totally my fault; I have been neglecting my carry revolver skills in favor of the semi-auto. I chalk this up to the reliability of the revolver; since it's less likely to jam or otherwise malfunction (notice I do not say that it can't or won't!), I tend to practice more with the semi-autos.

Sighting in the red dot on the 422 was quite enjoyable. The 422 is a little finicky on loading/ejecting, which I will need to address - it's not quite ejecting spent brass on every n^th shot (there's no real rhyme or reason to when it jams, as sometimes it was every other shot; sometimes it was once every other magazine). Accuracy, however, was quite good:

S&W Model 422 & target

That's 30 shots at 30 feet. Yeah, I'll take that...

The sight was a bit of a challenge to dial in, as there are no markings whatsoever as to which is elevation and which is windage. A little bit of trial-and-error (story of my life) got the job done. Made an interesting discovery, too - the 422 will feed Federal bulk .22LR just as well as the mid-range PMC Sidewinders I'd been feeding it.

All in all, an excellent way to spend a Saturday night...

That is all.